Early in the evening of November 26 ten male Chinese escaped from their cell" at the Bubbling Well Station by boring a hole beneath their bed boards and through the brick wall to the when beyond.
Three of the party were awaiting trial on a charge of murder, four in serious charges of armed robbing and kidnapping and the other on accusations more mild.
The police announced the offer of a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the parties with pro rata rewards vf $100 for each of the ten.
The men range in ages {rom 23 to 28, the tallest five feet seven inches and the smallest just over five feet. The last known address of three is given as Chapei, two from Ying Ziang Kong, one from Jessfield Road and one from Thibet Road, Should the whereabouts of any of the gang become known the authorities request that any potice station should be notified. Mean while the police are holding an investigation into the affair and are circulating among the previous haunts of the men in an attempt to bring them once again in custody.
Woman Fuj Though the monkeylike agility of Tsung Wong-sze was capable of enabling her to tunnel her way to freedom from the woman's cells at the provisional Court on September 23rd, it was not equal to a race over a series of drying mats at the rear of 16 Hardoon Road on November 26 in which she was pursued by the police and finally rearrested and brought before the Provisional Court again the next day.
On the previous visit she had been convicted of maintaining a gambling and smoking den at 131 East Kashing Road and was sentenced to six months imprisonment but it was after serving only 16 days of this that she trade good her escape.
Her success came through wrenching an iron bar from her cell door and working on the brick wall with it after the manner of a crowbar She succeeded with little difficulty in making a hole for herself but heavier prisoners were unable to follow though one was convicted of aiding her escape and received punishment for the part she played.
The police had been informed that she was in hiding at the Hardoon Road address and after watching the place for several days made the raid which culminated in her unsuccessful burst for freedom.
She appeared before Jude Hsuing and eight months were added to her previous sentence.
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