Vigilance of Japanese Consular Wardera Eluded: Accused at Large An (or Wu) Soong-yuin, one of tne two Koreans who confessed to the shooting of Mrs. W. J. Snyder on The Bund on March 28 in an attempt to assassinate Gen. Baron Tanaka, the Japanese ex-Minister of War, has escaped from gaol.
According to information in the hands of the police, An, who was locked up in a cell apart from Kim Oak-sang, his accomplice im The Bund outrage, succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the warders at the Japanese Consular Gaol at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday. Between the hours of midnight and six in the morning another Japanese, un-dargoing a term of imprisonment for a larceny, also gained his freedom. It is not yet known whether the pair managed to connive at their escape. Both men, we are informed, must have got through two doors—the door of their respective cells and another at the end of a corridor.
On Tuesday patrols were sent out over different areas in the hope of apprehending the fugitives. An is known to have a large circle of friends and adherents of the Korean independence movement, and possibly Bolshevik conspirators, Fruitiess Starch THrovcnour THe Port.
An exhaustive search of both Settlements is being made by the French and Municipal police forces, particularly in areas fre-quanted by Koreans and Japanese, for the man escaped in company with a Japanese undergoing a term for larceny.
The only fresh development,.-on Wednesday was the arrest "of a Japanese in connexion with the affair.
When seen by a representative of the "North-China Daily News" at the Japanese Consulate, Police In-poeter Kobayashi still declined to make any definite statement as to what occurred on Tuesday morning, when the fugitives were successful in forcing two doors. The officer added, however, investigagations were being pursued by his colleagues as well as the police of both Settlements. A reward of $500 has been offered by the Consulate for the apprehension of An. appears that the man, who was handcuffed, was lodged in a cell with the Japanese, but apart from his accomplice in The Bund outrage. Possibly by means of a duplicate key the doors were unlocked. It is known that neither of the men were in possession of money. Unless the escape had been very carefully planned, the authorities believe that for this reason the Korean has been unable to leave by steamer. The police were
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