Seven men and a woman were charged in the Provisional Court, on Tuesday morning, with being members of an organized gang of Settlement, armed robbers operating within the
Inspr. C. Mills stated that, acting on information received, the police visited certain houses in Avenue Edward VII and arrested the \eeused, all of whom were playing mahjongg. They were taken to Sinza Station and, upon being questioned, one gave information regarding a pistol, on the strength of which the police visited a hous in Avenue- Foch and found, in a wood pile, a 45 calibre, Webley "In the Provisional Court on, British Army " pattern revolver. Saturday morning, before Judge 'This was identified as having been Ling, Capt, Wong' Dau, represent-stolen from. the British ill ta ing the Shanghai and Woosung the New World some time ago. Garrison Commissioner, made Witness asked for a remand. application to the Court for the Counsel for the fourth accused extradition of 12 Chinese, alleged retested against a remand and. to be concerned in Communistic tated that no specific charge had! activities, been made out, to whic Inspr.
According to Capt. Wong, ace Mills responded by saying that the fed were wanted by the Chines police had had no time to invosauthorities for fomenting uprisings tigate the matter. at Sungkiang and Funching on ever, a strong January 16, 17, and 18, when, some accused wore members of an armed houses were razed to' the ground robber gang. The fourth accused and several persons killed, From information given by one of the in whose shop the arrests had taken place. Thi plotters after his arrest, it was bbe 80, he said, but he we Jearned that his accomplices had with the othe fled to Shanghai, Det.-Inspr. Yorke gave evidence the accused in custody. "He strong-of arrest, and stated that, in ly objected to allowing any of them pany with a representative frim out on bail. the Shanghai and Woosung Garri-'A remand was ordered, ball being refused except in the case of th he raided two houses in woman, who was allowed bail in the Settlement where they found the sum of $500 shop security. some, communistic literature.
Inspr. Mills suggested that hor All the accused' denied the daughter should be sent to the Door charges made against them, and of Hope but this was strongly stated that they were not residing Posed by counsel, who stated that in the premises in which they had the Door of Hope' was not a fit place been arrested. to send a child.
Judge Ling ordered their exteadi-Inspr. Mills strongly objected ts tion to the Chinese authorities, counsel's statement, and said that some of the most respectable girls A teacher and a clerk were charg: in Shanghai were inmates of the Door of Hope. ed on Tuesday morning with disturbing public pence and order with. violence, contrary to the provision-
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