What is alleged to have been too much of a good thing was broken up in Provisional Court on Sept. 10 n four employees of the Shanghai XMuatual Telephone Ca. and two native shopkeepers of 655 or kill Road and 592 Sinza Road respectively, appeared before Judge Tseng and Mr. C. E. Whitamore on complaint of the Telephone Ca pany that they had been syetemat cally stealing wire and certain }fttings over a period of undetermined length, Mr. Pringle appeared for the complainant and set the value of the material stolen at $200 but admitted that the goods were stolen with such apparent ease that the sum might be considerably higher.
The shopkeepers who were charged with receiving stolen goods gave the police the tip that led to the arrest of the quartette. The wire had been stolen, it was alleged, by the simple pediency of requesting from the stores of the Company, more wire than was required to do whatever job was at hand. The balance found its way into the hands of outsiders.
The entire party were remanded for two days to give the police opportunity to secure additional evidence.
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