Bubbling Well Detectives Finish Long Manhunt Wang Ling-pau, the elusive one, no longer at large.
Accused by the Police of the Settle. ment and the French Concession of being the leader of a daring gona Jot burglars operating in the western residential section, Wang was finally ought to earth on Sunday at the a man hunt which started last uly.
'Since that time, the Police assert, has been the' brains and active Jchiet of & gang which specialized in stealing silverware from foreign Fesidences in the two arcas, spiriting the loot away by sampan'and. dis posing of it in Poolung. Always [escaping into Chinese territory at the rear of the burgled houses, the gang has so far been able to elude th Settlement and. French Police, but now that the alleged ringleader has been captured It Is believed that the ther members of the band will soon be apprehended also. It is further hoped that a part of the loot—estimated at $28,000 since July 1—will Fesovered, Patient Preparations Wang Ling-oau was arrested sunday afternoon in Route de Zikaw Chinese detectives working under [Det-Sat. R. M, Moir of the Bubbling Welt Police Siation, assisted by the French Police He was trapped for one of the detectives had passed weeks in Pootung, the headquarters for the yang: posing as a friend, The Jother members of the burglary bone are still being sought by Police of the thee Shanghal_ area "The methods of the gang were simple 2s they were crafty. A haul vould be made from a foreign resi dence in the Western District and the booty carried from the rear of the Jnouse directly ile Chinese territory ind to the Bank of Siccawei Cree) where a sampan would be waiting sampan would take the loot dow the creek to the Whangpoo and then cross that river to Pootung, where would be landed. In Pootunz, it is believed, the silver would be melted down and then disposed of One of the most recent burslarie tributed to the gang was the loo ug of the residence of Mr. H. Ticfenbacher, 800 Avenue Haig, whet ver valued at about $2500. wax taken at the end of November. One of the pieces stolen was a German army race trophy which had been present= Mr, Tiefenbacher's late uncle by "te former Crown Prince of Germany.
According to the Police, Wang. Lingepau has previously been con viered twice for burglary.
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