The Archive · 1924

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From Our Own Connesronoent

Mukden, June 25.

A rather smart arrest was effect: ed this afternoon in the offices of the British Cigarette Ca., when C.F Clark, of Hongkong, "wanted forgery in' Tientsin was taken Mr. Biggin, to whom credit is due for identification, noticed his photo hanging on the notice board in the British Consulate, and confided his suspicions to the accountant, Mr. C.

Woodruff, who confirmed the likeness and. straightway informed the Consul that the wanted man had been engaged only a few days before. Mr. H. Porter arranged for the Vice Consul, Mr. Montgomery, to apprehend Clark, who was quiet. ly at work at, his desk when the police arrived. Mr. Montgomery 4 was shown into the private office," and Mr. Woodruff then summoned' the delinquent.

An amusing incident then oceurred, for when the Chinese police et tered the room, the grabbed at the first person in view, who happened to be Mr. Woodruff. On being confronted and charged by the Vice-Consul, Clark made no effort to dispute his identity, and was unobtrasively led away. The affair was managed 0 quietly that not the slightest inkling of what was. about to happen leaked out. a Manstat; Chang Teo-lin has conti tributed $507000 to assist ex-President Li Yuang-hung to establish the Wu-han University, 3

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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