Last of Notorious Gang: Long'
Record of Successful Robberies Terminated After two years of nefarious activity at Hongkong the last two members of a highly organized of harbour thieves were arrested a few days ago.
These men were rounded up in investigations which followed the commission of a theft on a fire float.
One was taken in a police raid Shaukiwan, when he fell into the street from the house and broke his egs, and the other, his sole companion of the gang which had made itself notorious by its daring depredations on craft in barbour, was captured on January 26.
Information which threw a surprising light on the case was disclosed by a police official, who indicated that with the capture of] these two men, the closing chapter had been written in a matter which had occupied the attention of the Hongkong harbour police for two years and caused them no little anxiety.
The police record of the last few! years have uow and then shown. instances of daring robbery in Hongkong harbour, which are now attributed (0 the work of this gang. 'They specialized in the theft of anchers, tarpaulins, hawsers, and ropes, which were often spirited away' overnight from steamers. From time to time, the arrest of tone or other members of the gang had rewarded the efforts of the harbour police, but it was not until a few days ago that the campaign could be regarded as being completely "accomplished with the eapture of the surviving members. was in investigations following the theft of a smoke helmet and canvas from a fire float that a raid was planned and carried out on a house in Shaukiwan.—The man sought for by the officers Jumped from the verandah of an upper floor into the street, and sustained injuries from which he is not expected to recover. His com-anion was arrested later,
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