The Police, some two French months ago, having had numerous complaints of thefts of clot and other articles, entrusted an i tigation to Det-Sergt. Henry Det, Martsatoff. In the beginning, the detectives thinking the thefts must have been committed by an organized band, carried their searches in to Chinese criminal circles, but without success. Continuing their investigations howeve, they discovered clues which led them to suspect a Lettish woman named Swannemberg, who was arrested on Saturday just as she had entered the house of Mry Moore, 374 Route Ferguson.
Immediately following the arrest, search was carried out in the woman's home, where the police found a Inrge number of articles alleged to have been stolen, ineluding typewriters, photographic mater-handbags, jewellery, clocks, other articles which the police believe to have been stolen. They also found six well-bred fox terriers, which also are believed to have been the product of a theft, It is nlveady established that more than 50 complaints of thefts have been made by residents in the French Concession, and it is sus-gested that these probably have been solved by the arrest which has been effected. It is also practically certain that many other thefts will be discovered when the police have taken possession of the objects covered by the pawn-ticks.
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