The villagers then made a report to the local authorities, who immediately sent out a party in pursuit of the pirates. Though the inform lion as to their route was very vague the pursuing party managed to come up with one of the gang and arrested him. The others escaped.
According to the man arrested, the gong arrived in Shanghai on January 24 and put up at the Ping An Hate! in Rue Chu Pao San and the Asiatic Hotel in Avenue Edward VI. He} told how the piracy had been committed, which followed in detail the story that has already been published in. the. "North-China Herald." Six members of the gang, -he said, Janded at a place called Ssu Lan and four others, carrying with them the Toot, landed in the Waiyang district, near Koo Liao. Articles they found too heavy to carry they dumped into the sea before they landed, since they were in a hurry to get away from the area, having been spotted by planes from H.MS, Hermes.
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