Caretaker Member of Daring Counterfeit Gang Peiping, July 8.
Fourteen persons have' been _arrested here during the last two days in connection with the discovery of printing outfit for counterfeiting banknotes, in the house of two 'American' residents who have been Hongkong Sights Fleet of Mystery Ships Hongkong, July 7.
Several mysterious steamers fare said (o have been sighted off Hongkong during the past few days. The vessels are said to be flying the British flags, but it has been ascertained that, with the exception of the captains, midshipmen, and wireless operators, who are British subfects, the crew are men of a "certain. country."
The boats, each of aboixt6:000 fons, reports stale, did. not seem absent from Peiping for some month Most of the arrested persons were house servants, who, te is alleged, have, een runing tie plat ines leparture.of the foreigners, Cal, and hire, Ieee Newell 'The house war raided following w confession by aman who. was Fested on Saturday, in the Chienmen district, while trying to pass a forged dollar note of the 'Hopel Provincial Bank. "The "arrested. men' included Shu Chingsshan, No. 1 boy and caretaker of the house, Shu" Ching-ha, his. brother, and. 'Shu En-f, his father. In one of the rooms occupied the tervante were found. twe Printing presses, ink," paper, and Colours used for the' counterfeiting notes.
'The. forgers are alleged to have confessed "that they forged dol hotes of the Hope! Provincial Bane {oa face. value of $10,000 and that moat of these have been circulating in' Kalgan, 'Tungchow, Paoting, and other centres. Before the raid, detec-fives visited two palaces in the Tata men district and atresied six persons, who confessed that they' had been engaged in passing counterfeit notes of the Hopel Provincial Bank during the' Fast few weeks.
The foreigners left for the United States last spring, placing their house in the hands of Sh Ching-shan. They expect to return to Peiping next
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