Ingenious Methods Said Used by the Suspect 'A hunt for a daring Japanese burglar that Insted for 34 days was brought to an end ea March 3 with. the "errest of Masav Hotta, 20, by a Japanese detective attached {o'the Hongleaw Station of the Shanghai Munielpat police.
The man was captured as he was aving the Capitol Theatre, after the matinee performance. "In his possession were found a dagger and A false moustache, both of which he had used in his exploits.
After a brief examination he was handed over to the Japanese Con~ sular Police.
Hotta's criminal activities, the Japanese police said, showed "rare in genulty, as in victimizing Local Fapanese residents he had represented himself as a beggar, a detective of the S.MLP,, a shop messenger, and seaman borrowing money fora carfare to Woosung, where "my ship anchored, The man is now charged with five burglaries and hold-ups, although the police believe that this number will be swollen with the receipt of new complaints, A Gaol Term Hotta was convicted of larceny on September 3 last by the local Japanese Consular Court and served his term in the Nagasaki prison, He was. discharged on January 2, and turned here a week later, His frst recorded atime, the police said, was committed on January 28, when he is alleged to have stolen ¥.55, from the pocket of a suit in the closet of Mrs, Aiko Maruyama's: residence, 15, N, Szechuen Road, Exactly three weeks later, he entered the home of Mr." Saburo Yajima, of the Oriental Cotton 'Trading Company, and finding the owner out, told the' amah that he was. or-ered to take the sewing machine. to his shop for repairs, The cautious servant refused {0 believe the tale. Hotta is then alleged to have picked up a kitchen cleaver and threatened to Well the amah and Me. Yajima's children, He carried away the coveted sewing machine, Again a week later he appeared at the home of Mr. Hisao Okamoto, of the local Japanese Telegraph Office, and asked for alms. Finding only: Mrs, Okamoto and her children in, Hotia herded the group into a closet and proceeded to clean the house of all valuables, Stolen were: gold Tings, 0° pair of gold spectacles, a radio receiving set, valued in alli at more than $200.
'This was" Hotta's second visit to 'Me, Okamoto's home on that day, the police said. "Earlier in the day, he Visited the' home Ju the eapacily of a municipal police detective in vestigating " complaints against epidemic of burglaries,
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