Shanghai, Nov. 17.
Eighteen robber suspects, one "of them a woman, were brought before the First Special District Court yes-[terday on a weir of detention in eon ection with the theft, of more than $7,000 worth of 80 ingots of lead from the China Import and Export Lumber Company's godown in Myburgh Road, which crime was committed on November 9. "Thanks to the efforts made by the Sinza_police the stolen lead kas been recovered, A' truck alleged to have been used in. removing. the metal has also been found by the potice.
Seventeen of the suspects were! arrested on November 15 in a lodging house off Canton and and the 18th mon, a chauffeur, was caught. in Avenue Edward Vit while he was driving the truck to the Ta Hua port Company. owners of the vehicle, 'Through the alleged confession made bygone of the men the officers later Visited two houses in' Peking' Road, where the stolen metal was recovered. The police believed that the detained rach were connected with the robbery Reng but_no charge has been framed Set. "Hearing" was postponed to November 25, $10,000 of Lead Stolen Shangtai, Nov. 16 Nine workers were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday on a writ of detention in connection with the theft of about $10,000 of lead stolen during a period of several months from the Yee Tsong Tobacco Company's Ward Road plant. The workers were arrested on Noy. 14 in a house in in Road. No stolen lead has yet been recovered but it is expected by the police that the detained workers may' furnish clues that may lead to Its recovery. The stolen lead was 2.800 1b.
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