Japanese Not to Be Totally The rest of the gang meanwhile, had fled to the creek, where they hastily piled into two of the three junks in which they had come across from Pootung, and set off in the dark in an attempt io get away. Attracted by the noise of the battle, however, a Japanese naval patrol launch arrived on the scene, and chased the three junks across the river, finally catching up with them just before they reached the opposite shore.
One of the escaped junks was taken in tow, and brought back to the Shanghai side, It is estimated that this junk carried about 25 men at the lime of its capture, but only 22 were found to be on board when the robbers were taken ashore. The others, due to the small number of gendarmes making up the patrol, seized the opportunity to jump overboard in the darkness and escape by swimming. The seventeen men were handed over to the SMP.
At the press conference yesterday afternoon, the Japanese spokesman said that all three junks were captured. Out of the 25 Chinese on board, three escaped; two jumped into the river but were "fished out" and turned over with the others to the S.M.P.
In the junks, the Japanese found one Kuomintang flag and one of the Ta Tao (Great Way) Government of Pootung. The junks were now being held for investigation by-the Japanese Naval Landing Party, and an attempt to trace their ownership was being made, Kept Out Ottawa, Feb. 18,
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