In arresting Wang Zo-yang a few days ago, the French Concession Police have been able to reconstruct at least 27 burglaries in foreign and Chinese homes, committed from February 18 to May 15, 1939, and it is believed that a number of additional burglaries will be accounted for as a result of investigations being carried out, had a special weakness for e and his modus operand!
while mot novel, has not been seen in Shanghai for some time, He usually entered the gardens in front of the house which he had singled out for his exploit, well before midnight and lay low for two or three hours, carefuly watching what was going on inside, He then introduced himself into the building by the usual method, wrapped up his loot in a napkin or piece of cloth. Then, just before leaving the house, he would steal a hat and a coat and would hide in ihe garden until sunrise, when he would proceed on the street, hire a rickshaw and proceed to a Chinese jewellery shop on Peking Road where the loot was immediately melted, he owner of the jewellery shop was also arrested and admitted having bought Wang's loots at various times, Detectives in charge of the case also discovered, not to their surprise, that warrant had been issued for the man's arrest some time ago.
An employee in the Peking Road establishment was also arrested and police records reveal that both men had previous offences of the same nature against their names, The total value of silverware thus disposed of by Wang, is valued at $9,380.
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