Shanghai residents ying rench. Concession. will br Felletooay a8 a well-organized gang of pickpockets having a club of their Givn ina Concession wtsl hae fast been 'Founded up by" the French Bale. 'Twenty-six stapaets several them "women, have been atresied ud brought before the. Second Speech District Court where. they ave being detained, Many of them fave previous convictions and. the hearing' isto take place on January "The suspects were arrested four ays ago ina hotel at 431 Rue Hoppo where they established their ead Auarters. Two rooms of the hotel Shore converted into their ebb where ambling and morphine and' opium Smoking were in order. 'The men were in the habit of spending thole injure "hours at their club late the evening. taking the opportunity for exchanging Information regarding their ore Mest of them were said fo be ex pers in pickpocketing' in buses and Trameers where. wallets disappeared tsuolly from" Chinese men wearing fottenslined tong gowns. Tt was also fovealed in court that most of them formerly operated in the Chinese territory but that since the hostilities they entered Into foreign settlements where they have victimized numer-
Several" gambling sels and some sampling money were seized by the Belle but was nol revealed whether not some of the salon articles Had been recovered.
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