The Archive · 1939

Tomb Robbers Caught

Peiping, Feb, 12 Liu Tee-yn and teoee other Chinese allened to have resent reshed some Jor the Mfing Tombs have been ar~ rested by Chinese detectives in the West City of Peiping. They are al-Ieged to have dug out gold basins and wold chopsticks and sold them in Peiping, the proceeds being divided among. them.

Liu is also charged by the police with complicity in a kidnapping case Involving a coal merchant at Yang—tuntsun, north of Peiping, who paid $10,000 ransom to regain his freedom. Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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