Cheng Tsu-ming, 31-year-old suspected their, who manged to make good an escape from a party of de-tactives who had arrested him somewhere in the West Hongkew district last Friday was apprehended in the French Concession last night at about nine o'clock while talking to his sweetheart in an alleyway off Ave. Dubail. Police had been on the trail of Cheng's sweetheart for the last three days in the hope that the escaped thief would meet her, and their efforts were finally crowned with success.
Cheng's escape was made in an unusual manner when he managed to slip away from police who were having trouble with his accomplice while on the way to the police station. Cheng's friend, to whom he had been handcuffed managed to slip out of his bonds, and while police were busy recapturing the slippery Chinese, Cheng made good his escape into an adjacent alleyway, taking the handcuffs with him, 'At the time of the culprits' arrest, he was free of the handcuffs which he told the detectives he had had removed by a blacksmith. Police are at present looking for the man who had removed the evidence of guilt and Cheng is safely locked away at the Central Police station where there will be little danger of his escaping for some time, Miraculous Escape of
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