"Having this information,—the Shanghai Municipal Police approached the Japanese Consular Police on June 19 and requested the cooperation of the Japanese authorities in. bringing the kidnappers to Justice, In view of the serious nature of the crime, the Japanese Consular Police immediately took steps to cooperate in efforts to apprehend the criminals.
"Ssu, who seemed to be the ring leader of the kidnapping troup In Amoy, eluded the authorities for some time by frequently changing his hid ing place in the Kulangsu Inter ational: Settlement.
"Ssu, however, was apprehended on July 24, partly through the informa tion which the Shanghat Munieipat Police gave to the local Japanese Consular Police authorities who forwarded. the information to the Japanese police in Amoy.
"When the Shanghai Municipal Police was informed that Ssu had been caught in Kulangsu, they despatched 'a. Japanese member of the force to Kulangsu on August 2, "Upon his arrival in Amoy, and upon the basis of Su's confessions, a further investigation was made resulling inthe arrest of Su's accomplices. Most of the children who were kidnapped, totalling almost 100, were Drought back to Shar Bandits Arrested
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