Watches Stolen from Person Asked to Contribute on suspicion hat he had stolen many watches from foreigners mostly German Jews, Tu Ying, who posed as a charity worker while visiting his victims, was brough' before the First Special District Court yesterday on a writ of detention. While engaged in launching a house-to-house contribution campaign Tu was alleged to have stolen no fewer than 16 watches from prospective contributors. He was alleged to have told people that he represented wounded Chinese soldiers or sick postmen.
Tsu San-poo, a clerk of a rice shop at 11 Seymour Road was detained by the same court yesterday on a misappropriation charge It was alleged that Tsu recently was sent by his manager to Chekiang to buy a large quantity of Tice, but when he found that an embargo was effective in the district he visited, he used all the money to buy salt. He lost $2,000 in the salt business. Becoming der perate, he spent much money on a girl friend and was able to return to his manager only a small part of the money he originally obtained from him. Tsu was arrested on July 24.
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