May 1, Quite a stir was created on the Bund Into in the afternoon yesterday when a foreigner, dressed only in a pyjama shirt, was seen to emerge from the Public Garden and to pro-coed toward Peking Rood. He was stopped by the police and taken to the Central station. There he was relatives. interrogated and handed over to his
It appears that the man, suffering from mental derangement, had caped from the General Hospital by jumping out of a first floor window, He then crossed North Soochow and and dived into the Soochow Creek, The water, it seems, appealed to him and he swam to the mouth of the creek, finally emerging at.the Public Garden, where he sent women into hiding by his appearance.
The General Hospital was contacted by the police, but refused to take the man back, His relatives were then called to. the station and the sick man was turned over to them, Large Copper and Tu Seizure Reported May 11.
Although no. official confirmation could be obtained yesterday It Wak Persistentiy reported that copper and tin amounting to between $400,000 and "$500,000 "had been seized "on Thursday aboard. the Butterfield a Swire steamer, s, Shanting, by the Customs River Police. when the ship arrived here from Hongkong. The Valuable cargo was said to have been totoly eoniiseated by the authorities but, no arrests. were made, Tt Was asserted that the man. oF"_men in charge of the smuggling of contra band had ed before the ateers began their search, Bach piece of the metal was said to have: weighed about 1.500 ounces Wvas'said Ca be worth' more than 31}00:"There wore more than 400 pieces metal, which "wore reported to have been "hidden in a hold of the ship, where cadi was kept. The eve-hing edition of the "Sin" Wan Pao Feported that upon receiving 9 secret Feport about the smuggling, the Cus-{oms fleets boarded the ship when it arrived. here from Hongicong. The earch sted more than 10 hours but nally the emeers succeeded In covering the metal.
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