Several Arrests: Detective's Smart Work: Alleged Confession of Crime Several arrests have been made by the men under Gen. Hsu Kuo-liang, chief of the Shanghai and Woosung Constabulary, and his chief detective officer, Col. Hoh Hsien-chang, in connexion with the murder of two members of the Chapei police force, near Tien-tungan Station, on Monday of last week, and it is believed that the ringleaders of the gang alleged to have committed the outrages are among the men taken into custody. It is thought also that the informed tion they have given will eventually lead to the arrest of a number of other men who took part in stabbing the two policemen to death and the gouging out of their eyes, The smart work of a detective was responsible for the arrests. Going into a Chinese bath-house last Friday might he noticed several men whose actions appeared to him to be extremely suspicious. After a hurried bath he moved up as near as he could to the men, at the same time dressing himself. He heard the word "'stab" and thought this might be a clue. After following the men to a house in the vicinity he immediately rushed back to headquarters and informed his superiors of what he had heard. A dozen men went with him to the house. which was raided. Three men_ were arrested as a_ result. and two bloodstained knives were found.
At the station an informal inquiry was held, the three men, it is reported, admitting that they had been concerned in the murders. One of them, who immediately afterwards withdrew his statement, is alleged to have said that he|™' resented the interference of the police when he and a few of his friends were gambling. He and his friends discussed the matter for some time and, the report goes, decided to kill a few policemen in order to intimidate others so that they would shut their eyes while the men gambled. The murder is said to have taken place about midnight after this man and his friends, had had dinner together at a restaurant in Pao-shing Road. A hawker, also one of the detained men, is said to have admitted that the knives were his, and the third to have said that he had stabbed one of the policemen.
Following up certain information which the men gave, Chief Detective Officer Hoh personally led a raid on a house in the Yangtszepoo district and arrested a man who is believed to be the ringleader of the band. This man's story was that a number of bogus policemen visited his house while he was gambling with his friends, and secured a large amount of money. The real police came after they had left and ordered the closing of the place. This was
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