Persistent investigations on the part of detectives from the Central Police station to arrest a Chinese chauffeur, formerly in the employ of Mr. C. L. Conrady of the Wing Tai Yo Tobacco Company, to answer for the theft of a motor car and gasoline, were finally rewarded on Tuesday when C.D.S. 74 arrested the occu on Canton Road at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The charges were first brought against Woo Sz-kong, the chauffeur, on January 7, when Mr. Conrady reported to the Central station that his Studebaker car had been taken away from the parking space at the corner of Foochow and Honan Roads. oppo ite the American Club. The vehicle was returned later. but the gasoline was removed. The key: to the car were also stolen. Woo, who had been dismissed by Mr. Conrady, was suspected of having committed the theft.
Five days later, the was stolen from the same place. The case was again reported to the police and investigations were started. The vehicle was later found on Boulevard des Deux Republiques. The spare wheel and tyre, however, were missing, while the gasoline tank was emptied of about fifteen gallons of fuel.
Working on min clues and a fair description of the missing chauf-the detectives continued" in-
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