Stole money to open their own theatre (1939)

Posts from This Journal “crime” Tag

• Mr. Photographer vs. Mr. Tailor (1869)

  The North-China Daily News reported in April 1869: "A native photographer and a native tailor made up the last case. Both had grievances to be…

• Low tide at the Huangpu can turn a tragedy into a farce

  The China Press, 30 June 1923.

• Mme. Victoria Seou visiting Shanghai

  This is a rare image of Victoria Seou, aka Victoria Livanoff, a notorious Russian scam artist whose tricks and crimes were too many to describe in…