Lan Yun-ming, a native of Shantung, was charged with extorting money by false pretences: at a lodging house, by pretending to put various people in communication with deceased relatives.
Although the defendant had evidently been making an easy living out of nam ous dupes, only one of the latter d came forward to make a complaint. From his evidence it appeared that the defendant made use of two rooms, in one of which he bad a basin covered like. a drum and concealed by a blanket. In connection therewith he had 'a lengthy india-rubber tube connecting with another room. The victim was taken into
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