Wealthy Merchant's Son Abdueted and Imprisoned in the Settlement A remarkable case of ubduetion which the son of a wealthy merchant was kidnapped and held for purposes of ransom in the Settlement itself came to light when the young man was finally released by the efforts of the police fon Monday. It is difficult for the ordinary nto realize that things are possible in a modern ity like Shanghai, yet were it not the efforts of one of the hardest worked police forces in the world, would be much more common they are, On October 10 one Wing Wei the son of a wealthy Chinese merchant, disappeared from his home, 753 Peking Toad For 'a few days nothing was! heard of him, until on the Zist a letter was received stating that he was being kep: safe in Shanghai. The letter was followed by a man who called at the house and informed the father that he thought it Jo te might be able to locate son, The relatives we pleasant to him, and made an Appointment to meet him and table the matter over at a Chinese hotel. When he had scone, they immediately informed the police. Nothing of a definite nature resulted from the hotel meeting, but the police, pursuing their "inquiries, earned that the son was yned in a house in Chapei. The of the Chapei police and the house in fortunate was discovered Isoned there by two men, probably all belonging to one gang, who were arrested, the prisoner in the [house being set free. Meanwh the police continued their inquiries fand they Tearned- that the youth as imprisoned at No. 537 ard Road. Chinese detective ted the house and after a scare! time they found the room in which the young man. was actually' imprisoned, garded by a Chinese who, on seeing the detectives, tempted to fire. Before he could ido so one of the detectives stunned him with a baton. Meanwhile a second man appeared on the scene Jand-also attempted to draw a reve ver. The detectives closed with him and succeeded in disarming him. was found to be in possession of
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