Reputedly Most Corrupt Official of Former Kegime Taken by Military Party and Executed Apparently Without Trial Peking, Dee, 15.
Mr. Li Yen-ching, the private treasurer of the ex-President Tsao Kun, was escorted by a detachment. of military to Tienchao, near the Temple of Heaven, this morning where he was shot.
Te will be remembered that it was reported immediately after General Fong's coup on October 23 that Li had been executed, but he was merely arrested and remained lose captivity until a fortnight ago, when he was taken over by the Ministry of War.
Taquiries fail to reveal any form of trial, it being that the order for his given by the War Ministry During imprisonment in. of General Feng's people, it was frequently rumoured that the latter had made demands upon Mr. Li Yenching for $8,000,000, Mr. Li's case" is not unlike that of General Tsao Jui, inasmuch he is sinister Tsao Kun's evil genius, and prob-tably the most corrupt figure in the "The severe punishment of Br. Li Yen-ching, and the method in which it was carried out, emphasizes the fact that in the pre-[sent transition period, in which the [Government is functioning without constitution, the high officials are law unto themselves.
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