The creditable work performed by the Shanghai Municipal Police farther placed on record on Monday when the Provisional Court endorsed the charge sheet in a kidnapping case:—"Police highly commended by Court for an excellent and most meritorious piece of work". The ease was one in which 13 Chinese were charged with armed kidnap ping and holding to ransom a Chine ese buy, for whose release they demanded $1,500,000.
Inspr, Mason said that the ne-cused were arrested as the result of information supplied by one of them who was apprehend nan Read on Friday. Acting on hi statement, the police arrested seve men and women in the French Con~ cession. A further raid was made
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