Valuable Victim Allowed to Escape by Somnolent Guards Another daring kidnapping was carried out on Monday morning at about 9 o'clock in the Western di trict, when a Chinese was held up his motor car by three armed men, who forced the chauffeur to relinquish the wheel while one of the gang took charge. Farther on, the victim's mother and daughter, who were accompanying him motor car, were order to _aligl while dark spectacles with nontransparent paper pasted on the ha inside of the glasses were put on the victim, so that he would not know his whereabouts.
The victim was taken to a house in the Western district, and was forced to write a letter to his re-natives telling them to send the ransom money demanded, $50,000.
Early on Wednesday morning, the guards placed over him fell asleep and the kidnapped man managed to escape from the house and run to a university in the vicinity. From there a telephone message was sent to his family and also the police. The police immediately.
ted the house where the vict was imprisoned, but all of the gang had made good their escape, except tone old woman, who, upon' being questioned, gave information which led to the arrest of one of the male members of the gang. As a result of subsequent inquiries two others were arrested, but there are stil about five or six yet to be arrested.
The four members arrested by the Police appeared in the Provisional Court, on" Thursday: morning, before Judge Liang and Stevens, Senior Consul's Deputy, and upon the request of Inspr. Mason a remand was ordered 10 permit the Police to continue their inquiries,
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