Tsai was taken to the station und questioned. He told the police that hho had been in captivity for a week, bound hand and fect. The leader of the gang was a man about 50 years of age, whilst_most of the others were comparatively young All of them were Chekiang men. They demanded $10,000 from him, and when he told them that he was. too poor to pay that amount, they threatened to take his life." Ho getting aw:
y through the back door. man was removed to hospital, but Teplied that they could do as they wished with him and he was pre-
Their solitary comrade, when encountered in a downstairs room. produced a pistol, but the police were too quick for him. The stant he raised the weapon he was shot dead.
A search of the premises revealed the dead body of the unfortunate Bing, who the officers at once re-agnized as the man who had been abducted from his home in Markham Road a month previously.
son is stated to be an employee lof the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank.
Although the gang had made a speedly exit, two of their number were not a match for the police. A stiff chase of the fugitives had ensyed while the search of the premises was being conducted. With the assistance of a party of Fengtie. soldiers the two men were taken.
They also proved to, be armed, but did not use their pistols. The' pair are now lodged in a Chapei gaol awaiting trial.
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