Pole Sentenced to Term in Prison Unusual Story of Night Long Police Search, Notice" of appeal was filed by Finding that detectives and police Victor J. Metz, a 82-year old Pole, were hard on their trail, }who was sentenced to 14 months! kidnappers of Mr. Chien Chao-foa Imprisonment by Judge Shen. on May 4 took to flighty the Special District Court on May Teaving their victim free to make 9 for concerned with an-his way to Minghong, a short dig-other man not in" custody "in tance from the place where he was committing & larceny at the Char-being held. fered Bank of India, "Australia. and Mr. Chien, a wealthy lumber China "on May' 8 causing merchant, was kidnapped at 12.15 Capt. G. Chunehen, manager of the am, on April 16, after he had paid Shanghai Salvage "& Diving "Company, to lose '$1,000, 4 visit to his concubine in & house in an alleyway off Rue, Boor ne Pat Bent. The: French Prosecuting, Mr. S.C. Chien, however, after long and Assistant Municipal Advocate, told laborious enquiries, got on to the the Court that, on the morning trail of the gang. question, complainant. went to the The latter had given several Chartered Bank to depen $8,798 appointments to representatives of book on the counter and was about fe placed his money and paying-in Chien Daostse, the father of im, and meetings had taken hotels in both. the. Tntete the accused came up_and asked him Settlement and Frenelt a few questions. Complainant Concession to. bargain over the not understand what accused had matter of ransom. Finally id, but he turned towards him, amount vas settled upon, and leaving the money on the counter, rendezvous was fixed for the pay A little time afterwards, co...lain: ment of the money at 3 p.m. ow ant discovered that one bund' of May 4 at the' corner' of" Gent his money consisting of $1/.0 in Western and Edinburgh Roads, notes had disappeared from" the counter. He looked around and saw 'AL the appointed bott the gang's fadeused walking towards the en-representatives, 10. the number three, arrived at the rendezvous, trance with "another foreigner Here' they were, met and "imines closely behind him. He stopped ely arrested by three. Chinese accused and, with the assistance of detectives of the French Police dis twas arrested and taken' 9. the Chinese police constable, accused aged respectively a plumber, aber anil a cockle Police station where he was search: 'AU70 pin, that evening My ed, but only $54 of his own money Bardy, Chef de Divi was found, panied by a strong party of Chinese fictectives, the prisoners and. two representatives "of the "Chinese Police," left the Bond in a motor boat ina proceeded up the" Whang: This place was raided, but oe. "Everything went well, and friend did not return ' there, In there was no dilieulty in running jconelusion, Mr. "Chien said" th the bent until midnight, when the potice had' a further charge against Jereck suddenly became narrow and accused, this being that of commit.
Sinwous. Then, on several." ocean ting "a Larceny "at. the. National fons the boat. "ran" aground 08 City Bank, Kivkiang. Road, on. bumped into sampans, much to tha morning of May 4 when a handb annoyance of their occupants, containing $10 belonging toa 5.°G. Jenten was stolen, rafts of long which "Afters having pose
corroborated, accused," questioned The first complainant havin lent space for the passage of the the party arrived att the Court, stated that he went at the village of Tseu-So, {0 the Chartered 'Bank the morn hero a banding' prevented any. Ing in question. with the -intention Further progress. Beyond this thera of remitting $50 to his friend. was lowland, which Is. flooded at Harbin. Ay he did not know "any-the equinoxes, and here were found thing about banking. transactions number of lits, at no great a he rst asked a foreign lady at the Dank about the matter, but the Indy tance fou" ne aliother. spoke only English, 30 he turned rapidly raided this Teglon" dveace about Bam, the police part
{0° complainant. 'The latter did not ing. n0 litle terror "amongst. the lundcrstand "what he said, so. he nts, who at first thought they, Jefe the bankes he. had' changed Were being atincked by. pandita, his mind and decided to remit the The task of the police Wag, sim money through the Chinese. Post fled bya full moon in x. cloudless Ofce, Accused vigorously denied the charge and stated that this necessary, a sky, making the tse of lamps une
the first time that he hnd visited After an bank with the intention. of re-party gathered ut" the motor-b hour of thie work, the again, not in their work, "The The. second complainant, had Been 8 Jensen, a Danish Indy then told hed thoroughly? aad the Court that, on the morning of the party was not unnaturally dle May 4, she went to. the. National appointed. "Suddenly, however, of the prisoners suddenly. became City Bank on business. She uneasy, and said that the her handbag on the counter" and victim must have been transferred to. was about to sign a cheque when Young' foreigner, who house near Minghong. So the party, got into the motor-boat once more much like accused, came up and faked with her, She did not under. wd_set back towards Shangh arriving at 11 a.m, stand what he said and the' toft. She turned found and found Half an hour later the party her handbag, containing "$10, had this time in motor-cars, ied for Minghong, where one. they arrived at midday. From what 'Accused, when questioned in con-the prisoner had the polices nection with. the' second charge, taid he "had never visited gathered that Mr. Chien was being, National City Bank in. Shanghai held in a house standing all alone, in open country, not far from. the, nor did he know where it was. village of Peicl Sentence was passed as stated ith the assistance of the Mings and notice of appeal. was imme: hong Police and 20 armed soldiers, diately Sled by accused, the" house was raided. Tt wad found to be empty, The neighbours hood was scoured, but also without result, and the party, once more
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