Detectives. Arrive Almost the Hour Seven armed kidnappers and their accomplices were atresyed on Monday night and on Tuesday morning, ssabkequent to a police raid on the servants' quarters in the home of Ar. Atkins, 15 Kinnear Road, in the absence of the tenant. The kidnappers had persuaded the No. 1 boy and other servants to sin their victim, who was kid-rapped on November 4 from the ity of Carter Road. The kidnapped man is Ong Kyi-kuang, a Cantonese fortune-teller in the temple in Nanking Road, between Shansi and Fukien Roads. The ang induced him to accompany them under the pretext that he wes, to tell fortunes for some wealthy, people. His associates had not informed the police and it was "nly by chance that Chinese detectives, attached to Central Station became Jaware of the situation, Ong was being held for a ransom of $100,000.
The ang on Tuesday were charged in the Shanghai Provisional Court, before Judge Liang Lone and Mr, Stevens, the Senior Consul's Deputy.
Complainant said he was told that he kidnappers wanted $500.00, and, when he said that he had no} money, they threatened to cut off his fingers and ents, He begged be released but some foreign! medicine was poured into his ear] and he was told that this would Tilt the pain when his enr was cut cif. Then he foretold his ex' fortune and the result was good. He was told to await patiently f2r three days, when he would be! released. He waited and there seemed to be no hope. He had! decided to hang. himself just before the detectives: came. The three full Gays would have been up if the detectives arrived three hours later. When the detectives entered, two ofthe accused sat on his head and body to conceal him. A shot wax later fired and he thought that the, kidnappers fired at him.
The case was remanded.
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