As was mentioned in an, article these columns on the 2nd instant, in which the operations of the Shaoshing band of kidnappers and armed robbers were fully described, the above facts confirm the theory. that something sinister lies beneath the surface of what appear to ordinary kidnappings. The r2- Juetaace on the part of victims 19 ive evidence in Court, even when teases are held iw camera, must be due in measure to something more powerful than the mere threats a quintette or a score of erstwhile 'The evidence given in the above trial disclosed that two, of the gang received $1,000 each, one $800 an another §$400,—in all, $3,200. As there were only seven' others concerned in the actual kidnapping operations one can only judge
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