Two students of St, John's University were kidnapped on New Year's Day, armed men holding up their motor-car as it was travelling down Jessfield Road and then driving their victims off in the same lear. Less than an hour later the ear was found abandoned, but of the two lads, aged 17 and 18 years respectively, there is as yet no trace.
The two students, Ling Goe and Ling Kwan, are the sons of Mr. Ling Moh-zee, a Chinese Iand-owner who for the past nine years has lived at 116 Route de Say Zoong. On New Year's Day they were returning to St, John's after spending their holidays with their father, and they used their father's car. With them was a chauffeur, two servants, and a small amount of hand luggage. The-car is a large closed Studebaker, licence No, 2796.
At 8.10 pam. the hold-up occurred, fived oF -six armed men (the exact number was not ascertained owing the darkness) stan out in the middle of Jessfield Road just south of Connaught Road, at a point where there is little light and deep shadows. The car stopped and the mon immediately surrounded it, flourishing a pistol at the chauffeur and the other members of the party.
The chauffeur and the servants were ordered to alight, which they did, Then, still covering them with their guns, the gang drove off in the car with their victim, -with one of their number at the wheel, "The servants immediately made for Gordon Road Police Station, and within fifteen minutes of the hold~ up the Police were in possession of the facts of the ease. Bubbling Well Station, in whose area the scone of the kidnapping is located, was immediately informed, and the Police got busy, 9 pany less than an hour after the kidnapping, the car was found abandoned on Robison Road, about a mile away. 'The luggage of the two boys was still inthe car, untouched, and no damage had been done to the ear, What, happened after the party' alighted, whether they had another ear waiting for them or not, is still a matter of and the Police are making thorough investigations. The kidnapping came absolutely unexpectedly, as the father of the students' has not received any threateningiletters ar bec intimidate in any way.
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