With the recent arrest of five Chinese coolies and two alleged female accomplices who were before the Provisional Court on Sept. 8, the police believe a death blow has been struck at one of the foremost wholesale aggregations of threaten: ing letter writers that has flourish-in the Shanghai district for sorns tim Thirty charges of _abtaining: money and attempting to obtai money from rich Chinese were lodged against them, and the case was remanded for two weeks to father additional evidence agains: give the police an opportunity
Tt was alleged. that though the Jeaders may have described the to three and five years respectively, on a charge of sending. threatening' letters demanding $100,000 from a wealthy Chines? in the Settlement.
The letters were sent at various dates between March and July, and were couched in terms of violence if the demands were not complied with.
The Police were notified and accused were arrested by Det~ Inspr. J Hunter og a result of an appointment made with the knowledge of the Police.
Besides their prison sentences, accused were deprived of their civil rights for life and were further ordered to return the sum of $400 to the complainant.
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