Astounding Revelations Made by the Municipal Police in their Never-Ending Pursuit of Bands of Kidnappers Cun you conceive of kidnapping ay a business? Tt requires capital, directors, managers, and junior ployees; it demands energy and resource and an organizing ability which, if applied in the ordinary] fills of commerce, would make a mana king of industry. 'There and "labour," just as in other walks of Tife—but there are few Inbour troubles, for these are disposed of quickly' and ruthlessly when they arise, callousness being one of the requisites for rising in the breeds the kidnappers who come 10} Shanghai. He started in the kidnapping business when quite young, JSringing off a few successful deals in the Shaohsing area, later transferring his sphere of activities to Nanking, at the time of the first revolution. When the situation began to get too warm for him in the present capital, he moved back to Shaohsing and drifted eventually down to Canton, where he and his confederates brought off a number of coups. profession Gang in Low Water
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