Strength of the Force on Auguat 31, mie Sikh Clorient ana Followers With the approach of shorter evenings householders are warned to take special precautions in the matter of fastenings on doors and windows. Ladders should be kept under lock and key, fences should be overhauled and. walls adjoining Windows and verandahs made secure against sneak thieves and burglars, The practice of leaving jewellery and valuables on dressing tables in bedrooms is much to be deprecated especially where verandahs are low and access easy from gardens and adjoining walls, A' male Chinese previously sentenced to death on a charge of murder appealed against' his sentence which was reduced to 12 years imprisonment.
Armed Abduction—Four reports under this heading "were received during the month. In one case the wife of a Director of the "Sin Wan Pao" was kidnapped when proceed-slong Gordon Road in her motor lear. The victim returned home on August 23 and stated that she was tunable to tell where she had been detained as when being released was blindfolded, driven some distance in a motor ear and then placed in a riesha. When she removed the bandages from her eyes she found herself on Avenue Dubail. The Second case was that of a Chinese boy who when playing outside his home on Ningwu Road was taken away in a motor ear by four men, 'A few days later he was found wandering on Yangtszepoo Road and taken to his home. The third case was that of a Soochow merchant who, on pretext of arranging a business deal, was decoyed to Shanghai by a gang of kidnappers. Upon arrival in Shanghai he was conducted td a place outside Settlement limits where he was detained, finally being released on August 19 after paying ransom of $1,900. The fourth case occurred outside Settlement i and was that of @ Chinese Customs employee who was proceeding along Great Western Road in a public riesha when he was held up by four men, three of whom were armed with pistols, forced into a waiting motor car and driven away. No news of the kidnapped man has 20 far been obtained, Two convicts sentenced to 16 years imprisonment each on charges of armed abduction were retried by order of the Kiangsu Provincial Government and—the original sentence was increased to life imrisenment in each case, A considerable number of bur-slaties and larcenies took place last winter owing to carelessness of householders in leaving open bed-oom windows to which easy access was obtainable from verandahs.
Valuable jewellery, whether me sured of not, should always be in a secure place and the public is particularly requested to assist the Police in this matter, Reports continue to be received by the Police concerning a Chinese of the student type, dressed in foreign clothes, speaking the local dialect and a little English, who has visited several foreign ' dwelling houses in the Settlement and stated to the servants that he has been sent by their masters to remove various articles and then has absconded with the property. Houscholders are requested to Warn their servants of this man and if possible detain him and notify the nearest police station,
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