Gen. Wu Pei-fu's Chief of Staff and His Missing Inamorata The name of Marshal Wu Pei-fu, the Chihli military leader, was mentioned at the Mixed Court on Monfay when Mr. L. K. Kentwell appeared to oppose an application of the police for the handing over to the Hankow Mixed Court authorities of a man who is alleged to have abducted a woman, the concubine of Gen. Wu's chief of staff.
Chief Det.-Insp. Cruickshank outlined the case, and Mr. Kentwell opposed the handing over until a brind facie case had been made out against his client. Accused, he stated, had never been to Tchang. where the woman is alleged to have been abducted, but was a "boy" in an Ewo boat running between Shanghai and Tientsin, Another steward had been arrested in Hankow in connexion with the case, but he had been dismissed owing to lack of evidence and accused's name had been mentioned in the matter because they could not locate his brother, whom he had not seen for four or five years. Accused could not be held responsible for the actions of his brother.
Tf accused were sent to Hankow, stated counsel, there would be some sort of charge framed against him and this, counsel considered, was very dangerous, and would be a great injustice. The complainant was Wu Pei-fu's chief of staff and he wanted to get hald of somebody to make up for his concubine so he was bringing about a choree against accused. It was probable that accused's brother had abducted the woman, and it was also possible that she had run away with him in spite of the fact that he was only a "boy." They could not get the brother so now they had arrested accused. Tf complainant had a case against him, he should have brought it long ago—long before they had brought a charge against his brother. Counsel suggested that.ance accused was handed over to the Hankow Mixed~Court. authorities (there were several Mixed Courts
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