morning ordered an adjournment i a case in which two men and two women, arrested by the Manicipal Police on Sunday night during Faids, were charged in connection with the murder of Ling Jing-along, 4 detective superintendent attached to the Greater Shanghi Bureau of Public Safety, in North Kiangse Road on the night of Joly 28, Accuted were Loh Chu, Hung 'Teal, Ma Mei-yung and Wang Ah-yue,' the two latter being women, and they are alleged to have been the instigators of the crime.
Mr. T. Y. Chang, Assistant Mu cipal Advocate, who prosecuted said; tat accused were arrested by the police as the result of information which had been obtained from secret sources, When the raids were ear-ried out, everything was found to be in accordance with descriptions given by the informers. Loh was arrested in a lodging house in North Shanse Road with a pistol and 11 rounds of ammunition possession, the other three taken in a house in Tiendong Road.
representative of the Greater' Shanghai Bureau of Public Safety presented an application for the extradition of accused as, he informed the Court, the Chinese authorities had arrested 17 suspects red to facilitate matters in the Chinese court. This was refused by Judge Feng, who said tthe crime had been committed in the International Settlement.
Accused denied the charges and said that they were falsely accused by people who bore grudges against them.
'Accused's widow said that her! husband was hated by gangsters who threatened to "get him" because he Lad frustrated "their attempt to Wackmail a certain gambling resort in the French' Concession.
'AS stated, a remand was ordered.
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