Increased to $300,000 as "a Sort of Punishment for Delay'
A disreputable looking gang of seven men were before Mr. Tavares (Portuguese Assessor) and Magis trate Kuan on Monday at the Mixed year-old son of merchant residing. in "Yuenfong Road.
According to evidence given at previous hearings, the youth was enticed from his home to the Great Eastern Hotel, under the impression that he was to see some sort of entertainment, and on arrival at the hotel found one of the accused, Wong Yuen-kau, a gentleman with several aliases, awaiting him. Wong. suggested an adjournment to Chapel, and upon arriving there the boy was confronted with a revolver and told he would be father paid captivity for three weeks, and was permitted to write: home once a week describing—the discomforts of captivity and urging. his parents to pay the sum demanded, 2icanwhile, the man Wong and another member of the gang, Yang Pao-hua, between them wrote ten lectors to the boy's father, first demanding $200,000, and later creasing their price by $100,000, "as sort of punishment" for his not having: met their demands, Threat (o Murder Family The boy's father advertised appointment with a representative the gang, who wa him ay the Great E: the appointment was not kept." Instead, further letters were sent ig to kill every member of his family and burn his house down if the money demanded were not paid, the use of bombs "and all kinds "of weapons known in the world" being threatened.
tually, the accused Yang Ps ted complainant's house with arranging a meeting whereat the ransom would be and police officers who were in wait. ing arrested him, He forthwith gave information which led to the arrest of the whole gang, seven of them being arrested at 842 Avenue Foch, said to be a Chinese hospital. The missing youth was discovered ata house" in Markham Road, whither he had been removed on itt becoming known that the police had made an arrest in connexion with the ease, AE an identification parade which was afterwards held, Yang was identified by Chinese police as have ing been concerned in a adventure at Shaoshing Inst, four persons being then abducted and afterwards released on payment of $83,000. According to police information, Wong Yuen-kau iw wanted by the Ningpo authorities in connexion with a ease of murder and abduction which occurred there March Inst.
Missionary's Plea for Accused Man The Rev. J. H. Wood, of the seventh Day." Adventist "Mission, king leave to speak on behalf of.
ang Pao-hua, told the court that had known' the accused's father and mother, who were Christians, for ten years, and the accused him: self for several years, he knew, nto contact with him he seemed good character and lations, so far ax witness vere good.
Cross-examined by Mr. Maitland, who, with Mr, H. D, Rodger, appear~ prosecute, witness said he was una Yang was connected with a kidnapping case last year, He could not say how the man had been earning a living.
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