In a staten ut, the accused Wong Yuen-kau, said that he was formerly soldier at Hangchow but gave up ix military career and wear Ningpo to gamble for a. Jiving. Whilst he was there, a kidnapping ease occurred and three policemen were murdered and, as it was rumoured that some of his friends were incriminated, he became frightened and came to Shanghai, where he resumed—his gambling activities. He admitted—having agreed to kidnap the complainant's von and that, while the boy was in captivity, he' threatened with a pistol,' taking out the cartridges and showing them in order to Srighten him. He was not the sluther of any of the letters, being unable to read or write:
Wanted to Consult Lady Doctor Another of the accused told the Jeourt that he only arrived in Shanghai on the'day before his arrest, and he accounted for his presence in the hospital where the gang was found by saying that he went there to consult a lady doctor.
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