The fourth kidnapping to occur within a week was. carried out successfully on September 2, when Mr, Sion Anheu, Chief of the Personnel and Trust Depaztment of the Shanghai, Commercial & Savings Bank was abducted in a hire-car as hho was leaving his home. Mr. Sion is a brother-unlaw of Mr. Zai Ching-song (S. 8. Shan), of the Mercantile Bank, and a graduate of the University of Chicago, who was kidnapped in Sinza Road on August 29 and has rot yet been found, The kidnappers followed the method: used in the kidnapping of Mr. Tso Yang-san of the Standard Oil Company, who was sensationally released within two and a half hours by detectives and police of Bubbling Well Station last Wednesday. Mr. Sion was seized just as he was entering a ear to go to office, and f¢riven off in the same car, which was later found abandoned near Pearce and Monument Roads, Mr. Sion does not own a ear, and sometimes goes to office in a public riesha and sometimes in a hire-car ordered from the Asia" Garage, situated in Avenue Edward VII near Rue Chapsal. This is not far from Mr. Sion's house at Y41 Rue Brenier de Montmorand, near the corner of Avenue Joffre.
The kidnappers were, as usual, completely familiar with the habits of their victim and had apparently timed everything to a nicety. At} 40 a.m, on September 2, Mr. Sion topped out of his house to enter the "ear, bearing licence " No. 12199, which had, just arrived. reached the pavenient and was mediately held up by a band of four armed men, one of whom stood near the chauffeur and covered him with his, pistol, Mr. Sion was orslered into the car, and one of the gang got next to the chauffeur with his pistol 4 handy position, and ordered the latter to drive on. The car left in a northerly. direction, and this was the last heard of it for an hour. "Mr. "Sion's family witness:
the abduction and" an hour later informed the police, but despite all efforts no trace of the car could te found, From later reports it appears that!
chauffeur drove the car al various roads, until he came to Lincoln Avenue. Here he was ordered to. get out, which he did, and the! car drove on. The chauffeur made! his way to Bubbling Well. Police Station and reported the occurrence, Detectives and police then took the chauffeur in a station car, back to the spot where he had been left. From estimates it must have been well over half an hour since the that the chauffeur had been dumped by the kidnapping gang.
Since then the police of the French Concession and the Inter-ni pal Settlement have been work-hard on the affair, but so far nothing farther has transpired.
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