Three unemployed Chinese wore charged before Judge Ng in. the Shanghai Special District Court on September 8 with intimidating Yui Ming-sul, a merchant, between March 7 and September 4 by sending him threatening letters and causing him to hand over $400, Mr. Y. D, Wong, Assistant Municipal Advocate, prosecuted and he informed the Court that accused were arrested at the Tung Yih Lodging House at 346 Avenue Edward VII between 7 and 8 o'clock on Saturday evening. They had sent seven threatening letters to complainant, in one of which was enclosed a rifle bullet which was i tended to intimidate complainant into meeting their demands.
Complainant paid them $400 and this sum was divided three sums, $200, $50 and $150. For the first two sums the first accused wrote out receipts. A seventh letter, demanding $700, was received by complainant last week and handed to the police. In accordance with instructions from Det-Sgt, Barton, complainant sent a representative of the Hongkew Hotel but this man did not meet the letter writers. He wa then told to send his representative to the Tung Yih Lodging House and this was done, The first accused was in a room and the other two stood outside the door. Ax nogotiations were going on, detectives came up and arrested the gang. The first accused admitted writing the letters to complainant and receiving the money.
Corroborative evidence having been given by Det-Set. Barton and Chinese detective, the first accused admitted that he had sent five letters to complainant and that he had write ten the two receipts, The other letters and the bullet, he said, were sent by another man, The' other prisoners were not connected with the case: he did not know them. remand was ordered until September 17.
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