Demanding $8,900
A package containing a hand grenade and a letter c^inanding a "Joan" of $8,000 were delivered by a stranger to Mr, Zau Yih-san, a native banker, at the Tung Ye Native Bank, 13/145 Tientsin Road, on September 22, Mr. Zau was instructed by the writers of the letter to send the money to a spot near the corner of North Chekiang-and Tsepoo Roads between 7 and 8 a.m. on September 25, or 26, or 27, On September 26, another letter was received by Mr. Zau, threatening to bomb his house in Shaoshing and to kill his son if the sum demanded were not sent to the designated spot. A telephone call was received by Mr. Zau the same afternoon in connection with the same matter.
Mr. Zau reported to the S. M. Police, Detectives disguised as Mr. Zau's representatives met the alleged threatening letter writer on the morning of September 27 and had him arrested, At the police station, the man implicated several others, four of whom were rounded up the same day in lodging houses, Questioned about the hand grenade, the prisoners stated they obtained two grenades from a man who had found them in Chapei, They threw away one of the shells and delivered the other to Mr. Zau.
The arrested men were charged with extortion in the First Special District Court yesterday and re-Mr. T. S. Lea, Assistant Municipal Advocate, conducted the prosecution
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