The charity and compassion of bandit-kidnappers, a rarity it being commonly understood, came to light on September 11 when a kidnapped girl of five years was sent from Hangchow to Shanghai to be return. ed to her parents.
During April a number of armed men entered a carpenter's shop, situated at 74 Kaifeng Road. They stole $700, and not satisfied with their spoil, dragged the child from its parents arms. After some time, letter was sent to them from Hangchow, demanding a ransom of, $150,000, 2 fabulous sum for a Poor carpenter to pay. They seat additional letters, to which the father replied that he could raise only $500, and pointed out that he was 8 poor working man, Eventually he went to Hangchow and met certain go-betweens. His sincerity convinced them evidently, over the week-end information was received by the police that a woman would transport the child back to Shanghai and take her to an address on North Szechuen Road, Further information identified the Place as a certain room in the Moon Palace Hotel.
Having obtained the assistance of the Chapei police, the hotel being.
disputed territory, Det-Sub-Inspr. Willgoss and @ party of Chinese detectives on Wednesday' evening, raided the room and found the child alone sleeping on the bed. No one of the gang has since pat in an appearance. release of Mr, Sion makes the! third.
Those still in captivity are Mr. Wang Che-feng, assistant compradore of the Yangtsze Insurance Association who was kidnapped on the French Bund @ fortnight ago, and the second is Mr. S. S. Shan, (Zai Ching-song). Mr. Shan is the brother-in-law of Mr. Sion who was released yesterday, and was kid-ped on August 29 while riding in a riesha on Sinza Road.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.