The Archive · 1930

A College Head Threatened

Chinese, charged with being concerned "with others_in sending fole" threatening letters, Herman GE, Liu, president of Shanghai College, wis arraigned be fore Judge: Chow in' the: Shanghai Special Distset. Court on September Dr, Liu way not in Court but "Bia, Li epvesented. hin he evidence Zor the prosecution waa thay on or before Septener 1 Dr, Liu had vecetved four threatening leliorsinatreting him to Chung Yang lodging house fu Canton Road to meet one Wang Teung-yoh Complainant Sled a zepore withthe Ghapel branch ofthe" Butea of ely ant the lates, wit the Shanghai rant detectives the Chung: Yang lodging howe. on Sunday, "rwo teams vere, engaged hua telephone message was reeted from an" unknown "person saying that it eas not convenient fon meet Dr, Li's representative this lolging horse and' suggesting ange of wene to the Ping. Chia fntel'in Avenue Koad.' Detectives wont t0 this place and waited fr fre. hours, but nobody turned oweves; as detectives were going along Chekiang Road, they saw] focused approseh 'Dr.' Liv' repre tentative, ho had been instructed the threatening letters to carry) 2 yee bottle, ao they arrested hin Accused having denied the charge a remand was ordered, Attempt to Extort $5,000

Charged with sending threatening Ieiters to the owner of an exchange shop and attempting to extort $3,000, coolie and two unemployed Chinese appeared before Juge Ng in the! Shanghai Special District Court fon September 22.

Me. T. 8, Loa, Assistant Municipat 'Audvocuto, told' the Court that the fest accused was arrested in a house ai Jukong Road, Chapel. He had admitted being concerned in writing Veeeavening letters to complainant anil he implicated the second accused, whose house $300, which had been obtained from complainant under threats, was recovered, The second accused, said Mr, Lea, implicated the third accused who was arrested in the French Concession.

'A Chinese detective sergeant -hav-corroborated this statement, Dor Van-zung, a representative of complainant, told the Court that compiairant'had received three threatening letters, demanding $5,000. one a bullet was enclosed. On September 10, witness was instructed by complainant to negotiate with the third accused at an appointed place: and he paid him $500 on the folloving day, Questioned by the Court, the fi apeused admitted the charge and said the second accused wrote the ers while the third accused negotinted with complaicant's repre-

The third accused, after admitting the charge, told the Court that the ultet. was' owned by a man named Dis who had fled. A week's remand vas ordered.

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