Gesticulating and shouting and generally behaving in a most dis-<rderly manner, two Chinese, ong of whom was formerly known as Chic nese police constable 1660 in the employ of the Shanghai Municipal Police, were taken from the Shang: hai Special District Court on September '27 to the Second Kiangsu Prison at Tsaohoching and shot.
Asked by the Judge whether they wished to say anything before he formally handed them over to the Chinese authorities, accused said that it was no use' making statements since they were wronefully~ condemned, Give them soniething to cat and a big bottle of wine to drink, they said, and finish the thing.
The Judge then gave the foreign sergeant in charge of. the" Blick Maria $2 to buy the two men something to eat, after which they were removed from the Court room, shooting, waving their hands and singing.
Food and wine which were given to them were quickly devoured and then the two men continued 0 sing with considerable bravado all the way to the execution ground, where they paid the extreme penalty for taking part in an armed kidnapping of Mr. Yih Tan-ming, a wealthy merchant, on May 81, 1929. Two bullets through the head weve insufficient to put an end to the existcence of the former policeman but third through the heart had the desired effect.
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