Five Shoots to End Life of Former Banker Peiping. Apr. 12.
Five shots wore needed (9 end the life of 'Fan Shao-chang, "assistant manager of the Kaoy! branch of the Hopel Provinelat Bank, who, 98 pre= viously reported, was executed this morning after having been found Gullly of embezzling $93,700 belong-Ing to the bank, The execution' was carried out by the headquarters of the Pacification Commissioner of Hopel and Chan the presence of a large gathering fof spectators. Dressed "in foreign clothes and with his hair parted in the centre, Fan, who was only 26 years of age, looked as pale as death when he was removed from the truck in which he had been conveyed to the execution ground, Fan's defalcation came as the climax to a long spell of dissolute life in which he drew heavily on the bank's funds in order to cover his personal expenses. On February 12, he scerelly left Kaoyl for Peiping with two) drafts in his pocket drawn on a local Juan. He arrived here, cashed the two drafts, and then left for Chengchow, From Chengchow, accompanied by his wife, he boarded a Eurasia plane for Shanghai, where he assumed anew. name and resistered ina Chinese hotel, maree, Last September his home, In the village of Changpu, near' Chai chow, was surrounded by more than 100 armed men, who transacted the building, and got away with over $2,000 in money and jewellery.
They (ook the old man andi his two sons in to the hills and informed the family they would be released upon payment of $800,000 and ten revolvers: But soldiers were sent (o see our the country. The captives were confined xemewhere in the mountains "near Tongan, but they were moved from lime to time when the soldiers approached too near. Negotiations. wi the family about ransom ended truitlessly owing to the unreasonable sum demanded.
Aged Victim Escapes Eight persons connected with the altair were arrested and shot Changchow. Lately, however. the family again get into touch with the kid happers and negotiations were progressing favourably when the (ole-phone message came that the old man had escaped and was on his way (o the city. He arrived at Ku-
Laler he moved into a house on' Weihaiwei Road, where he was arrested early last month. He brought to Peiping on March 18 immediately to the Peiping District On the demand of the Hopel-Charhar Politifal Council, he was surrendered to! the headquarters of the Pacification Commissioner of Hopet and Chathar: and tried by court-martial on a charge: fof embezzling public funds. He was "and condemned to.
His wife, who was released about week ago, took charge of the corpse, which was buried this afternoon. Fan Wasa native of Liaoning and had some high connections—Reuter, De, Ran Knoll, first German commercial representative In. Manchou-Kuo, will arrive at Changchun on Monday from Berlin. He will be accompanied by three assistants. Dr. Knoll was instrumental in conclud~ a parler agreement between [Germany "and. Manchoukwo, "havin assisted Dr. Alto C. Kiep, head of the German Economic Bfission to the Far East in the negotiations.
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