Deputy, charged vith murder. A remand was ordered Evidence of arrest was given by Det-Inspr. Schmidt, who also testified as to the discovery of the two bodies in the Zung Tsz Lee Alleyway, off North" Szechuen Rond, and said that a fifth suspect was in the police hospital', suffering from. wounds thought to have been received in the ght.
Information gathered by the police would indicate that the affair was the outcome of blackmailing tactics used by a gang of Canton loafers against a gambling den Avenue Edward VIL, which the gang is believed to have raided and Tobbed of several thousand dollars some weeks ago. Not content with this, they are said to have demanded further sums of money in return, for a promise not rmolest'the managers of the den. The owner of the place, itis said, refused cars in crates wore shifted by the and hired a gang of professional fansassins. to get rid. of the. blackmailers and the shooting is thought to he the outcome. Deceased are thourzht to be members of the black-fang. It la also reported that accused are members of a gang of pirates wanted for various offences. in and, fearing that deceased knew a tittle too much, decided to get rid of them, This, however, has not yet been cor firmed,
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