A surprise raid on a kidnappers' lair by the French police resulted in the release of Mr. Chu Yung-ching, tea merchant victim, and the, the) arrest of eight men and three! women on September 16 at No, 73, Passage 440, Route J. Frelupt. The Taid proved such a lightning occurrence to the gang that mo chance was given them to put up a resistance. Two pistols on the table in the room where the victim was held were seized by the police.
Mr. Chu, who stayed in the! Chinese city, was kidnapped at the corner of Rue Tourane and the Boulevard des Deux Republiques shortly before midnight on Tuesday last, when he was on his way home jin a ricsha. Three. armed men Istopped the vehicle and carried him away in a hired car.
According to the victim, he had written three letters to his family jas instructed by the kidnappers, lasking for Following ago, he had been hidden in two. itrerent places. He could not remember the first one.
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