Methods of Loafers are Revealed in Court Several Chinese who were arrested on June 7 are now awaiting sentence in the First Special District Court in connection with "squeeze" and [ntimidation on the banks of the Soochow Creek.
The case came up in the Court yesterday morning, when the statements of coolies and weighers were heard According to the story of a wheelbarrow coolie, three Chinese boarded rice boats at the Shanse Road jetty in April and demanded the seven cents per picul which the coolies receive for unloading the rice, The men finally took five cents, leaving the coolies only two cents. If the "racketeers" were refused "squeeze" they would remove the planks connecting the boats with the shore.
A weigher gave evidence of attempts on the part of loafers to exact halt the weighing fee paid by the rice merchants, Coolies were assaulted upon refusal to pay the racketeers, and the Police were called in.
Detective-Dergt. i Bradley conducted the investigation, for the Police.
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