$1,500 Ransom A ransom of $1,500 has been de-ma died of the family of Mr. Wang) Ping-sun, proprietor of a Chinese medicine shop in Pootung. who has een missing since last Saturday.
The proprietor, is also a} who ctor, was sent for by a-Chinese of larines type last Saturday. He left p in Jin Kia Mo Chiao, Yang-!
Pootung, together with senger to visit 2 "patient"
As the proprietor failed to return home that evening, the family made enquiries in the vicinity. Tt was subsequently reported that he had been kidnapped by four men about half a mile from his shop. All the men were said to be armed with vistals and to have forced the pro-rioter to walk with them to an u mown destination Since his disappearance, t threatening letters have been rece! ed by the family, demanding a $1. 00 ransom. in Shanghai shortly,
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