Shanghai, Mar. 23, Three suspects, including the 16- year old concubine of the victim, Were "brought before the Second Special District Court, yesterday on. a writ of detention in connection with the brutal murder of Chen Ting-sun, a Chinese merchant who rived at-39 Hal Ga Li, Avenue Haig which crime was committed on March 20. One of the suse pects, a man named Tao Peh-ching, Admiited that st was at his instigation that Chen was shot and chopped to death because he had been in love With the concubine of the deceased, Judgment was reserved pending further Investigations.
Tao further told the court that the deceased began to know that he (Teo) was in love with the young concubine. She was later beaten by her husband who warned her against having any relations with Tao. He alleged that the concubine gave him $400 with which to hire assassins. He only received $100 for buying a pistol and he asked four men Including the third suspect to the job, he said, 'The concubine denied, however, that she intended to murder her husband, She merely gave $100 to 'Tao In order that he might clear hig gambling debt, she said, was revealed' in court that Tao {s a carpenter by profession and that hho had been in love with the young, concubine for some time, The con-cumine was bought by the deceased only a few months ago, Kidnapper Pleads for Leniency Shanghai, Mar. 25.
The schoolmate of the vielim con fessed to the crime yesterday in the Second. Special District Court, connection with the recent kid napping. of Mr. sto Chinecheng, an employee of the Ta. Tung Company, 2 Chinese firm in Kiangse Rond, He omitted that he had kidnapped his schoolmate but asked the judge 10 pardon all" the members of hit family who, he said, had nothing to 0 with, the crime." Judgment" Will be announced on March 31, "rhe accused, Lin Ssu-ying, told the court that he wat a schoolmate of the victim whom the 'French. police "rescued. He. kidnapped™ him Deeause he was without any. means at his disposal ae a. result. of the hostilities during which his factory was destroyed, "He hada" family' 10 Support, He had made 'a. mistake fand asked the judge to. pardon him. He also asked that his three relatives detained be released because they mew nothing about the crime. All the detained relatives denied that they had participated inthe Kid napping plot.
"The police prosecutor stated that there wens no doubt that the accused had Kidnapped. his schoolmate, alleged that at least two of the three other accused were Involved. in the crime in a minor capacity, explain: ing that one' of then guarded the victim, He. asked the court. to deal With the accused leniently, however, in consideration. of pitiful conditions Ju which they found: themselves, He also' mentioned the fact that ne weapon whalsover had been used in the one banker friend of! their" victim, the fe alleged that by posing asa
accused lured Mr. Tsao to a secret brace and ied te extent" $080) from him,
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