Armed Gang Surprised Before Dawn by Police Held by murderous kidnappers a Kiangwan bamboo hut since early' December, a 14-year-old Cantonese boy was rescued sharily before dawn Saturday when a small party of Set~ Uement detectives broke into the hut, pistols drawn, and wrested him from his captors, The raid was made with such speed that the gang did not got a chance to shoot, and consequently all seven adults present in the hut were arrested. A loaded automatic pistol of the Mauser type was found under a pillow near where the kidnapped boy was resting, The victim, Oong Sch-sing, the only gon of a wealthy pawnbroker in 'Yanglszepoo, was abducted by armed men on December 12 last, while on this way to school in Liaoyang Road by rickshaw. It was the second time he had been kidnapped within about, three years. His captors whisked him away In a' Lee Lee hire-car, whose chauffeur they later strangled death and Left ina clump of bushes off Amherst Avenue, in the Westera District, While it was suspected that the boy had been taken to a hideaway in Chapel or Kiangwan, the Settlement Police did not learn the exact address until early that morning and immediately raided the wwerated from kldnappe place with the assistance of the Chin+ ese Police, Demands of ransom varying from $20,000 to $500,000 hid been made by the kidnappers since the rime was committed, Surround The Lair It wae pitch dark and raining when the Police, led by Det, Sub-Insp, H. Willgoss, went to the kidnappers' lair, 220 Hsiang Ying Road, near yhe Civic Centre, 'Three other' foreiitn detectives participated in the raid: Det. Sub-Insp, G. Pryde and Det. Sergts. 3, Bradley and S, Beloshenko, The hut Is situated in the centre of Inrge country estate and the officers hod to traverse creeks and fences in order to get there. Knowing thut watch-dogs were kept on the pr mises, they observed the deepest silence as they closed in on the hut.
On a given signal the raiders broke into the hut, which lay in complete darkness, Pistols and electric t ches in their hands, they commanded the situation, and the three men in the hut were taken by surprise. The Kidnapped boy. who had been asleep fon a couch, heaved uw sigh of relief when he saw foreign faces: ho realized that his terrible experience had ome to an end, When his rescuers spoke to him he did not reply, howe ever, as his ears had coen stuffed with' cotton by his captors—he was of supposed to overhear their de-Uberations,
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