Mr. Hsu Pao-hwa, assistant manager of the Nanking branch of the Kincheng Banking Corporation, who was first reported to have been re-Teaséd together with Mr. Hsu Peh-yuan, the other banker, by the Che-dang Provincial militia and police, fg at ast free and safe in Hangchow after seventeen days' captivity in the hands of Nanking-Hangchow highway kidnappers.
The newly-released banker was with) the ollier banker when the Kidnappers were surrounded by troops and police in Wushing hills. Driven from their Jair, the gang forced the victims to follow them to bamboo grove to escape from their pursuers, While Mr, Hsu Peh-yuan 'Gained freedom in the grove, Mr. Hsu Pao-hwa was unfortunately' detained by his captors who forced him to flee with them.
From the bamboo grove, the gang escaped to An Chih Hsuch'under the cover of darkness, according to the {berated victim. The gang changed no less than five hiding places in order to avoid capture by the militia and police who were seen in important and main thoroughfares, The Bandits usually chose the most dim-cult and narrow passages in hills, and the victim had to follow them day and night, rain or sunshine and [sometimes without food.
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