Instead of only one, the Second the French Roman Catholic Church at Siccawei Mission which crime was committed on August 30. Two of the men have confessed that they participated in the crime while the two other men steadfastly denied that they had anything to do with it. Hearing will be resumed on November 2 aid the French police are still looking for the ringleader of the crime who is believed to be hiding in Pootung.
The first man whom the police took into custody is Kien Ah-loh, a youth who was once cared for in the Orphanage and Workshop of the Catholic Mission of which the late priest was director. He surrendered himself to the police and in court he admitted that he and another man broke into the priest's room. While the other man was strangling the priest to death he held the latter's feet. On Thursday he again admitted that after the murder they stole $1,800.
One of the four moh recently arrested by the police: told the court that he merely served as a watchman while the crime was being committed. He tried to exonerate another suspect, stating that although the latter knew the plot he did not actually go with them. The other two men said that they had nothing to do with the crime admitting however that they knew two of the accused as friends.
It was revealed by the first accused that the man who actually strangled the priest to death is one Chou Yueh-lao who is at large. Exceping Kien the police have not yet framed charges against the other detained men prefering to make further investigations with a view to arresting the ringleader. by dismembering the body of their father and destroying evidence by applying acid. Their elder sister secretly reported the matter to the Bubbling Well Police who arrived at their house only to find a dismembered body. The sons were arrested in an upstairs room where the discovery was made while the mother was caught. downstairs. The Police prosécutot insisted that, although the woman did not participate in the murder plot, she could not deny that she was ignorant of the dismemberment of her husband's body.
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