Shanghai, Apr. 7.
Charged with murder, four persons were sentenced to prison terms yesterday by the First Special District Court in connection with the murder of Wu Kwel-sen, a leader of Chinese newspaper vendors, which crime was committed shortly before midnight on arch 21, in a lane in Foochow Rond where Wu was. walking.
'Hsu Ah-shih and Wang Hsiao-mow were each sentenced to five years' Imprisonment and charged with aiding and abetting in the crime Li Tal-mou and Liu Bin-ching drew" three years each, The alleged leader of the gang is believed to be still at large.
He is said to be also a newspaper vendor and the motive behind the crime is Suspected to be business competition, The victim, it will be recalled, was fatally chopped with axes by several men after leaving a small hotel at 608 Foochow Road, Man Admits Part napping Shanghai, Apr. 9. The son of an old ployed by Mr. Sheng Chieh-cheng, a wealthy Chinese coal and steel merchant, who was arrested some~ time ago' in connection with the attempted kidnapping of George Shen. nine-year old son of the merchant in front of the Public School for the Chinese in Great Western Road fon March 20, has confessed to the rime in the' First Special. District Court but one of the two other arrested men who is alleged to be the instigator steadfastly denies that he had anything to do with he The Bubbling Well Police in whose district the crime was committed are understood to be seeking the ald of 8 waiter of a small hotel where the accused servant, Chen Ching-tu, is alleged to Drepared an extortion tet with the assistance of Chang Taeshsiung, one of the other two Jaccused who can write, Chang mitted in court that he had written the letter for Chen, but explained that he knew nothing about the kid" napping plot.
As a beggar he was asked by Chen in the street to write the letter for him and he did hotel. having been promised some The third accused and alleged instigator, algo named Chang, eompletely denied that he: hap participated in the attempted kidnapping. was trapped by Chi whom he did not even recognize, he said.
He was ale Jeged by Chen to have visited him (Chen) several times and expressed the wish to Kidnap his (Chen's) young master.
Chen told the court that at first he refused to entertain the ides bhut when Chang promised to divi the money to be extorted from the young master's parents, he Joined in the lot.
Chen said that he had been a copper-smith but since the hostilities he had been out of work.
He appreciated the kindness of Mr. Sheng who admitted him asa servant dur-would never have committed the unemployment, and said. that
rime had it not been for Chang's instigation, Second Special Court Gunman Confesses to Attempt Shanghai, Apr.
Alleging that a son of his intended victim: who was a guerilla com mander recently went over. to the Japanese side, that the intended vie~ ne to Shanghai to negotiate with the Japanese and that hho intended to kill him as a traitor, Hsu Tze-mow, @ middle-aged native of Liyang, stood trial in the Second, [Special District Court yesterday in with the attempted murder of Yang Tsai-shan, a wealthy Changshu merchant who Is now stay {ing in a French Concession hotel The French police brought him before the court in order to got per~ mission to detain him, having not yet completed their investigations, -and therefore the hearing. was postponed April 17.~ Hou, it will be recalled, was arrested on' April following fan abortive. attempt on the life of Yang who was walking near the Da Woo rench side), accompanied. by Hotel, "avenue "Edward © Vil friends, He was allosed to" have fed his pistol at Yang's head but the weapon jammed.
Hsu told the court that a son of his intended vietim_ was commander of a guerilla unit in Changshu, but he recently went over to the Japanese, and was subsequently appointed bandit suppression commander, "After the appointment, he alleged, a guerilla commander named Hsiung Gien-tun; was arrested and executed. Hslung's properties were confiscated. The Intended victim recently came to Shanghai and, white staying in the Da Woo Hold where he had. six rooms, he trad been conduetin negotiations with the Japanese, 'Two friends told the accused that Yang was a traitor and asked him to do the shooting. Accompanied by the two men, who have not yet been arrested, he intended to shoot Yang but his pistol jammed, Hsu told' the court, Yanig completely denied Hsu's story.
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