"Cover Victim's Head with Gown; "Sick Man" Escapes And Abductors Caught cone clothes in order to deceive the wering their victim's head with
public, some kidnappers carried a metal shop manager from the French Concession into a Settlement hotel where they told waiters that they had to take care of a sick friend. When the waiters told them that their hotel would not admit a sick man, the kidnappers sent their victim to the western district where the latter eventually escaped.
This unsuccessful criminal adven ture was brought to light in the First Special District Court yesterday by Mr. Chang Tien-ying, Municipal Advocate who informed the court of the escape of the victim and asked for more time for investigation. He alleged that Wang Ah-hsing, the first accused connived with Wu Shih-liang and Tung Pei-hsiang in kidnapping Chu Fu-yuan, the metal merchant from the latters home in Rue Kraetzer on May 17.
They covered the head of their victim with a long gowh and sent him to the Tung Song Hotel in Avenue Road in a rickshaw pretending to look after a sick friend. As waiters of the hotel would not admit the "sick man" they took him to the western district where the victim escaped. It was not revealed as to how the metal merchant effected his escape but the court was definitely told that he had returned-home.
The men were arrested on the very day when the crime was committed. In the hotel the Sinza police seized one pistol It was at first thought that they were robbers but yesterday's police allegation may cause them to face a kidnapping charge.
Film favourites of British soldiers in winter barracks in France today, according to a popularity poll published in London, are two water scenes. First, the news reels of the sinking of the German pocket battleship Grat von Spee off Montevideo. Second, Ellen Drew's tub bath in "French Without Tears," Paramount's British-made picture.
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