Shanghai, Oct. 7.
'Two grown sons are alleged to have murdered their father by eleetrocution and tried to dismember the body before the police appeared.—This sensational revelation which' shocked Chinese circles was made yesterday in the First Special District Court when Mr. ¥. D. Wong, Municipal Advocate related in detail the story of how Chou Yung-chieh, the victim had been electrocuted by his Sons ith live wires in order to prevent him from further i-treating their mother.
The sons were in the Public Mo ruary yesterday where an inquest was being held and the mother stood in the prisoner's dock while Mr. Wong read the charge. IL was a story of Questionable affection in which the sons, Chott Ching-chi and Chou Ching-hsiang, being unable to bear the thought' of seeing their aged mother being constantly ill-treated and sometimes beaten by their father, Gnally decided to get rid of him, Mrs, Chou who is 48 years old said that she had been ill-treated by her Jate husband but denied that she had participated ju the murder plot, Although she knew of the death of her husband she had not taken part the dismemberment of his bod Judge Fu satisfied himsel¢ with ques-Voning the woman postponing the hearing for another week pending further investigation The Court was told that the daring crime was committed early Jon. October when the fortunate father, who formerly was manager of the Great Eastern Dispensiry in Mukden, was still in bed In his house at 22% Avenue Haig. The two sons, it Is alleged, broke Into his room secretly and ' put wires round. their father's body. The switch was turned on and the aged man died quietly.
The two sons, it was further stated, oft and returned with a bottle of sulphuric acid and two bottles of nitric aod, a hand saw and a large screwdriver. They are said to have sawed off their father's head and chopped off the logs. Before they could conclude their work Bubbling Well police, informed by one of his daughters, dashed into the room where they made the gruesome discovery. The sons and their mother were arrested.
The sons, it was alleged, had been plotting, the murder for sometime and most of their secret discussions were held in a park. They hated to. see their father ill-treating their mother and the aged couple often quarrelled Tate in the evening. When the sons tried to niediate the enraged old man would turn his" attention to the youths. Their father also threatened to. stop supporting them through school. Fearing that their mother's fife was in danger they decided to murder thole father.
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