Four days after the discovery of the strangled body of Tsang Yongkola, 25, in a servants' toilet of the Normandie Apartments, Zie Kia-song. 24, a coolie employed in a compradore shop, was arrested by the French Concession Police yesterday and, after lengthy questioning, admitted having parucipated in the murder. He also gave the names of his three accom-"ces who were arrested shortly afterwards and one of whom. Tsang Yang-se, 24, confessed that he had instigated the murder to avenge the death of his father, who, according to the suspect, lost his life in Anhwei in 1923, at the hands of the dead man.
Of the three men arrested later in the day, one was employed in a building on Avenue Joffre, to look after the heating installation, while the two others were coolies working at the Seymour Road market.
The instigator of the crime, it was furthermore revealed, had offered his accomplices $300 for their assistance. The quartette will be prosecuted in the Second Special District Court.
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