Widow Discovers Slayer of Her Husband A middle-aged Chinese man, who is alleged to have kidnapped a rich silk merchant in Wusih and killed him because he failed to pay ransom, has now been arrested in the Settlement and brought before the First Special District Court where he is being detained on a charge of murder. He tried to shift the responsibility of the crime when questioned by the judge who has ordered further investigation.
The accused, Hou Keng-hsiang, was arrested more than a month ago after he had been identified by the wife of the victim Hsieh Wen-lung, the late manager of the Yi Len Silk Filature in Wusih. He lived in a Hupeh Road hotel where he was seen by Mrs. Hsieh who came to Shanghai after the death of her bus-band. She caught him and handed him over to the police.
For a time the question of jurisdiction puzzled the local judicial authorities as the crime was committed in Wusih. A petition was sent by the court to the Second Kiangsu High Court for a definite decision on this matter. The high court ordered the present court to deal with the case. Hence the charge, and detention, It was revealed in court that the victim was kidnapped on March 25 of this year, He was first carried away and when his family failed to give a ransom at the time specified he was murdered.
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