The Archive · 1939

Kidnapper Suspect Arrested By S.M.P

Investigations Proceeding In Solving Mysterious Medhurst Road Case

Tu connection with the kidnapping of a Chinese pawn-shop assistant. who, it will be recalled, was dragged "nto a Ford Hire car by four Chinese, armed with pistols, on Sunday morning, and of whom ok 20thing has been heard since, the "North-China Daily News" learned yesterday that investigations are continuing and that an arrest was made on Tuesday morning.

The kidnapped man is Wu Pah-shan, who arrived in Shanghai two months ago from Kiangyin, where he and his family were said to have id living conditions unbearable.

The kidnappers, as will be recalled, came to the home of some of Wu's relatives, living at an address at Gordon Road, about two hours after the actual kidnapping and asked for money and jewellery in return for the liberty of the man, but decamped when an alarm was raised,

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