The Archive · 1940

Wife Enticed Away From Husband

Woman Sold to House of Til-Fame in Tientsin

Li Jong Lien-chao, a jobless man was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $900 by the First Special District Court yesterday, on a charge that he recent decoyed Mrs. Mow Ssu-shan, wife of a bath house manager in the French Concession, away from her husband by promising to marry her in Tientsin where he has a big busine:

The woman fell in love with t crook and obtained $5,000 from hi husband, stating that she would leave for her native home for a visit. She actually went with Liang to Tientsin where she was sold to a house of ill fame for $700, in addition to losing the cash given to her her husband. Liang recently returned to Shanghai to enjoy himself in a Settlement hotel, squandering his ill-gotten money but the Sinza police overtook him before he had used it all up. More than $3,000 found in his possession was turned over to its legitimate owner by the judge.

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