The Archive · 1940

Take Whisky Merchant

Sentenced bee Yeo-bin wae ails Wu the. Fist. Spee! Count sesterdas. fod ion Sol Horse Yealed in court that Lao ling conine bottles of the sehisky with focally produced "products ant sola thet for several weeks stewards a very elicap watches prospective te med wounded "Chinese +old-ick postmen. tries t@ extort money from a repre sentative sent by the vi Thee were negotiating for the pay ment in front of a. theatre Avenue Hagard VIL when most of Tau S: clerk of Road their the patio visited a Hotel Avenue Joffre where the ie tim was found and Peleared, The victim, Master Chat recently) Fuschia. was handed over his sent by his manager to Che-father.

Chou Fatt terday buy a targe quantity' ut] the court. The kidnappers took the but when he found that an] has to the Settlement. from embargo was effective in the dis- gyi hid him in the Concession hotel trict he visited, he used all the before mewstiating to buy salt, He lost $2,000 in the salt business. Becomins, de perate.

ihe spent much money on 2 irl jond and was able to return Buglary Charge his manager only a small part of the mones he originally obtained Shanghai, Aug. 4. from him. Tsu was arrested brought before the July 2.

1 District Court yestern'a writ of detent with the theft of Kidnapp Suspects Confess.

52.300 worth of silverware. fron home of Mr. K. Selby-Walker, Far Shanghai, Aug. 4.

Eastern Manager of Reuter, Three of four kidnapper suspects Great Western Road. The man wai confessed, yesterday alleged to have broken into the Special District Court that they. letim's house tate in the ever been a Weyear old son of a rich implicated in the kidnapping of fon Thursday, stole the valua articles and pawned them for cash who was recently res-only to be eausht-a few hours later the" Settlement police. by the police.

named, however. two other: He was said' to have pawned six persons who' are at ree as the. stolen articles only fora few Fingleaders of the gar dollars but the other artletes, num= The released boy victim also Dering 15 were recovered, The thelt appeared in court. testifying to was committed during the absence what ther suspects had said. He of the victim who has one to Japa identified three of them as actual on a business trip. The accuse kidnappers. explaining that he had] Ling Foh-ching was alleged to have never "seen denied that he had participated in the rime in any" manner, It will be recalled that the men were arrested recently when thes jen wall and -brok: the slive ware in the rooms downstairs. Th wife was sleeping in ait upstairs room at the time, JI wal 7 Cell', YO abu

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