The Archive · 1940

$100,000 Theft Charge

Lost Entire Amount In Gambling Dens

F. H. Nanseck, youthful ex-employee of Messrs. Charles Rudoph & Ca, past few weeks. He will face the First Special District Court this morning.

Some days ago, the manager of the firm is said to have found a letter on his desk alleged to have been. written by Nanseck, in which the latter informed him of his desire to commit suicide. The police were informed but Nanseck was not in Shanghai as he had booked a passage on an Italian' ship which sailed for a Delta pogt a few days ago. When the 2i-year-did accountant returned to Shanghai yesterday, his wife prevailed upon him to go to his former employers and to give himself up, which he tid, subsequently being arrested and brought to Central police station where he was being questioned last night. At the time of his arrest, Nanseck had only a few cents in his pockets and he is believed to have lost the money in gambling.

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