Shanghai, Aug. 11.
One kidnapper drew seven years while four others received 12 years each in the First Special District Court yesterday in connection" with the abduction on July 5 of Chev Fuechuen, 10-year old son of a rich farmer in Pootung. It will be recalled that the boy was carried away from his home late in the evening and secretly transported to the French Concession where he was kept prisoner in a small: hotel in Avenue Softee.
Police stepped in when negotiation: for obtaining a ransom were being carried out. The kidnappers notifed the boy's father that his. representa-live should pay the money to some tone in front of a theatre in Avenue Edward VII. At the meeting place the Seltlement police arrested some of the men, Tram Conductor Sentenced Shanghai, Aug. 11.
Found guilty of negligence causing death, "Tseng Lien-keng, a Settlement' trackless tram conductor—was sentenced to two years' imprison= ment yesterday in the First Special District Court. The sentence is a sequel to a tragic accident which occurred on July 6 in Foochow Road near Kiangsi Road where Tseng's tram stopped. An aged woman, Mrs, Vu Fang-sze, was stepping into the vehicle when Tseng suddenly asked the driver to drive away. With only one foot in the vehicle the woman collapsed and tater died in hospital.
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