June 11, The Nantao District Court is trying 'a kidnapping case in which five suspected kidnappers. one of them a Woman. are being detained for kidnapping Chang Shin-feng. a foreman fof wharf coolies here. The crime was committed in the winter of last year. Several hearings have been libeld' and on Monday afternoon one other hearing was held but no judgment was announced.
It was reported by the new regime's press that Chang. who has been rescued. was kidnapped by several jo] gunmen while leaving his residence at the end of Dixwell Road. He was}
[driving in his car when the men way-Inid him and drove him away. after forcing out the chauffeur. "The next day, his family received a letter demanding $50.000 in exchange for his release.
As usual, some of the detained men were trapped by the Chinese police in Chi Mel Road. Chapel. where they were supposed to receive the ransom money from a representative of the victim a5 demanded in the Kiduappers' letter. Following their alleged confession, the officers rescued "he Daring Hold-up
No Jess than $44,000 in cash were stolen by 9 gang of six highwaymen, four of them said "to have. been armed with pistols. ina daring day-ight hold-up on Race Course Road at 920 am. yesterday. An alarm raised by' the victim.. who showed the criminals to a CP.C. on duly in the vicinity, resulted in. the arrest of one of the gangsters after a brief chare, Another member of the gang was taken into custody Tater in the day. Two pistols and several rounds of ammunition were seized by the police, "The victim. an assistant of a Chinese shop, was given the money fo deposit. in a native bank, While on his way to the bank, he was stopped by the gangsters, ched the parcel from him and to their heels. "The victim immediately reported the crime 10 the C.P.C., pointing out the criminals as they were making their getaway.
The policeman, joined by another constable. went after the men and succeeded in arresting one of them, The second was arrested Tater the day. Detectives from the Chengit, Road police station expect that the remainder of the gang will be arrested in the near future, Lone Highwayman Three other minor armed robberies were committed in the morning yesterday, the first at 8 am. when a lone highwayman, armed with Pistol, approached a Chinese pedes-{rian on Yangtszepoo Road. near Meichow Road, and forced him. to Hive up a parcel with $3.220, The criminal made his "getaway before armed vielim could call for 'At approximately the same time, three men, one of them armed with fan imitation pistol and another with a knife, entered 120/22 Ford Lane, off Yangtszepoo Road, where they intimidated the occupants and stole clothing, valuables and cash' to the value of about, $00, The third robbery was committed at 910/11 Haining Road at 1240 pin. when four men, two of them armed, entered the premises. and. robbed the intimidated occupants of money and clothing.
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