Shanghai, Aug. 20 EMiciency of the Settlement police was illustrated yesterday when it revealed In the First Special iret Court that of the four men who took part in the attempted kidnapping on Sunday in Hankow Read, three Were wounded and caught by the oflcers before they could. carry away Uheir intended victim, who was also wounded. The prosecution asked for permission to detain the kidnappers in hospital on a charge of attempted "murder and kidnapping, They will be tried as soon as they have recovered. the throe men detained are Want Cheng-chuen, Chang Kwel-ling and Hsu Pao-chang. Wang was arrested In Shanse Road after he had been Wounded in the leg. A revolver and 18 rounds of ammunition were found his possession, Chang made a desperate effort to escape. running wildly through several streets and trying to board a trick before he was met by a constable whose pistol he stole. He was eventually arrested in Chefoo Road while he was riding ina rickshaw, hiis blood-stained legs having altracted the attention of a policeman there, His explanation that he had just had fa Aight with some one did not satisfy the officer, who took him to headquarters, id tried to carry away of the Viel ug Industrial Society la Ching Li, Hankow Road. " Mr. Chen shouted for help when the men tried to handcuff him and to. force him to enter a wailing truck which had Leen commandeered by the gant The men fired two shots, one which wounded their intended. vie-tim, who, however kept on shouting. It so happened that party of police from Central. Station was passing through the street and the inevitable chase began. There was a heated exchange of shots,
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