The kidnapping by an armed gang of two small Chinese boys, aged three years and one year, and their amah, while they were watching the races from Bubbling Well Road at a point opposite the Foreign Y.M.C.A, was reported to the police at Sinza Station yesterday afternoon.
"The report was made by a watchman employed in the lane, off Love Lane, where the boys live. He said a servant who was an eye-witness had told him.
According to the report, the kidnapping took place at about 3.10 p.m., when there were hundreds of people, both Chinese and foreigners, in the immediate vicinity. Three Chinese drove up in a motor-car and two of them alighted and approached the two boys and amah, who were engrossed in the race meeting. The men are said to have picked up the three at pistol point and placed them in the car, after which they drove off towards Nanking Road.
No description of the car was available, More Arrests Due in
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