Mystery surrounds the kidnapping of Mr, Lee Pian, also known as Morgan Lee, chief accountant of the American Trading Company, yesterday morning at 9.15, when he was forced into a waiting car outside Lane 452 Taku Road by five men, all believed to have been unarmed, Mr, Lee has been with the American Trading Company for more than 30 years, having joined the firm in 1910, The car, in which the victim had been spirited away, could not be found yesterday. Bearing licence No, 4615, the car was found to belong to a Japanese, who, it was presumed, used the vehicle for hiring out, The mystery was further deepened by the fact that Mr. Chang Wei-ting, assistant of Mr, Lee and a book-oper employed by the same firm, was missing from early morning yesterday. Mr, Chang, it was learned, leit his home in the French Concession early in the morning and had not been heard of since, Whether he was kidnapped or not could not be ascertained, but detectives believed that such might have been the case, The most probable supposition was hat he had been lured away by the same men who kidnapped Mr, Lee.
An interesting factor in the case is that the American Trading Company is the firm whose copper toins, ingots and copper bars were removed by Elly Widler from the Commercial xpress godown, An order for the arrest of Widler had been issued by the Swiss Consul-General, but the police were unable to effect his arrest because of the appearance of Japanese gendarmes, who defied Settlement officers, Later, the police arrested Wilhelm Bender' in his home in Park Lane in the Hongkew district on suspicion of having participated in the alleged theft of the copper, but he was released after being detained for about àa fortnight, Widler, on several occasions, confirmed the fact that he had removed the copper from the godown, but claimed that it had been confiscated by the Japanese authorities on the grounds that it was the property of the Chungking Government, Mr. Lee was to have appeared as a witness in the civil case of the American Trading Company against jthe Commercial Express Company in the US, Court for CI rua: or rather than being Mr. King, Blacklisted by mpts to bomb the courts Nanking Government, Shot ere perpetrated almost simultar In Three Places strengthening the belief that the work of the same s whose members were able morning rk uninterruptedly under cover a reporter of the darkness, the outrages taking Am place between 4.30 to 5 a.m, in the morning. Owing to the earliness of the hour and the absence of cow officials, the damage negligible, the hami instances were thrown from a car, landing in the court compounds some damage to two motor cars.
Two out of four bombs thrown into the compound of the civil divitsion of the court on Weihaiwei Road exploded and loud explosi ened a number of people liv the neighbourhood, The office of secretary of the court and a car belonging to Mr. Fifton, a member of newspaper id front of the Ambassador Ballroom in Avenue Edward VII at 430 am. Mr.
King, who was lo the ballroon in in company of some by three shot abdomen. He died on the s It is understood that the arrived outside the ballroom at about standing near the doorway.
10 became suspicious guard of a wealthy Chinese who his apparently satis-ho went back the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, sus- 1 his tained slight damage.
Extensive enquiries made police after the outrage disc! that the missiles were thrown unknown pei from a car hired "abe post. that ed a pistol after th published by but he did not have time a being new Ki from a Hongkew garage be: Municipal licence No, 1774 ad been commandeered Chinese. The chou to negotiate the v slowly while the other hurled the missiles into the compound. The car was then dri to Jessfield Road w the acci pants alighted an Scape. The driver of the car reported the Station. incident to the Bubbling Well Police ited in journalistic circles with be deep regret an honest ar man. He w father of three child:
The deceased was nese nev he Nank and his home in often visited by his an the result that he had precautions with North Chekiang Road Bombing Three bombs were tossed by two occupants of a hire car from Tsepoo Road into the compound of the criminal division of the court on}
North Chekiang Road in the west Hongkew district, Only one of the bombs exploded, causing only slight damage to a motorcar, belonging to a member of the Shanghai Yo!
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Mystery shrouds th ye for the bombings as in both cases the bomb tossers escaped under cover of the darkness. It will be recalled that there was considerable agitation some time ago for the rendition of middle Peiping.
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He joined the "Shun Pao" stof in 1926, me when the National-
King re toget as a reporter. His accuracy ports was well-known and ty everyone. He was in reporting the incid 18 and August 13, the court to the new Nanking|of dangers and regime, this being one of the lines to gather war new few outstanding vexed questions The deceased leaves a widow which had remain unsettled between three children, the eldes! the Settlement authorities and the being eleven years oid new regime. was removed to the Si The agitation was revived to some
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