5.
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7.
The
following is Mr. Smith's account
of what occurred, as known to him. Having been down
in Hongkong for something over a year and having left
his wife and concubines in Shanghai, Mr. Wu,
e gainst the advice of most of his friends, decided
to spend the New Year incognito in Shanghai, and,
be ing a man with a propensity to gambling, on his
arrival here frequented places such as the "Lido"
and the "Asia" on Gordon Road. On the night of
his kidnapping he was asleep in the house of one of
his concubines in Rue Massenet. It appears that
his chauffeur and his personal bodyguard had for a
long time been in the pay of the Japanese and that
it was they who telephoned that the moment was
propitious for the kidnapping. The kidnappers
consisted of a party of six, two of whom were
Japanese and four of whom were Chinese. He was
taken to a house in Hongkew, the party travelling
from the French Concession in two motor-cars.
8.
The first Mr. Smith heard of these events
In
was a telegram from his Hongkong office asking his
company to give such assistance as they could.
the course of the next three weeks Mr. Smith was in
constant communication with Mr. Wu's private secretary
and Shanghai representative, a Mr. Hung. It seems
that Mr. Hung, on behalf of Mr. Wu's relatives, had
hoped to secure his release on payment of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) but that at
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