1928-03-14 — Page 12

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1928.

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A more detailed account of the A history of crime scarcely H.M.S. Vindictive, Captain D. piracy of the Wuchow boat Hol paralleled in local court annals was B. Lo Mottee, has been ordered Choony, as given in the vernacular rolated in the French Mixed Court home from the China Station, papers, states that the gang wheat Shanghai, when a wealthy Chin- where she has been serving as a made the attack adopted the usual method of disguising them-se named Li Kual-wou (alles L unit of the Fifth Cruiser Squad-

ron since 1920. selves, this time not as passengers, Hen-shing), residing at 292 Rue but as members of the crew. If Pere Robert, and owner of two She is expected at Devonport the report is to bo believed only motorcars and two cycles, was about the beginning of May, says three pirates took part in captur charged

the

which Times, by

timo a kidnapper and ing the vessel, and only two of

three years will have expired

CASO

waa Mr.

them were armed with pistola murderer of his victims. Plain since her present crow joined her Their taking such a big risk may tif in the be due to the fact that they knew Keh Chin-sung, who is a broat Chatham on April 15, 1925. The Vindictive will be recommis- the boat was completely unarmed.ther of one of the necused's al-'

aloned for duty in the Second loged victims. He was represent- On Friday morning, shortly be ed by Mr. d'Auxion de Ruife, and Cruiser Squadron in the Meditor- fore dawn, while the Hoi Cheong M. B. Nouveau. M. H. Loo Gouel-anean Fleet, which squadron has. was sailing near Tit Au Kok, in the lec appeared on behalf of the hitherto been composed entirely vicinity of Tal Ping Sha, a notori- accused.

of "C" class cruisers. She is a Vessel of the Hawkins class, but

ous pirates' den,the three men attacked the engine-room, and According to the complaint pre- during the War was completed as without much difficulty succeeded sented before the Court, accused an aircraft carrier. Although re- in subduing the pilot and crew in was the head of a band of kid-conditioned as a cruiser in 1924- that part of the vessel. Owing to nappers who, four years ago in 26, she has only six 7.5in. guns the darkness, none of the men In-Shantung, near Tsinanfu, captured instead of the aoven in her sister- side the compradore's department & young railway engineer, named ships, and has retained an aero- was aware of the attack, until the Keh Sih-sung, employed on the plang hangar and catapult- för- freebooters had gained the upper Shuntung railway and belonging to ward. She has on board No. 444 hand.

a well-known Shanghai family. (Fleet Reconnalasance) Flight, The kidnapped young man was held consisting of Fairey III.D. sea- affair reached Shanghai two bro-ron Leader E. J. P. Burling, D. Į for 'ransom. When news of the planes, and commanded by Squad- thers of the victim rushed to Shan-

The pirates ordered the pilot to sal to Tit Au Kok, at which place more desperados came, alongside in small sampans.

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The story goes on to say that the to pay a ransom, and as the result ago he saw accused with another pirate chief was a man named Lui of this a meeting was arranged be- Chinese in a toashop and told him Kung Chuen-nicknamed "The tween the chief bandit and the two that he needed employment. "As NEW YORK SERVICE Thunder" This man later ar- brothers. This meeting took place a result the complaint alleges, he rived on board. One of the at midnight in a cemetery nuar was given employment na a. “gj- first things which he did Tsinan. At first the bandit, Iden-between" in various opiunt deals.

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was to find out who was the com-tifled by plaintiff as the accused, Having turned over $200 to Li nn1 pradore of the vessel, and he or- demanded $80,000, which amount having received nothing for his dered a few of the piratea to take was later reduced to $15,000. The work the coolio made off with a the compradore ashore.

batter aum was paid and the bandit motor cycle belonging to accused Later, the pirate chlef secured agreed to release young Keh. Two and in a fit of rage pawned it. two members of the compradore days later the corpse of the young When the police arrested him for department and is alleged to have engineer was found along the theft and required ball, the coolle employed forcible methods to tracks of the Shantung Railway. appealed to a friend of his, a coolle make them divulge information.

Death appoured to have taken place in one of the local telegraph offices, at least two days before, several for assistance,. During the inevit Altogether eight persons were revolver wounds being found on able explanations the friend, who selected and kidnapped, as re- the body.

had been formerly a servant with ported. All belongings of the crew. were taken away. When the gang

As the result of good work on there was some connexion between the Keh family, suspected that had left the boat, three or four the part of the Shanghai police accused and the kidnapper of other small groups of pirates visit three of the bandits in the gang young Keh Sih-sung. With the as- ed the ship for the gleanings. were captured, two of Accused's sistance of members of this family The two members of the com-names of several of the confeder-necused. The latter was called to

concubines having confessed the

a trap was arranged to identify pradore department whom the ates, The three who were captur-the French Polico station under a 7 a.m. pirate chief roughly used are ed were summarily executed by pretext pertaining to his motor-

a.m.stated to have entered a hospital local Shantung authorities.

in Canton for medical treatment.

cycle and the brothers Keh iden- As a result Li was ar- About a year ago, as another tined him, Canton Navy will dispatch gun- thread in the involved story related, rested on the charges presented by 7am.boats to Tal Ping Sha to carry out a wealthy sugar merchant by the complainant.

a big expedition against the name of Chen Li-kun was kidnapp- pirates.

When a raft was made on az- ed in the French Concession and cused's house in the French Con- hidden 'somewhere in Ward Road. cession a pair of hand-cuffs were The kidnappers got in touch with found, and it is understood, a hfa family and obtained $8,000 on large sum of money. From other the promise of releasing Chen. findings in the case it would ap- The kidnapped man, however, dis-pear that sccused had a licence for appeared completely, and was not carrying Bre-arms in both the heard of again.

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