 Wong was subsequently kidnapped by vigilantes and tortured to elicit a confession; upon being freed, he was charged by police, but eventually released due to a total lack of evidence against him.Odlum was virulently anti-Bolshevik and anti-union, and shut down the "Star" rather than give in to his employees, who had unionized and refused to accept a pay cut.During the 1930s, he helped coordinate and train Special Constables hired to break a strike on Vancouver's waterfront.