The Archive · 1898

CLEVER ARREST

An important arrest has been made of one who was prominent in last year's trouble. He and three others have been busy attacking rich families and taking all they could lay hands on. They had announced their next attack when the owner of the house to be robbed and censors invited the men to a feast under pretence of dividing the rice among the band of robbers and so prevent the looting of the house. These men fell into the well-laid snare, they were overpowered, bound, and escorted ander a guard of some four hundred people to Suichou, where for some time they will be prevented from ransacking other homes. A few more arrests of these terrible ani during thieves will give general satisfaction.

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