His companions objected to this and ted on accompanying him. The Gyiao men and their friends, who hed heard of the gathering at Yih To-fung's house, suspecting something wrong, were on the match, and when they saw some 40 or 50 men coming in a body to their village immediately gave the alarm by b-ating good, A large number of their partinane quickly collected and the fight began.
Yih To-tong fired at with a pistol and wounded one man amongst his opponents who was coming to the front, After time Yih To-fong's men, being outnumbered, were driven back, and eventually he himeelf was war rounded and captured. He mas led toa rest-ouse dawe by and tied by his queue to post, and the crowd shouted and howled around him. Men had come from all round the district to see the Sighting and of course awolled the crowd strrounding the unfortunate captive. Amongst them was a man named Liang En-doing, member of the Protestant Church, and the crowd, seeing him and knowing that a fow months previously he had been attacked and robbed by Yih To-long's followers, and could obtain no compensation, immediately began urging him to tuke' revenge by killing his enemy. Before Liang En-doing took any steps either one way or the other, up came a brother of the man whom Yih To-fong bad shot during the early part of the fray, and with blows from a knife practically severed Yih To-fong's head from his body. By this time daylight had just begun to dawn, The crowd marched off, and, attacking, Yih, To-fong's house, smashed up a good deal of the furniture, The ailsir was reported to the chihsien and he sent down messengers to make enquiries, Whilst they were endeavouring to find out details of the case a youth of about 16 years of age was pointed out to them as having been present at the Sight, and was forthwith pounced upon, led off, and thrown into prison, where he still remains, A week or two after the u fortunate aifxir took place the culprit who
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