Owing t" the congregation of large mum-bors of gamblers and bid characters lately in and around the suburbs of Soochow, who have come from all parts of Kiangsa province, notably Shanghai, Chinkiang and Nanking, where the atmosphere hes become hotter than usual for them, due to the extra vigilance of the authorities, the gilded youth of Soxchow have become' comparaly much demoralised_ and many a fortune has been plucked from them by the wily gamblers. This becoming know to the high authorities of the city, instructions were issued for the errrest and imprisonment of the chief gamblers and the deportation of the rest of their confreres, with the result thit two of the most notorious and desperate of the gambling fraternity were recently arrested by a sudden raid made on their quarters. After a careful examination, in which it was proved that they had' been the means of ficeeing a number of young men be'ouging to the gentry and wealthy families of the city, and had thereby caused the death by suicide of two of the youths who, having gambled away all their property, dared not survive the disgrace, the two' cri Is were summarily executed on the 2 instant by orders of Governor En Shou.
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