From Our Own Correspondent, Wenchow, Oct. 10, A daring raid by a band of robbers, numbering some 250, was made upon an important market town in Yohtsinghsien, on Saturday, October 3 About 2 p.m. the inhabitants of Whuyos were panic-striokn by reports of the approach of a band of armed men. Without attemptir any resistance the whole community fied with whatever valuables they could speedily gather, and within quarter of an hour the place was in the.hands of the banditti.
They sacked all the shops, leaving the ordinary dwelling houses alone. Then they proceeded to fire the premises, with the result that all the business houses were burnt to the ground.
No one was injured with the exception of an old woman—over eighty years of age, who, in the hurry of flight, had been left in her bed. Before she was rescued, had suffered badly from burns.
The robbers after firing the main street of shops, quietly decamped to a village eight li away, where they demanded food and lodgings for the night. Needless to say, they were treated as guests! The next day they returned to their hill resorts, laden with the >ooty they had obtained at Whuyos. It is a YE
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