Anniversary of 1921 Looting: A
Cause of Uneasiness: Bands of Robbers at Large Ichang, June 17.
The anniversary of the looting of 1921 brought with it another decided scare amongst the citizens of Ichang. So far there does not seem to have been justification for the alarm, although there have been several serious robberies with violence lately, which led the people to fear that there might be another mutiny of troops. The Merchants' Brigade was called out and there has been some talk of closing the 200 gates which have been erected throughout the city.
The authorities are vigilant and are taking energetic steps to put down the robbers, several of whom have been arrested and executed in public places in order to intimidate others. But in many cases villages have been held up and people and houses robbed without any steps being taken to catch the offenders. Two days ago a woman was brought into the of—Scotland Mission the Magistrate's yamen, to which} Hospital suffering from serious several of the leading citizens, the] wounds. She was a native of a village called Fenhsiang, about 15 miles north of the city. Robbers attacked the farm, at which she was a servant, carried off all the grain and live-stock and brutally cut the woman about the face with their swords. The local commandant is taking energetic steps to put a stop to these armed robberies.
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