Bandits' Unparalolled' Cruelty From Our Own Correspondent, Shaoshing, Chd., Mar. 14.
'A shocking bandit outrage took place near, hero. yesterday, resulting in. the' murder of twa women, baby boy, and an adult malo, About 40 bandits descended upon a village within 9 li of Shaoshing, on the main canal to Mosan, 'The first victim was a man who cbened the door of the house attached? He was shot by the brigand who crossed the thresy hold. Inside the house, a woman was next' fatally shot. Efforts were them made to secure the young son of the family.
Door mother, who was graduate of the Baptist Girls'
of noble actor, mi frantic Boarding Soest pedee: efforts to save her offspring. She was first of all struck in the and cruetly beaten. Finally with wanton cruelty, the banc fired at hor. The first bull struck her in the hand and the second in the stomach.
Still conscious, she saw the bandits carry away hor boy, aged fivoy together with a youth of 1
Another baby boy was taken from its mother's breast. When they got outside, however, the bandits decided that such a mite would not be worth mudht in the way of ransom, v0 throw the child into the canal. [ts dead body wne picked wt) inter.
The unforivnate mother who had been shes through the abdomen was taken to & Christian hospital, {¢ was found possible to remove. the thuHet in the carly hours of the following morning, but the shock proved to be too much for her and she died the same afternoon.
Those bandits came from Chenghsien, the district which farnished the horde whose raid was reported by me on March 4.
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