The above affair is one of the most daring outrages that has been perpetrated recently. But travelling on the Han has been unsafe for a long time, and small native boats are frequently the victims of these local robbers. Generally the attack is made by night, when the boats areranchored; and for this reason the raid always is by the boats are anchored; reason they always prefer to anchor in groups, so that they may assist tone another in case of attack. Two or three months ago, a representative of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire was robbed when travelling in his launch on the upper reaches of th Han above Anlufe. He lost his watch, fountain pen and type writer besides all the cash he carried; and his interpreter and engineer were also robbed of nearly all that they possessed.
'A half successful attempt has Just been made to capture in Han-) kow two robbers who have been! wanted for some time. Their names are Wang Chin-piao and Wang Hsin-yn. Last March, they were active in the region of Huang-kung. Their most notable feat was robbing the house of a wealthy man named Li, and relieving him of 8,000 strings of cash. An attempt to apprehend them failed. A few days 7:6 ago it was reported that these two were in hiding in Hankow. They were located on x boat in the river, belonging to a Honan Al [small detachment of were sent to arrest them.
Chi-yn was captured; but unfortunately Wang Chi-piao has got wind of the danger beforehand and made rood his escape.
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