Why Ex-Ter ritoriality Stays From an Anhui Correspondent, A case of "Jedder justice" is just now providing a topic of interest to the whole city. The story is thus:
1.—An ex-employee in a tea-shop, after gambling up to midnight, came back to the tea-shop to get a little rest before daylight. Quite a few homeless fellows manage to get a covering over their heads at night in these places at little or no cost. The man appears to have pulled down a couple of boards which form the frontage and next morning a water pipe and other rifles were missing. The man wag accused but denied. He was beaten but would not confess. He was strung up by thumb and big toe and a stone put on the small of his back, but still he would not own up. "He was quite ready to die for he had no relatives to disgrace."
The ward officers seem to have had a share in this "examination" or "trial." By night a'mother turned up and it proved impossible to persuade her to pay for the missing articles and take her son away. Next morning a whole batch of clansmen appeared and demanded the production of the missing ar-tides as proof of the man's and they would deal with him. These, however, were not procure able, so fault was found with the landlord for maltreating their relative without any proof of his having stolen the articles.
For two there has been much tea-drinking and talking in an adjoining tea-shop. The teashop in question is closed and the landlord is "not at home." How the matter will end is not quite certain, but the sufferer is demanding a payment of 100 days' wages. The landlord's friends will probably arrange a compensation and so save any appeal to the official.
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