Another case of banditry occurred about 30 miles below Shasi last Tuesday, when 50 bandits seized two tugs, the property of a Chinese company. The following day, the same party boarded a Butterfied & Swire tug about 40 miles below Shasi and demanded a foreigner for ransom. 'Wheh no foreigner was found they shot the compradore through the thigh and seized two hostages, also stealing' money and clothes. Then they cut the tow and disappeared
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