Fifty Armed Men Attack House:
$4,600 "Haul A fow days ago, the village of Chingkazah on the' Pootung side the scene of an alarming rai by a gang of robbers, evidently dis-bended soldiers. The gang numbered about 50, half @ dozen of them in uniform and the majority well armed, and they first attacked the house of a well-to-do Chinese.
Resistance was useless, and the robbers stripped the house of all valuables, gold and silver ornaments, and cash to the amount of '$4,600, the bulk of it in silver. The village was reduced to a state of pani: when the gang proceeded to other houses, and altogether seven dwellings were ransacked, the total haul being estimated at well ver $10,000. It was one of the biggest raids which has taken place for some time in the district, the strength of the gang and the speed ith which they descended on the village rendering the local pol helpless. 'There was a good deal of firing during the raid, chiefly to intimidate householders' and the villagers, but only one casualty was reported.
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