aoa Oc OWN Cossesroxoext Hankow, July 6.
A lull in the ravages of armed robbers in Hankow synchronissr with their increased activity in the country districts, The passenger launch Exalted Peace, on its way.|to Hankow, was peppered with shots from robbers on the bank til stopped and submitted t2_ being! footed. The most. daring robbery, however, was carried out by seven ren who held up a likin supervisor. Hee had been up to the likin stations on the Fu River and had yethered the nice litre sum of $12,485 to bring back to the chief of his district. He had an uneventful Journey till he neared Tsaitien, the rain was pouring down in torrents, the boatmen were too in: ent of reaching shelter to keep a Icok-out. The robbers made their final in few minutes and. disappeared int the gathering darkness as soon they left the A peculiar incident happened when a boatman was making hie boat fast to one of the pontoers for the night, Two men came dows and asked him to take them actor to Wochang with seven bags of flour which they had Bought. The man demurred, but the offer of $2) induced him and his wife to When near the Wuchang bank, th two men asked to be put ashore, but told the boatman to row or quietly to the railway rontoor. When nearing that point, tie river] police hailed the boat and asked what he was bringing over at thr: time of night. The answer that he was carrying bags of flour simple for the police, and th astonished boatman found himself! arrested with seven sacks of ridges on his boat. Needless to} 1%, the owners of the sacks had} disappeared.
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