Torture and' Murder 1 NOD, seecrAL smRVICE
Hankow, August 13. ghastly story of killing, looting and burning committed by' bandits in Honan province was told to th United Press yesterday by Mx. Riv fan Italian engineer in the employ of the Lunghai Railway, who. was recently released from the clutches of the brigands after 44 days of captivity and who is now in Hankow for medical "attention. " Dragged "barefoot across mountainous regions and repeatedly" threatened with death, the unfortunate captive had to follow the outlaws from town to town, walking over 40 miles a day. The hardships experienced by Mr. Riva were appalling, as he was: made a victim not only of bandit terrorism but also the acute famine conditions which axe prevailing in most of the Honan districts.
Although the bandits deminded $50,000 ransom, only $3,000 were actually "paid, "the amount being farnished by the Chinese author ies. Two thousand dollars were Foo ts "wine money" to: the two as ransom to the bandit leader,
Bandits who acted as guards and $000 us "cumshaw" to. the servants
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