Attempts have been made by anfonymous persons to extort_mones' from Mr. Kuo-shen, formerly Superintendent of Customs here, by manding $5,000. forthwith, failing payment of he and his family, would meet with something. unexpected. The letter was ignored, but the next day a other niissive, couched in much stronger terms, was received, stating that, as Mr. Feng had disobeyed the last order, he was now required to pay $20,000. To em. phasize the order the writer enclose the letter, which was signed the name of the Tick Hsieh Tz Tso Chun (the "Iron and Blood Self-Governing Army") a live cart: ridge. Mr. Feng was instructed to hand the money to his bodyguard, who would meet a member of the army in a certain tea-shop in the Settlement. The letters and the cartridge were handed over to the police who now are investigating.
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