Standard Oil Ca. Employee Taken. and Assaulted Struck with a rifle and threatened with death, Mr.R. Gregg, a British) member of the staff of the Standard [Oil Ca,, had a very unpleasant experience when he fell into the bands lof a gang of bandits at Hsih Tab Li, a place on the north-east corner the employees and they eventually] released him, During the entire time that th outrage was happening, from the time the shots were fired until the release of the captives, a Chinese patrol boat, belonging to the Kiang-so Provincial River Police, was less than a mile away but apparently those on beard did not hear the shots or they did not deign to take The Standard Oil Ca. did not] suffer any losses and the launch was not damaged in any way, 'A. detailed report was submitted to the head office of the company, who at once communicated with the United States Consul-General and that official in turn presented a claim to the Chinese authorities for the losses involved and for the capture of the perpetrators of the outrage.
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