The party next moved on the! small town of Fanloking, where they arrived on Monday night, and raid ed a house said to he the dwelling place of one of the pirate leaders. The advance guard were met in the front hall by a man of the better! class, with a pistol in each hand, and he opened fire on the soldiers, killing: one. A vell yang wut, and the alleged pirate chief fell dead.
He is said to have! led the pivaey on the Hydranges and to have been one of the leader in the Sui An affair more than two years aye, when there were several of the smaller villages ion burned the huts of es whom they captured, and talk of doing the of Fanlokis of an expedition has aparly taken the miser by surprise. Having seen the work set on foot, the Hongkong Government representatives have returned here. The captured moh will eventually be brought to trial before the military commander "at Waichow, and are not likely to be left long in doubt as to their fate, The whole affair shows how easily the Chinese representatives of law and order can assist in patting down piracy and brigandage when they twant to; and should serve as an ob-JJect lesson to the impotent officials [who have hitherto found the matter too much trouble.
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