During the course of December 23, six men, two of whom were armed with ' pistols, succeeded—in breaking into a Chinese house at 257 Route de Zikawei, After locking the Inmates up in one of the ground floor rooms, they proceeded to ransack the Ouse. A servant who was returning home late happened to come in a few minutes after they had got to work, however, and apparently scared them off. Leaving a certain amount of Valuable property behind, they' took with them only a few articles to the value of $150.
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