Hankow, Sept. 18.
Lucky names do not unfortunately guarantee safety from trouble, The evening before last about 7 p.ri. the neighbourhood of the "Protect the peace" Gate of Wuchang was the scene of an attack by armed robbers which ended in the death of one trader and serious injury to his brother. The two men keep a tobacco shop and run an exchange business as well. Two men, one in full uniform and the other' with a soldier's coat over civilian dress, entered the shop and called for cigarettes. But a moment later they seized the box in which the money was kept and dashed off, The two brothers went in _pursuit and the robbers tried to shake them off by doubling several corners near the Mosque, but finding that they were being overtaken one of the men fired as he ran and the younger brother fell shot through the leg. The elder brother rashly continued the chase and the next shot went throug his lungs, According to the Chinese news papers the police did not distinguish themselves, for they had not joined in the chase and when the firing took place they stayed to care for the wounded men and left the robbers to make good their esenpe, On the arrival of the old mother of the men, over 70 years of age, and other female relations the men were taken to the Hospital where the elder one died and the younger is in a perilous condition from loss of blood.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.