Eight Thousand Dollars Stolen by Armed Robbers Eight thousand dollars in notes was the haul made by several amt. ed robbers who visited the Ying Chang Match Co.'s No, 2 Factory Pootung on ectobey 17. The fancy was intended for the Payment of the factory workers, The bandits arrived shortly after ten o'clock when most of the workers hnd Yetired. 'A couple of watchmen were on duty at the time and several ofoers of the company were preparing to go to bed when there was a loud Knocking of the door. 'Thinking that some of the workers who had gone out had returned, the watchmen opened the door,' whereupon the robbers entered and, after intimidate. ing the inmates with pistols, bound them with ropes. One was left on guard whilst the others forced entry into the treasury, where they gathered $600, From the they extracted a cash-box contain: ing more than $7,500, Leaving the watchmen and employees tied up, they made a hasty exit, saying "Good bye, We are all Kompo brothers, We can use the money just as well as you."
One of the employees managed to loosen his bonds and to notify the police, but, by the time the latter arrived, the birds had already flown,
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