There is no question that tke local prison accommodation would be taxed to its utmost limit if the armed robbers could be eaptueed. During the heavy rain carlier inthe week, a party of six men went into a tea-house and settled down in one of the upper stories. Waiting their chance they slipped on to the roof of the tea-house and got across to the drying-platform of an adjoining house. Creeping down the stairs they suddenly surprised the family. Drawing their: weapons, and commanding silence, they looted the place and left by' the front door,
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