The end of the week proved a very bad one for semic of the people who went out to enjoy themselves on the river bank fishing and shooting, as the bandits, who have made their quarters i the—kaoliang: and bushes which grow along both ides of the Sungari, were on the watch and in trying ¢o kidnap some lof the people, did not hesitate to resort to murder.
'On Saturday evening, three Russians erossed the river' on a game shooting party and two of them made their way into a small hut, not far from the Huhai railway, while the third went out into the tard of the house. Apparently the indies were waiting for him and toying to kidnap him, but as he was)
etn, with the result that he was strong man, he struggled with
illed. "His friends hearing the shots' came out, ut were too late tobe of any assistance.
AL the same time three _other gentlemen, two of whom are known fo be Russians, went out boating, landing on the' river bank not. far' below 'Harbin, but as soon as they' had Tanded, bandits rushed at them from the ' bank, Kidnapping the three, but permitting the Chinese boatman to go back to Harbin and report what had happened, 'The worst case was that of JJopunese gentleman named. Yama-EUchi, who went out fishing on the iver' bank, about a mile above Harbin. This gentleman is a member of the Mitsui Bushan Kaisha and being exceedingly fond of fi ing, constantly made his way across the river on Sunday afternoons. 0: this occasion he was with his wi who went for a bathe di the time that the amused himself eatching fish. Three Chinese came out lof the bushes close to him, but. fee had often seen. similar Chinese at the same place he took no notice fof them and interested. himself in watching for nibbles. A boat con-{ining © number of Europeans, retieing "that hose" Chinese had ims, fired a warning shot, which attracted the attention of one of the sentinels: posted on guard. not tar away, but at the. same. time th pans russud atthe: Japanere tleman ard on his t2yaig rape frame them, the Shoe him dead."
By the time that the patrol from tive guard house the banalls had disap ash: jes and though every endeavour was made to follow their cracks, the only, result obtained was the capture of two suspicious Chinese and one [Chinese boatman. Whether those men had anything at all to do with ithe murder ix difficult to say, but fin_any cas nate the police amd evidence given by them military Yo'trmce the bandit land the actual source of the kid which ug been going Jon the wer" forthe "past Ehree weeks
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