to Justice From Our Owx ConsesroxoeNt Harbin, Mar. 28, Following the murder of Mrs. Woodroff last year by a bandit who was one of several who stopped the jgar, the Consular Body of Harbin made a strong protest to the Police and it was not long before four mew were arrested, one of them being recognised by the chauffeur of the car in which she was driving, as the man who had sprung on' the foot-board and fired at him.
The examination of these men elicited the information that, there vas a leader who was in the criminal world and who had escaped from Harbin, but the detective police force of the city has wept close, watch for this "man and at the beginning of this month received information that he had returned to the ese part of the town. By a succeeded in clever ruse the police catching him Ina small Chinese house and at" the time found in his premises a ning the different that he the o¢- ions when he out his bandit acts. were found, and that clothing,
Jof & Chinese military man, and it was the fact of his constant change of clothing which so completely Uhrew the detectives off his. clues on several previous occasions, On being examined at the chief detective station of "Harbin, he callously stated that he himself had fired the fatal shot at Mrs. Wood: ren.
Tue faster than ang who engaged in the Teil be'remembered that. the kidnapping
recounts of this tragic incident, [eas stated that one of the bandits was far in advance of the others when they were running away.
The news of his capture and of his confession was immediately conveyed by the police department. to the Consular, Body" and further it stated that he Would be shot without any farther trial The Bandits Again This afternoon news has been received from the eastern line that the passenger train from the station Pogranichnaya bandits. at the station "of Samohvaiovo, this dha the hills on the eastern side" of Northern Manchuria and that thes will continue to carry on guerilla warfare whenever they have an opportunity. have the fullest me their friends as to the number ray station and. thei me formation is of such a nature that they are able to make their raids ata moment when such garrison is at its weakest condition.
Already spring weather is setting vw and with the spring all the main. Toads become exceedingly muddy, making it dificult for motor trucks and cars to travel along them, and the moment that the leaves. begin {0 appear on the trees, these bandits secure additional shelter, being able to hide themselves, from the aeroplane bombing. It is difficult to get any idea at the aoquent of what the strength of these bandit forces is, but that they exi and that they wi. entry on tae warfare as they did last year is almost certain, To clear the country entirely of all these men would require an army of such proper tions that it becomes an almost impossible matter and some other means must be found in dealing with them, than by using force of The latest information regarding the train hold-up on the eastern is that the rails were taken and that the train was attacked about 200 men who fired on the soon as. the train ran off Owing to eight Japanese soldiers being on the train as pa3- sengers, a fight ensued during which the bandits were driven off, but not before they had kidney Gne rich Chinese merehiint and wounded a number of people. the Chinese population and they generally speak of the streets by their Russian names, which they have been accustomed 16 for many years, thus not only is old Harbin still purely Russian as regards street naming but even the Manchoukuo Government are naming all the streets in the new garden city with Russian and Chinese ames,
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