Harbin, May 8.
Late last night a party of ten European bandits broke into the _premises of the Bank of Communications. situated in Fuchiatien (the Chinese part of Harbin). These men were fully armed and at once succeeded in disarming all the guards that hed been left to guard the premises and then proceeded to work to open the large vaults of the bank, apparently' having special apparatus for doing. so. They worked for several hours and had practically finished the final stages which would have enabled them to enter vaults, when one of the bank servants managed to. make his escape into the street. On getting outside he called for help quickly bringing a large number of police from all sides. The bandits, seeing that the game was up, hastily made their escape.
The police chased the fleeing men im every direction, and finally sueceeding in catching one of them, though his name has been not yet ascertained. It is reported that the bank vaults contained many mil-Hons of dollar banknotes as well as avery considerable quantity of silver, so that if these bandits had been able to get away the haul would have been an enormous one and unprecedented in the history of Manchuria.
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