The bandits, both Mr. Lury and Johanson agreed, were organized and disciplined. A few of them spoke English age Russian. Their arms, the rescud@ captives stated, were of German and Czechoslovakian make.
Me. Gembein Uchida and Mr. Takeo Fujisawa, officials of the Japanese National Resources Bureau of Tokyo, described their experiences, follows:
"As soon as we were captured, our hands were tied behind our backs and ropes passed around our necks.
"The bandits urged us along by prodding us with revolvers and "Mr, Keizo Matsumoto, assistant to Mr, Johanson, was the only one with shoes on.
"After a march of about four hours, we reached a village where were all questioned. Mr. Matsumoto, who was speaking Ensish with" Mr. Johanson and Mr. Luty was mistaken by the bandits for an American.
Two Russians of Train's Crew Abducted Harbin, Sept. 3.
Yet another outrage on the Chinese Eastern Railway, " involving the abduction of two foreigners, both Russians, is reported in a telegram received shore this afternoon, In their now traditional. manner, the bandits responsible tampered with the permanent way, with the result that the locomotive and several wagons left the metals and were After pouring a withering hail of rifle-fre at the train, the brigands commenced a systematic loot in which they took possession of everything of value, On completing their work of pillage, they decamped.
Luckily no one was killed, but two Russians, both belonging to the train were carried off by the band-
The- incident occurred seven miles west of Hengtachotze, on the eastern section of the railway, as the train was heading for Pogranitchnaya.
The outrage is the latest of a series which have occurred on the eastern section of the railway in the past few months. In almost every instance the same methods have been pursued—Reuter.
"Fearing that we might be killed it we told the bandits we were Japanese, we told them we were}b: Mexican. They didn't know what a 'Mexican was, s0_we told them we were Filipinos. 'That didn't register with them either. So Mr. Kanjiro Hirota and Mr. Murakami said they were Koreans, which the bandits understood.'
The combined Japanese and Manchoukuo landing forces suffered no casualties, but shot and killed fifteen bandits and captured one, an oficial report made by the commanders of the two gunboats to-day said. The rest of the gang escaped in the tall weeds.
The number of bandits who were guarding the captives at the time of Rengo. yesterday's attack was put at 40.—
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