Provision Merchant Victim of Bandits Harbin, Aug. 27.
It is believed that Mr. M, Leonson, Harbin provision merchant who iwas kidnapped more than a._month Jago, has died in captivity. His wife has' received no communication from this captors since July 31, when they Jdemanded a ransom of '$5,000, Mrs. Leonson agreed to pay this amount, [but she stipulated that a loiter should be handed to her from her husband Proving that he was still alive, The bandit with whom she spoke stated that it would be impossible to comply with her demand as her husband hed been "bricked Into" a pit, from which there was no egress, Jand that, although food could be passed to him, he could not pass anything to his captors.—Reuter.
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