Drug Pedlars, Armed Robbers Pay Penalty Peiping, Nov. 21.
Five drug pedlars and two armed robbers were shot at the Tien Chiao] this morning.
All the five pedlare had the common surname of Chang although they were not related to each other. They} were arrested at various times by the local authorities on the Pelping-Hankow Railway for attempting to smug-fle druge into Peiping. The oldest them was over 60 years old and the youngest 22.
The sentences were carried out by the special tribunal attached to the Bureau of Public Safety for the trial} of drug peddiars and addicts and received the approval of the headquatters of the Pacification Commissioner} of Hopei and Charhar. The names of the five men are: Chang. Mu-lin, Chang) Wan-mei, Chang Tang-lai, Chang Wen-lung and Chang' Hal: chuan, The two armed robbers executed were Chang Chang-yuan and Sung Vu-tang. were arrested in the vicinity of Peiping some time ago and were court-martialled and condemned fo death by the headquarters of the Pacification Commisisoner of Hopel and Charhar, which carried out the executions this morning.
As usual the executions drew large crowd of spectators to the Tien Chiao distriets.—Reuler.
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