Fatshan: $200 of silk etc. stolen by 5 armed men in shop on
South edge of city.
Min Sheng Pao 15.3.13.
Min Sheng Pao 15.3.13.
Shih T'an: junk plundered on way to Canton.
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Shih T'an: passengers from tarain robbed 1 li from station on
19th. instant.
Kuo Min Pao 22.3.13.
A Yu: station on C.K. Railway robbed on 16th. instant. Increase of ten men made to Sih T'an Railway Guard.
Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Pao 24.3.13.
Shao-chow: telegram from Merchant Bocy asking for assistance on North River; booty to value of several tens of thousands of
dollars taken recently.
Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Pao 10.3.13. Between Fei Lai Hsia and Lien Chiang K'ou over 30 boats have recently been pirated and the village of Chu Hsi plundered.
Min Sheng Pao 11.3.13.
Hsiao T'ang Ch'iso: several cargo boats under escort attacked unsuccessfully while passing down river.
Min Sheng Pao 14.3.13.
P'a Chiang: Highway Robbery reported.
Min Sheng Pao 20.3.13.
Ying Te Hsien: The stations of Shih P'ai K'eng and Heng Shih were robbed on night of 5th. instant.
Yang Ch'eng Pao 7.3.13.
Ch'ing Yuan: telegram from merchants reads:- several thousand robbers now in Heng Shih district cutting off water and rice supplies and robbing stations.
Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Pao 8.3.13.
Pai Shih T'an: fight between villagers and robbers on evening
of 16th. instant.
Min Sheng Pao 19.3.13.
Pa Chiang K'ou: on Yueh Han Railway: four incursions followed by robbery and rape are reported.
Min Sheng Pao 25.3.13.
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