CO129-228 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [7-9] — Page 298

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people to the injury of the place. At first in Houghing those who joined were bad characters and combined their strength to insult people; but afterwards workmen

5 joined to control their. masters, and even masters thought to control their servants by joining the Society At the present time even little boys in unknown mumbers enter such associations. Although the Government has taken measures against the evil, it has not been rested out.

If the growth is not stopped, robbery

and

violence will increase to the secret an

detriment of all honest people. It is constantly heard that persons inculted by

give information. If they resent or inform they suffer worse. If they recent not, all right; but if they resent, a signal is given, and a crowd of adherente come clamoring from directions, and the injured are glad to suppress their feeling and take the

wrong. If they bring us charge, all right; but

them dare not resent it or

all

if

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down

if they bring a charge they bring themselves a host of exencies who will

and they suffer

openly or secretly avenge,

worse. Is it not a bitter lot? But all this

is only hearsay. Now for what has been

seen.

A cook upset a vegetable hawker's stall and kicked him, belance of a difference about the weight. The hawker 6 for fear of the Society. offender

dared not resist There was an

the

taken

before

the secret tribunal of the Friads and on -point of being executed, when he by a friend. Ihis wife was

was rescued

by

Stic

weeping search of & him, when a Police.

hofer

met her and asked

why she wept. She did not dare to speak plainly; and the Police knowing the power of the. Society did not pursue the case, but paused

on

There was a hawker who

got talking with his brethern about the Triads, when some

of

them came the

and cut his hand reverely, and beat

him