CHINESE BANDITS
ANOTHER OUTRAGE REPORTED. AMERICANS RELEASED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PEKIN, May 9. According to a Trientsin message a further kidnapping outrage occurred on the Tsin-pu railway on Monday, when a Canadian merchant named Lowe was pulled from a train, beaten, bound and carried off by Chinese civilians. It is now believed more foreigners were taken from the Pekin express train than at first reported, several, including four American missionaries, having boarded the train at intermediate stations without being listed. The Chicago News Pekin correspondent cables that the Chinese Foreign Office has announced that the bandits released Majors Pinger and Allen and two sons. SECURING RELEASE OF HOSTAGES PEKIN May 9. (Received May 10, 9.15 p.m.) It is reported that the Government troops withdrew temporarily from the pursuit of the bandits because the latter threatened to kill the prisoners and methods are being considered to secure the release of the captives.
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Southland Times, Issue 18938, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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156CHINESE BANDITS Southland Times, Issue 18938, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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