Chinese Secret Society.
(Per Press Association.) Mklhourne, April 22. Wheu Chinese establish a secret society they take care to make the code of penalties simple, but painful. Counsel for the society explained that members j were sworn uot to give evidence against j each other. One of the brotherhood i having Tiolated this principle was sen- ] tencod by the society to 10S beatings. ; This punishment was administered with , a big stick, after which he was dragged j out of the clubroom by the pigtail with ; Hiich suddenness and violence that the j I appendage was torn out by tho roots. ] I This eucUid his connection with the so-. ] ! cioty. A sensation was caused when { Qounsol statod that the disappearance of j Constable Ryan, losfc at White Hills eight ( years ago, was due to tho machinations- \ of this aooioty. <
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 247, 23 April 1896, Page 2
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138Chinese Secret Society. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 247, 23 April 1896, Page 2
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