"Rough country ladies," turned bandits, carried off "many young men of rich families" and held them for ransom. Some of the "ladies" were pretty, so the captives got married and settled down to a life of banditry. Meanwhile, picked soldiers, "more heartless in treatment of their captives than the men in the interior districts," were "armed with modern pistols and iron clubs" and sent to "get" the "rough country ladies."
Thirty pirates were arrested by Chinese authorities and charged with attacking British ships in South China waters. To avoid legal proceedings, useless fuss...
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