Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-14
WHITE WOLF DEAD
Notorious Chinese Brisand Goes Dow
At [ aSt.

Notorious Chinese Brisand Goes Down
at Last.
White Wolf" the Chinese brigand
and rebel chief, has been killed by gov
ernment troops, says a Pekin cable or
last Friday.
Dead men, women and children, a
wide swath of smouldering embers
and a string of ruined cities were left
in the wake of the fast moving bri-
gands commanded by the notorious
White Wolf" a more brutal, blood
thirsty band than any that has men
aced China since the days Of the ter
rible Taipings.
White Wolf" had long been ter
ror in the region of North Hupeh and
South Shen-Si, mostly confining his
attentions to robbery, not numbering
for pleasure, but killing when neces-
sary to obtain plunder.
Troops sent against him heretofore
had failed entirely in their campaigns,
the mountain paths, the difficult
passes and the local knowledge Of the
bandits always combining to bring
about their discontinue. The peasants
and the townspeople in the region
compromised with him. agreeing to
pay regular sums for immunity from
ravages.
| Just prior to the last rebellion,
white Wolf" acquired much face
by an emissary from President Yuan
| Shih-K -Kai coming to him with an offer
of high post in the regular army OF
the republic. That overture raised him
in the respect of his men, and made
the country people more than ever
afraid of him.
| The rebellion and the consequent
unsettled state Of the country brought
recruits to his ranks and no persua-
sion was needed to set him afoot with
his motley followers to ravage where
he could.
| He burned village, town and farm
stead. massacred inhabitants, and when
the newspapers began to report the
terrible outrages then the government
awoke to a sense of it's responsible
| ties. An army of from 10000 to 10000
troops was sent out. They are alleged
to have hemmed white Wolf and his
| followers in the Anhui Mountains;
| fiorid reports Of desperate battles
poured into Pekin; kilograms chroni-
cled the daily slaughter of hundreds of
brigands.
| One day later kilograms arrived from
a different section of the country an
nouncing the sacking and burning of
another city. White Wolf" far from
being cornered. was more alive than
ever.
| What happened in one or two CEN
tres will suffice to show the methods
of these savage men. At the walled city
of Kuangchow they were expected for
many days, and the brave among the
| 1875, 900 inhabitants mounted the walls
armed with knives and cudgels to keep
| a lookout for an advancing horde. The
| inhabitants paid little attention to
| those who entered the gates. but had
they done SO it is probable they would
have discovered spies of the Wolf
| Hundreds poured into the city dis
guised as farmers, and many mounted
the walls to help the citizens discover
the first coming Of the brigands.
4 signal from the distance showed
them that the leader and his followers
were arriving and in compliance with
| hn hrip H.
in commenced firing on the pOpulaca
when the brigands without opened
their attack. The gates of the city
were thus kept open and resistance
was useless, the bravest Of the citizens
having been killed before they knew
where they were.
AS white Wolf approached the
gates the cry went up: "Old White
Wolf is in. He is going to kill the rich
and save the poor. All keep indoors
and you will be safe" The wealthy
donned ragged clothes and sped to the
houses of the poor; women and girls
terror stricken, crept behind beds, ma
under straw and farm produce or ran
| To commit suicide III Wells vi ""'ei
holes.
More than 10000 were killed within
a few hours; all shops were looted or
everything valuable, houses were ran
sacked and the valuables were placed
upon the backs of their owners, who
were compelled with a rifle to carry
them. Women and girls of all ages
were attacked or killed for resisting.