MURDER IN MONGOLIA
While there is still some doubt on the subject, reports received in Pekin from various sources agree, that'Mr. Grant, a British subject employed by the Chinese Telegraphs, who, in company with another foreigner, M. Henningsen, was inspecting the telegraph lines and stations in Mongolia, and has been missing for some time, was captured and killed by outlaws. In response to Russian requests the IJrga (Mongolian) Government endeavored to secure his release, but apparently it is now satisfied that he had already been killed. The outlaws also stole a thousand ponies, including tho animals belonging to the two foreigners. These they have since restored owing to the action of the Urga Government, whose orders the outlaws evidently do not dare to defy owing to the activity of the Mongol regulars. These outlaws, who are called Tufeis, meaning broadly “robbers,” occupy a position with the Mongols similar to that of the historical Hungtzo with the Chinese, being occasionally used as irregulars and sometimes being formed into regiments and joining tho regulars.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3430, 6 September 1913, Page 4
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172MURDER IN MONGOLIA Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3430, 6 September 1913, Page 4
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