"The shopkeeper was robbed of some silk. Feeling sure who the thief was, but not having legal evidence against him, he hung the man in effigy outside the shop -- Soochow." Straw effigy with paper head hanging from string outside shop with manacles attached to legs. Sign in Chinese hung on figure and shop door.
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