Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1910 — NOTED OUTLAW TAKEN [ARTICLE]

NOTED OUTLAW TAKEN

Chief Sito and Twelve of His Lieutenants Are Prisoners. Native Police Commanded By Wliite Officers Round Up Brigand and His Followers. Victoria, B. C„ April B.—-NativeT police commanded by white officers in the Solomon islands have broken up a band of outlaws which has slain many whites, Recording to advices brought by the steamship Marama. The ringleader, Chief Sito, and twelve of his lieutenants have been taken prisoners. Sito and band terrorized Voile Lavella Island and were responsible for many murders of white men, the last being the killing of Trader Binskin and family, who were hacked to death by the blacks. ’The 200 native police were in the field three weeks before capturing Sito and his followers. Seventeen outlaws were killed in the last stand of Sito’s murderous band.