The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-11
HORRIBLE CHINESE CRUELTY.
Shocking Atrocities Perpetrated-No
Mercy Shown the Captured Rebels.

Shocking Atrocities Perpetrated-No
Mercy Shown the Captured Rebels.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-The
steamer China, which arrived yester-
day from China and japan, brought ad-
vices giving deLals Of the revolt and its
suppression in Manchuria. The rebels,
it appears, were mostly bandits who
roam the country just outside the wall
Of China. Last spring they joined
forces and entered upon regular plan
Of campaign and plumber. They were
all well armed, and being, as stated,
mainly composed of prescribed Chinese
criminals, they fought desperately wher-
ever pitted against the Chinese troops,
and for long time always defeated
their adversaries.
Some of the large bands were led by
Buddhist priests. One Of tho most no.
torious of the priestly marauders was
Han Hang Chung, who recently lost his
| llle during fierce engagement with the
Chlncse troops. lie was for many years
enshrined in Mongolian temple as the
| living Buddha.
| There is no doubt that the most hor-
rlDlc atrocities were perpetrated by the
wandering dcsperadoes. Eye witnesses
state that almost the entire population
OF villages were cruelty maltrcated and
murdered. The burning of children
alive, and tho brutal treatment and muir
der OF women was the general line of
conduct OF these inhuman fends.
A band of 500 maraudcrs swooped
down upon kutulan in the dead of night,
captured all whom they did not kill out
right, and finally carried away with
them all the women. Before going they
put sixty men in large corn house, Sc
curely fastened all places of cgress, af.
ter which they Get fire to the place.
The shrieks Of those being burned alive
reached the ears of few persons who
had escaped to the hills. The scene was
frightlul in the extreme. This, however
is only one of a dozen such Incidents.
The rebels raided and destroyed
Christian and heather villages alike
but to captivcs Of the former places
they acted i'll particularly ierociou,
manner. At a place called Talijew
which has been Christian ior two cen
turles, they massacred nine Chinese
sisters, or nuns, and burned the orphan
age which contained sixty little inmates
The piercing of the bodies of captive
with heated Dayoncts and spears, tn
gouging out of eyes and the discm bowel
ing or buryiny alive OF victims wer
among the atrocities practiccd by th
rebels.
One band is said to have been led b
: huge amazon who rode astrlde he
g horse like mau. 1t was reporte
: among her followers that she drank I'll
: blood of victims in order to maintai
!, her courage.
= The suppression Of the revolt is nc
! entirely due TO the efforts of the Chimes
>. Government. 1t was the extreme col
a that had the most to do with it. TIL
robbers could not stand the campa igr
ing in the wlntry weather, and many {
them retired To their strongholds in tn
hills. Their power, however, is brok
eli.
The imperial troops showed as littl
mercy to the rebels captured by then
as the robbers themselves had shown t.
their victims. Many prisoners wer
taken, but most of them were execute,
on tho spot. The executions were con
Quoted on a Wholesale scale. The mer
were beheadcd in hundreds and the en-
tire trunks Of trees were utilized a.
blocks, along which the prisoners were
ranged in lines, and their exccutioners
simply moved OF their heads when tho
signal was given. The heads were hung
in long rows on poles as a warning tC
others.