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STORY OF THE CHINESE RIOTS
Circumstantiai Account of the Friehtful
Massacre of Women and Children
New York, Aug. THE World today
will publish the following special cable
gram from Foo Chow, China:
Or. Gregory, an American mission
airy who escaped from Ku Cheng. gives
the following account of the massacre:
cat 1890 p. m. on Thursday, August
1, native Christian rushed into my
study saying that several OF the for
eign ladies at HwaSang, a mountain
resort about twelve miles from the city
of Ku Cheng, had been killed that morn
ing and that two houses had been burn
ed. Fifteen minutes later a note from
Mr.. Phelps confirmed this. He wrote
that five ladies were dead, the Stewards
were missing and four persons were
seriously wounded. He expressed the
hope that / was then on my way TO
Hwasang. / Immediately went into the
yamen, where hundreds of excited ma
tiveS had already gathered, and reques-
ted the district magistrate, Wong, to
send some soldiers at once to Hwasang
to protect those still living
I'm half an hour the magistrate sent
me to Hwasang under an escort Of
about fifty soldiers. At p. m, left
Ku Cheng City under an escort Of
thirteen soldiers arriving at Hwasang
at s p. m, to find that nine adults, all
British subjects, had been murdered
and all those still alive at Hwasang-
eight only-had been more or less Sc
verely injured excepting Mr.. Phillips
who arrived there only two or three
days before and was lodging at ma
tive house some distance from the
English cottages.
1 was delayed in leaving Ku Cheng
owing to the fact that the coolies re-
fused to carry our chairs. On my ar
rival we made the injured as comfort
able as possible. Miss Cordington re-
ceived sword cut extending from the
left angle of her mouth diagonally out
ward and downward seven inches long
completely dividing the lower lip and
exposing the interior maxilliary bone;
one cut on the crown three inches in
length and quite down TO the inner
table of the skull; one cut across the
nose beneath the right eye. five inches
long, and another three inches long on
the right side of the neck. The last two
were skin wounds only. There were
also two Commissions on the right arm
and a deep puncture wound on the out
side Of the right thigh. Her condition
is serious.
Miss Mabel C. Hartford. of the
Methodist mission, the only American
residing at Hwasang at the time, was
lodged in a small native house some
twenty rods from the English cottages.
She was attacked by one assassin arm
ed with a trident. She received slight
cut in the lobe of the right ear, was
thrown to the ground and beaten
about the lower extremities and body.
while the murderer was engaged in
this attack servant grappled with the
assailant and during the struggle Miss
Hartford escaped.
Miss Heller remained hidden until
all was over. Her nervous system suS
tanned serious injury.
Mildred Stewart. aged II. received
a wound on the outside of the right knee
joint six inches long exposing the joint
and two puncture wounds, one on the
left leg and one on the left foot. Her
condition is serious.
"Baby Stewart, 13 months old. has a
severe injury to the eye, a small pene-
rratfng wound in the left frontal region.
which enters the cranial cavity and
several severe bruises on the head and
body. The injuries probably will prove
fatal.
"All wounds were apparently made
by swords and spears.
"Of those killed outright Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart, Nellie Saunders and Lena Pill
low. an Irish nurse. were almost wholly
incinerated in the burned house. In
ali probability they were murdered be-
fore the house burned. We found Kath-
leen Stewart and Nellie Saunders lying
unconscious on the nursery floor and
Pah hor y,
the dead body of the nurse. Hesise
Newcomb was cut on the left cheek and
on the left hand, probably by a spear,
and was thrown over sleeping blank
ct, where they left the body. / failed
to find any serious wound on the body
of Miss Stewart. l am inclined to
think she died from the shock. This
opinion is sustained by Miss Cording-
tons report to me.
Miss Gordon received a deep spear
wound in the face. another in the neck
and another in the right side Of the
head.
Kathleen Stewart. II years old re-
ceived several slight wounds and bruis-
es about the face and lower extreni-
ties.
Herbert Stewart, years old, receiv-
ed a deep wound on the right side Of
the neck four inches long; one on the
crown; one on the back part of the
head four inches long. cleaving the
skull and exposing the brain q. circu-
lar scalp wound on the left side of the
head. two and one half inches in diam
eter; a small punctured wound in the
interior part OF the chest and a stab
in the neck. He died OF the injuries
thirty hours later on the road 10 Su
Kow.
Evans Stewart. years old. was stab
bed in the left thigh. and received sew
eral bruises and scratches on the head
and body. His injuries are not serious
@Tepsy Saunders death was caused
by speer wound on the right side OF
the head. the weapon cleaving his body
The last three bodies were lying in
one heap. Apparently no post NOR
tenn mutilation had been attempted
This friShtful massacre was done BY
members Of the secret society known
as the vegetsrians which is causing
much trouble alike TO Christians and
he2then IN and around Ku Cheng City.
From various reports OF those who saw
the attack I believe about eighty men
we're engaged They were armed With
spears and swords and seemed strong
~ organized and under one chief lead
er-
The attack came Ike thuDdsrbolt
out OF clar sky. not one Of the VIC
tins having the slightest intimatton OF
the intention To assault them Thirty
minutes from the time the onslaught;
commenced not q single vegetarian was