The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-09
WARSHIPS ARM NEEDED
To Protect American Missionaries
in China.
THE MISSION AT INGKOK LOOTED

ford, Survivor of the Hwasang Massacre,
Relates Her Experiences.
New YORK, Aug. 9.-The World today
prints the following special dispatches
from Foo Chow, China:
A mob has just looted the American
mission chapel at Inghok, fifty miles from
here. Unless prompt effective action is
taken there is danger of great riots in
other places. The Chinese soldiers sent
to kucheng to protect foreign property
plundered the Stewart residence. No
American gunboat has come here. An of
fetal on his way to this city from Ku-
cheng was killed on Wednesday. There
is no American protection. The Ameri-
can governments neglect is infamous.
The situation is critical.
The evidence already obtained shows
that the massacre at Hwasang was
planned at least week before hand. The
foreign oonsuls have the names of the
leaders In it, and of some of the partici-
pants.
An official of Foo Chow sent 210 soldiers
into that section on July "a to prevent the
Vegetarians from numbering Chinese. The
Vegetarians thought the missionaries had
caused the troops to be sent, and decided
to kill them. They began Immediately to
gather at certain designated place, and
in passing through the villages on their
way to the rendezvous they publicly de-
olared their intention to destroy the
churches and to kill the Christians.
The night before the massacre a native
pastor in the city of Kucheng heard that
the Vegetarians were going to kill the
foreigners on the morrow. He wrote a
letter of warning to Mr.. Stewart at
Hwasang, but delayed sending it until
daylight, and the messenger arrived half
an hour too late. DR.. Gregory was in the
city of Kucheng at the time, but he was
not notified The foreigners had no sus-
picion of the intended slaughter.
The World also prints in special cable
gram from Shanghai China, an account
of the massacre of missionaries at Hwa-
sang, written by Miss Mabel G. Hartford,
one of the survivors of the massacre, and
the only American who witnessed it, Miss
Hartford's S statement follows:
Aug. l, at 7:30 a. n, heard shouts.
They were the yells of the servants, who
rushed in shouting to me to get up, for
the Negetarians were coming, tearing
down the houses on the hill belonging to
the English missions.
"a few minutes later a teacher came to
my door and told me to run. put on my
clothes and rushed to the door, l was met
by man with a trident spear, who yelled:
Here is a foreign woman. He pointed
the spear at my chest l twisted it to one
side, and it just grazed my ear and head
He threw me to the ground and beat me
with the wooden end of the spear. A SER
want came and wrenched the spear away
then told me to run. l jumped down the
embankment and ran along the road. A
servant came and pulled me along until
l got up on the side of the hill / then lay
down there to get more breath. After
resting twice l reached a secluded spot
and lay there. All this time the yells
went on, and two houses were burned to
the ground.
"After awhile the yells stopped. l sup
posed the Vegetarians had gone away. A
servant went to see how matters were He
returned in half an hour, telling me to
come home, that five ladies of the English
mission had been killed and some had
been wounded, but that my house-a
rented native hOuse--had not been troubled
at all went home to find Miss Codring-
ton much cut about the head and beaten
all over, and did what / could for her and
wounded ones. DR.. Gregory arrived at
night and dressed the wounds of the pa
tients.
Mr.. Phillips, of the English mission,
| who lived in a native house some distance
away escaped all injury, only arriving in
time to see the bodies of the dead and hear
the Vegetarians say: We have killed all
| the foreigners
"Mr. Phillips went to the ruins and
found eight bodies; five not burned and
three burned so as not to be recognizable.
Collins were made and the bodies were put
in them. The bones of the burned were
put in boxes.
Another burned body was found max
ing nine grown people massacred-R. j.
Stewart and his wife, nurse from Ire
land called Lena Nellie Saunders and
Topsy Saunders of Australia, Hessie
Newcomb of Ireland, Elsie Marshall and
Lucy Stewart of England, and Annie Cor
don of Australia. Herbert Stewart died Q
few hours later.
1.-The first four were burned beyond
recognition. Topsy ran out of the house
and was killed outside. Hessie was thrown
down the embanIment with her head
nearly severed from her shoulders. An
ME Gordon's head was also nearly cut off,
"Ihe bodies were put in coffins, and we
left Hwasang for Suikow about O'Clock
Friday afternoon, Aug 2. We reached
Suikow about 8 a. IN. Saturday, and tele-
graphed to Foo Chow for a steam launch.
We left Suikow in native boats at B p. IN. .,
and on Sunday morning met a steam
launch going towards Suikow taking sol
diers. We engaged it to tow us to Foo
! Chow. Soon afterwards we met the res
cuing party in a launch. The party con-
sisted of the United States marshal and
two English missionaries, bringing full
supplies for the sufferers"
Soldiers LOOting Kucheng.
NEW YORK, Aug, 9.-The secretary OF
/ the Methodist board of foreign missions,
/ Rev DR.. A. ID. Leonard received from DR.