Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-09

Hwasang Massacre Not the Result Of
q Sudden 0utburst Of Fury.
Vegetarians Declared Their
Intentions Beforehand.
Prompt Action Necessary to Prevent Series
Of Further Riots.

NEW YORK, Aug. VA special from
Foo-Chow To The World says: The evi-
dence already obtained shows that the
massacre mt Hwasang was planned at least
week beforehand.
The foreign consuls have the names of
the leaders In IL and some Of the partici-
pants. An official Of Foo-Chow sent 2l0
soldiers into that section on July "a, TO
prevent the Vegetarians from numbering
the Chinese.
The Vegctarians thought the mission
aries had caused the troops to be sent, and
decided to kill them. They began i'm
mediately To gather mt certain designated
place. In passing through the villages on
their way to the rendezvous the Veg
etarians publicly declared their intention
TO destroy the churches and to kill the
Christians
Tho local officials knew of this, but
they did nothing to protect or even TO
warn the foreigners. The night before
the massacre, u native pastor In the city OF
Ku-Cheng heard the Vegetarians were go
Ing to kill the foreigners on the morrow
He wrote u letter Of warning to Mr.. Stew
art at Hwasang, but delayed sending 1t
until daylight. The messenger arrived
half an hour too late. DIR. Gregory was In
the city of Ku-Cheng at the time, but he
was not notified. The foreigners had no
suspicion Of the intended slaughter.
Story Of One Of the Victims.
The statement Of Miss Mabel @. II.
Hartford, the only American at Hwasang
ut the time OF the massacre, is as follows:
Aug. l, at 1880 a. m., heard shouts.
They were the yells Of servants, who rushed
IN shouting to me to get up, for the Vege-
fArtnng taa q ha
houses on the hill belonging to the Eng
lish mission.
"A few minutes later teacher came to
my door and told me to run. put on
my clothes and rushed TO the door was
met by man with trident spear, who
yelled, Here Is foreign woman He
pointed the spear at my chest. twisted
1t to one side, and 1t just grazed my ear
and head. He threw me to the ground
and beat me with the wooden end of the
spear A servant came and wrenched the
spear away, and ran along the road
All this time the yells went on, and two
houses were burning to the ground.
After a while the yells stopped.
went home to find Miss Codrington much
cut about the head and beaten all over;
Mildred Stewart IL years of age, the knee
cut, and bleeding very hard; Herbert
Stewart, years OF age, cut on the head,
and almost dead; Baby Stewart, with one
eye black and swollen; the second Stewart
girl, Kathleen, IL years of age, with the
second boy, Evan, 3 years of age, were
beaten and pierced with spear, but not
seriously injured
"Mr. Phillips of the English mission,
who lived some distance away, escaped all
injuries only arriving in time to see the
bodies of the dead and hear the Vege-
tarians say: we have killed all the for
eigners.
The Dead.
"Mr. Phillips went to the ruins and
found nine bodies five not burned and
four burned so as not to be recognizable
r.. j. Stewart and his wife, a nurse from
Ireland called Lena, Nellie Saunders and
Topsy Saunders of Australia, Hessie New
combe of Ireland, Elsie Marshall and
Lucy Stewart Of England, and Annie Cor
don Of Australia. The first four were
burned beyond recognition.
"Topsy ran out of the house and was
killed outside. Hessie was thrown down
the embankment, with her head nearly
severed from her shoulders. Hannah Cor
don's head was also nearly cut off, Her
bert died on Aug. 2.
OonB, inc hu-Cneng magistrate, came
to Hwasang Friday afternoon, Aug. 2,
with 100 soldiers. He viewed the bodies,
saw the injured, inquired the names of
all the places of the injured and made out
an account. He did what he could to help
us to get off to Suikow.
Another Mission Gone.
A mob has just looted the American
mission chapel Mt Inghok, 30 miles from
Foo-Chow. Unless prompt, effective ac-
tion is taken, there is danger of great riots
in other places.
The Chinese soldiers sent to Ku-Cheng
to protect foreigners property plundered
the Stewart residence. No American gun
boat has come here. The situation is
critical.
An official, on his way to this city from
Ku-Cheng, was killed yesterday. The
anxiety is increasing. There Is no Amer
lean protection.