The herald., 1895-08-09

(. ths English mission. A few minutes
\ 1oter teacher came to my door and told
me to run. 1 got on my clothes and
yushed to the door. was met by mi an
with spear, who yelled: Here is a
foreign woman"
He pointed the weapon at my chest. l
thrust 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 servant came and
Y wrsnched it away from him and told me
TO run.
jumped down the embankment and
ran along the road. A servant jostled me
along until got up on the side of the
hill. then lay down there to get some
breath. After resting twice reached a
secluded spot and lay there.
All this time the yells went on and the
two houses were burning to the ground.
After while the cries ceased. l supposed
the vegetarians had gone away. A SER
want went to see now matters were. He
returned in half an hour, telling me to
como home, that five ladies OF the En-
glish mission had been killed and some
had been wounded. but that my house,
rented native house, had not been
troubled.
went home to find Miss Codrngto ton
much cue about the head and beaten all
over. Mildred Stewart. II years old. knee
cut and bleeding very hard; Herbert
Stewart, years old. cut on the head and
almost dead; Baby Stewart. with one eye
black aud swollen; the second Stewart
girl, Kathleen, IL years, with the second
boy, Evan, 3 years old. were beaten and
riarco1 with the hut SaT,OnSlv
injured.
Mr.. Phillips OF the English mission. who
lived in n native house, some distance
away, did not receive any injury, only
arriving in time to see the bodies OF the
dead and hear the vegetarians say, 1--WE
have killed all the foreigners.
At first we heard that some foreigners
had escaped and were in hiding, but Mr..
Stewart did not come and we feared the
worst. Mr.. Phillips went to the ruins
and found eight bodies. five not burned
so as to be unrecognizable.
DR.. Gregory arrived at dark and dressed
the wounds of the patients. Cotns were
made and the bodies were put in them.
Tie bodies of the burned were put in
boxes.
Another burned body was found. making
nine grown people massacred: Il. u.
Stewart and his wife, q nurse from Ire
land called Lena, Nellie Saunders, Topsy
Saunders of Australia. who lived in the
upper house called the Stewart house.
Bessie Newcombe of Ireland. Eliza Mar
shall, Lucy Stewart of England, Annie
Gordon of Australia.
The first four we're burned beyond rec
ognition Topsy was killed outside.
Hessie was thrown down the enbank-
ment with her head nearly severed from
her shoulders. Hannah Gordon's head
was also nearly cut off.
The bodies were put in cof1ins and we
left Hwa Sang for Sui Kow about 4
O'Clock Friday, afternoon. August I'd;
Herbert died about three hours later.
Just below Cooling. VS. took the body in
a chair and had coffin made for it at
Sui-kow. We reached Sui-kow about 8
q. m. Saturday, and telegraphed to Foo
Choo for a steam launch. We left Sui
Kow in native boats at .. m. ana on
Sunday morning met steam launch GO.
ing toward Sui-Kow. taking soldiers. We
engaged it to tow us to Foo-Chow. Soon
afterward We met the rescuing party in a
launch. The party consisted OF the
United States marshal and TWO English
missionaries, bringing full supplies for the
sufferers.
When | was thrown down my teachers
wife called some Hwa-Sang men around
to save me. There were four men there
to only one vegetarian. but they would
not help me. She tried TO pull me away
as he was beating me. The vegetarian
kicked her. When the vegetarians who
beat me started up the hill to come to
our house three others with him ran off,
so l escaped with only one prosecutor.
There were about fifty vegetarians, but
only saw one. Tho man who attacked
me shouted Here is foreign woman
He had a spear. Some had swords. There
was at least one gun for | heard it fired.
The natives say there were more. Uong,
the KuChen magistrate came to Hwa
Sang Friday afternoon. August I'd, with
100 soldiers. He viewed the bolles, saw
the injured. inquired the names and resi-
dences of the injured and made out an
account. He did what he could to help
us get off,to Sui-Know
(Signed) MABEL HARTFORD.