Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-09
MISS HARTFORD'S STORY
Details of the Massacre of Hwasang, Nea,
Ku Oheng.
The Only American Who Witnessed
the Outrages by the Chinese Fnnat-
ics-The Terrible Treatment.


morning, in special cahlegram from
Shanghai, China, an account of the mas
sacre of missionaries at Hwasang, written
by Miss Mabel c. Hartford, one of the sur
vivors of the massacre and the only Amer
lean who witnessed it. Miss Hartford
statement follows:
august l, at 7:30 am. I heard shouts.
They were the yells of servants, who rush.
ed in, shouting to me to get up, for the
Vegetarians were coming, tearing down tho
houses on the hill belonging to the English
mission. A few minutes later a teacher
came to my door and told me to run. 1 put
on my clothes and rushed to the door. I
was met by a man with trident spear,
who yelled: Here Is foreign woman!
HE pointed the spear at my chest
twisted it 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 away, then told me to run. jumped
down the embankment and ran along the
road. servant came ana puiied me along
until I got up on the side of the hill
After resting twice I reached secluded
SPOT and lay there. All this time the yells
went on and two houses were burning to
the ground.
Five English Women Killed.
after a while the yells stopped. I 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 wounded,
but that my house-a native rented house
had not been troubled at all I went home
to find Miss Codrington much cut ABOUT the
head and beaten all over; Mildred stewart
twelve years old, knee cut and bleeding
very hard; Herbert Stewart, six years Old
cut on the head and almost dead; Sapy
Stewart with one eye black ana s"9aien
years old, with the second boy, EVAN three
years old, were beaten and pierced with
spear, but not seriously injured. Inc BOY
vomited all day, but we thought II was
from fright.
MIR Phillips of the English mission, VINO
lived in native house some distance
away, escaped all injury, only arriving IN
time to see the bodies of the dead ana near
the Vegetarians say: We have killed all
the foreigners At first we heard that
some foreigners had escaped and were IN
hiding but MI. Stewart did not come, ana
we feared the worst. Mr.. Phillips went TO
the ruins and found eight bodies; five not
burned and three burned SO as not to be rec
ogniZable. DR.. Gregory arrived at dark
and dressed the wounds Of the pauents.
Collins were made, and the bodies were put
in them. The bones of the burned were
put in boxes. Another burned body was
found, making nine grown people mas
sacred-R. J. Stewart and his wife. nurse
from Ireland called Lena, Nellie Saunders,
Topsy Saunders Of Australia. who lived
in the upper house called the Stewart
house; Hessie Newcomb of Ireland, Elsie
Marshall and Lucy Stewart of England
and Annie Gordon Of Australia.
Terrible Treatment.
1.-THE first four were burned beyond recog-
milton. Topsy ran out of the house and
was killed outside. Hessie was thrown
down the embankment with her head near
ly severed from her shoulders. Hannah
Gordon's head also was nearly cut off. The
bodies were put in collins and We left Hwa-
sang for Suikow about o'clock Friday
afternoon, August 9. Herbert died about
three hours later, just below Coiong. We
took the body in a chair and had coffin
made for 1t at Suikow.
I'VE reached Suikow about 6 am. Sat-
urday and telegraphed to Foo Chow for
steam launch. We left Suikow in native
boats at 3 pm. and on Sunday morning
met a steam launch going toward Suikow
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 sup
plies for the sufferers. When l was thrown
down, my teachers wife called on some
Hwasang men around to save me. There
were four men there to only one Vegetar-
ian, but they would not help me. She
came and tried to pull me away, as he
was beating me. The Vegetarian kicked
her.
When the Vegetarian who beat me
started down the hill to come to our house
three others were with him, but these ran
off after some Cinnamon, so escaped with
only one prosecutor. There Were about
fifty Vegetarians, but 1 only one. the
man who attacked me, who shouted, Here
is a foreign woman He had a trident
spear. Some had swords.
There was at least one gum for 1 heard
1t fired off. The natives say there were
more. Tong, the ku Cheng magistrate came
to Hwasang Friday afternoon, August 2,
with 100 soldiers He viewed the bodies
saw the injured, inquired the names of all
the places of the injuries and made out an
account. He did what he could to help us
get off to Suikow."