The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-08
THE CHINESE MASSACRE
An American Missionary's Story
Of the Outrage.
APATHY OF CHINESE OFFICIALS.
Our Consul at Flu Chau Has Abundant Proof
That the OGoials Knew for Days in Adj
vance of the Massacre That Trouble
Was Brewing.

That the Omoials Knew for Days in Adj
vance of the Massacre That Trouble
Was Brewing
Foo CHOW, China, Aug. s.-Dr Greg
Ory, an American missionary, who escaped
from Ku Cheng, gives the following ac-
count of the massacre there:
At 1880 p. m, on Thursday Aug ], a
native Christian rushed into my study,
saying that several of the foreign ladies at
Hwasang, a mountain resort about twelve
miles from the city of Ku Cheng, had been
killed that morning, and that two houses
had been burned.
Fifteen minutes later a note from Mr.
Phillips confirmed this He wrote that
five ladies were dead the stewards were
missing, and four persons were seriously
wounded. He expressed the hope that 1
was then on my way TO Hwasang.
l Immediately went into the, Yamen,
where hundreds of excited nativ SF'had al
ready gathered, and requested the district
magistrate Wong, to send some soldiers
at once to Hwasnng to protect those still
living. In half an hour the magistrate
went to Hwasang under an escort of
about sixty soldiers.
At 2 p. m. left Ku Cheng city under
an escort of thirteen soldiers, arriving at
Hwasang at p m. to find that nine
adults, all British subjects, had been muir
dered, and that all those still alive at
Hwasang-eight only-had been more or
less severely injured.
On my arrival l set to work to make the
injured as comfortable as possible.
Miss Codrin gton received sword cut
extending from the left angle of her
mouth diagonally outward and down
ward seven inches long, completely divid-
ing the lower lip ana exposing the inferior
maxillary 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. Her condition
is serious.
Miss Mabel c. Hartford, of the Metho-
dist mission the only American residing
in Hwasang at the time, was living in a
small, native house some twenty rods
from the English cottages, was attacked
by one assassin armed with trident. She
received a slight cut in the lobe of the
right ear was thrown to the ground and
beaten about the lower extremities and
the body. While the murderer was en-
gagged in this attack, a servant grapplcd
with the assailant and during the struggle,
Miss Hartford escaped.
Mildred Stewart, aged l2 years received
a wound on the outside Of the right knee
joint six inches long, exposing tho joint,
and two punctured wounds, one on the
left leg and one on the left foot. Her con-
dition is serious.
Kathleen Stewart, / years old, received
several slight wounds and bruises about
the face and the lower extremities. They
are not serious.
Herbert Stewart, 6 years old, received a
deep wound on the right side of the neck
four inches long; one on the crown which
/ Clipped the external table of the skull;
one on the back part of the head, cleaving
/ the skull and exposing the brain, and sew
/ eral other wounds He died thirty hours
/ later. Evan Stewart, 3 years Old was
stabbed in the left thigh, and received
/ several bruises and scratches on the head
and body. His condition is not serious.
Topsy Saunders death was caused by a
spear wound on the right side of the head,
/ the weapon entering the brain
This frightful massacre was done by
members Of the secret society known as
the Vegetarians, who have been causing
much trouble alike to Christians and
heathens in and around Ku Cheng city.
From various reports of those who saw
the attack, l believe that about eighty
men were engaged. They were armed
with spears and swords and seemed
strongly organized under one chief leader
Thirty minutes from the time the on
slaught commenced not single Vegeta-
rian was to be seen near the grounds of
] the massacre