Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-08
,.,,I,is1 Of The Foreigners W0uld'd
IL Tho Massacre
ar, ,,p CHILDREN BADLY CUT


W. - s.eapsd from ku ChehS'
hh ,s. olIowing accouut Of the
nril,re there ,.,,. Ar,,.,
laxative Christian rushed Into my
, ,'S nyiue that eOvsral Of the foreign
w., Al VIVA sang, "a mouaiain resort
'S.s,,uslvo miles from the city OF
TsCb.ns had been killed that morn
and that two houses had been
, ms Fifteen minutes later n note
,.n Nj. phillips COZ firmod this. lie
-,,tbst I've ladies' were dead. The
$500. were missing and four pct.
ws,s srfluualy wounded. lie
~ ','sd the hope that I wss on my
w 10 VIVA sang. l immsulateiy
lat into tue ysmso, where huhiieus
,,,Iel,eI naliyes had already ga'h'
80 md requested Ihe dit1riot magli.
80, Wonr. 10 send some soldiers nt
ne 10 wha sang u protect ihoee
,ull living. -,.,.,.
u.. IA VIVA sang uuaer an oscOu OF
,b5ul sixty soldiers. ,,.
NI u. m. / lrft Ku ChonR CITY
sd, a, Escort Oi soldiers. arriving NJ
~, sangats q. m. TO find that nine
mt, ali British subjects, bad Teen
.s,t,fsd, and that all those still alive
Al Wha Sing-oighi oniy-had been
nsts OF les severely Injured.
son my arrival we made tue ihJurod
s,e5mioftable as possible. Aii.s Cord
irslou received a sword cut, extend.
iss rom the left angle Of her mouth
dls,opaIy outward and downward
,,ysn Inches long, completely Dividing
ne lewef lip aud cxpOsiug the Interior
mlIlllafy bone; One cut on the crown
nm, lrchesin length, and quite down
"a the inner tAhls VI the ekun; QUO cut
,,fos. the nose, beneath the flgut tyu
FIVE inches long, aud another taFsr
ilohts loug on the right aito 81 'ho
neck. Tho last two were skin wOunis
only.
n'There were two contuslous on tho
hight srm and deep punc;Jted wound
90 tue outside Of the rlght nigh. hur
condition l. serious.
"Mls. Mabel T.. Hartford Of the
Methodist missiOp. the only American
residing IN VIVA sang, at the time, was
lodged IN q small native house some
twenty rods from the English cottage.
She was attacked by one Gssnasiu,
armed with y trident. She received
A.lighi cut In the lobo Of the right ear;
was Ibiovn TO the ground nnu beaten
about the lower eKtTumiIies and The
BODY. While tue murderer was Gu
gngsI In tbis attack, n servant gTapple
with the assailRnt, aud during thi
struggle Mis- Hartford escaped.
"Mildfed stewart, aged L., received
awgund on the outside OF the fighl
knee Joint sly incher long, exposing
the Joint, ard two puuclured wounds
que on the lett leg snd Oue on the ltf
foot. Her condition 10 serious.
Kathleen stewart, III years old
received several slight wounds ant
bruises about the face Rnd lower ex
litmilies.
"Hetbert Stewart, o yenrs old, re
stiyed \ deep wound on the right sid'
q the neck four inches long; one OF
he crown, one on the back part OF IN,
hsAc four inches long, cleRviug tn,
hull aud exposing the brain, ana I
Circular scalp wound on the left side o
he head, two and ons-half inches II
.laneler. A small wound In the chcs
iai a stab Ia the back. lie diei on
he road 10 sukow.
"BAby Stewart, 10 months old, has
hyere injury to the eye, IA email pono
bating wound In tho lett frontal cav
MW. and IA VaFal a,
hvid aud body. The injuries probsbl!
VII prove fatal. All the wounds wet
apparently made by swords Hud spears
'Oi those killed outright Mt. an
ME. Stewart, Nellie Saunders anl
Lena Pillow, an ITlsh nurse, were a
most Moderated In the burned house
10 all probability thoy were murdered
9siofe the house was burned. We fOuuI
NATE Stewart and Nellie Saunder
ylng unconscious on the nursery tlooI
Ahu removed Baby Stewart from be
lsalh the dead body OF the nura,
Leslie NeWcomb was cut IA the lei
eheek and on the left hand, probabl
ula sptaf' failed 10 find any seriou
wound on the body of Mis-, Stewart
am Inclined to think she died iror
.le shook. This opinion IL suataine
Mlas Cordingtsn's report to m
hHs Gorlon received deep speI
wound IN the face, smother in the nee
suu another In the right side OF Il
EVans Stewart, years old, W,
'a9o7d 10 the left thigh, received se'
sI bruises and scratches on the hsa
snu oOly' His condition Ia not ser
"Iopsy saundera's deSth was oauIe
" aspeat wound on the right side {
NJ no neal, lhe weapon olsAvlng his hsa,
uo la'I three bodice were lying In OF
n,EG'h Apparently no post moItem mi
"ta1ioh has been attempted.
IulA Irightlul massacre was don
memhers Of the secret society know
lne NegetRriAns, which IN cAusiI
suuh trouble alike to Christians M
Tnens In aud around Ku Cher
y' from various reports Of tnoi
~ saw the attack, 1 believe abo
sh'y men were engaged. Those we
meu with spears and syords M
I strongly organized and und,
s ~ vnlei leader. The attack came M
smuhde' bolt out OF clear sky, n
49, the victims having the slighto
,SSNula'lon Of the inlenlion to assau
IN. " hen Tue question Ia raised ~
,ue cause VI the terrible massacre. OF
,a,' 49, nave little doubt that the Veg
ma 10, were the active participant
thN,,, ,hA' tue local and provincial a
tSs auss were directly implicated
e,s,v '' m seems certain, Tor the ,
CSsy 1as Iuen strong around /;
i'Tss. 'oI Two years ana increasing.
,n. me vlceroy sent Ku Cheng
Sa st lorce Of 200 soldiers to ssslst [
yVt, authorities In settling with sew,
w. thousand determined sAvsges.
mere farce AMI the legal OH n,
were unable IN 10 .a,,,L