The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-11-27
HORRIBLE TORTURE,
n RESCUED MISSIONARY RELATES
HER EXPERIENCE.
Brutally Treated Twlce Sentenced Z,
Dsath-saved by the Presence or
Little Chlldren

story of the period Of blood and mas.
sacre in China is told, fow of it's chap.
ters will be as brilliant as tho nara.
tive of the Green party, who were
found almost dead by the allied ex.
pedltion. The tale of their hardship
and abuse and almost miraculous
preservation has leaked out to the
world by piece meal, but It's details
OF suffering and cruelty were told for
the first time by Miss Greig.
MIR. and Mrs. Greon, members of
the British Chinese Inland mission,
with their two childron, boy and a
girl, aged 5 and 3 years, aud Miss
Greig, an assistant, were stationed
at Huai Lu, small town 12O niles
south of this place. During tha first
week of July news of mr. ssacres of
missionaries were received in Pao
Ting Flu and also news of the de-
structlon of the mission at Shun III
Fuh, Chan Chi and SheL vi and of
the moving of the troops from the
Shan ST province toward Tien Tsin
to attack the foreigners.
On hearing Of the affairs, tho little
party moved away to the mountains
on the advice Of mandarin, to 90
into hiding.
Some friendly Chinese showed the
party small cave, where they re-
mained secreted for two days and
three nights, suffering the utmost
discomforts, their hiding place being
only about Gx4, with water dripping
from the roof. On the third day
their servants discovered them and
led them to farm house, where the
entire party lived in one small room
for a month. On Aug. 13 the Boxers
discovered their hiding place, from
which their host had made tunnel
to a cave a short distance away. The
boxers demanded that the little band
be given up to them. On hearing of
their host being beaten and tortured,
MIR. Green determined to give him
self up and do what he could to save
his wife and little ones and Miss
Greig. AS the missionary appeared
at the mouth of the cave he WAS i'm
mediately shot in the face with a
charge of fine pellets. Wounded and
bleeding, he pleaded for the women
and children, but to no avail. The
Boxers ordered them from the tun-
mel and the frightened women came
forth, expecting death or worse.
Knives and swords were held over
their heads and all their possessions
were taken from them except their
clothing. They were then made to
march to Huai Lu, their former home.
Here they were met by the mandarin
upon whose advice they had gone
into hiding. The man beat and
abused Mr.. Green and reproached
him for not coming to him for ad-
vice and protection. The mandarin
then said he would send the party to
Cheng Ting Flu. The party started
on their journey. About three miles
out they we're overtaken by the Box
ers who had originally captured them
and on reaching Cheng Ting Flu
were refused admission to the city
because of the escort. They were
carried through the country to Pao
Ting Flu. Loaded with abuse, mis-
treated and suffering, the place lit.
terally swarming with Boxers de-
manding their lives, the hapless pris-
oners were escorted to the yaman of
tho chief magistrate, Ting Yuen, who
refused to receive them.
Then occurred strange incident.
The chief Boxer himself pleaded for
the prisoners. He expressed sorrow
at seeing the condition of the pris-
oaers and said he would send them
to Tien Tsin. He also provided them
with sufficient money to assure food
;on the journey. That morning they
were taken to boat, but found nei.
ther troops nor passports. They
were in fact in the hands of the Box
'ers who took them some thirty miles
down the river and on Wednesday
afternoon landed them in a marsh
and informed than that Ting Yuan
had ordered that they should be put
to death and their bodies disposed of.