Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-23
WERE RESCUED At LAST
BY THE ALLIED FORCES.
THRILLING STORY OF THE ESCAPE
OF A PARTY OF MISSIONARIES
IN CHINA.
FLED INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
ROBBED AND COMPELLED TO
MARCH BACK TO THEIR
FORMER HOMES.

PAO TING Flu, October 23.-When
the story OF the period of blood and
massacre in China is told, few of its
| chapters will be as brilliant as the
narrative of the Green party, who
were found almost dead by the allied
expedition. Mr. and Mrs. Green, mem
bers of the British-Chinese inland mis-
sion, with their two children, boy
and girl aged and years. and
Miss Greig, an assistant, were station
ed at Huai-Lu, small town 120 mics
south of this place. During the first
| week of July news of massacres of
missionaries were received in Pao Ting
Flu and also news of the destruction
| of the mission at Shun tt Flu, Chao Chi
and Shen Vi and of the moving OF
troops from the Shan 81 province to-
| ward Tien Tsin to attack the foreign
ers.
On hearing of the state of affairs,
the little party moved away to the
| mountains on the advice of the manda-
rim to go into hiding. They took with
them only a few bare necessities. car
rying the children in their arms, and
| were conducted by two or three Chi
nese servants to a Chinese temple III
| the hills. Here they remained two
days and were then informed by the
villagers, who used the temple, that
| they must leave. They were also told
| that their home had been destroyer
and the site made the headquarters II
a Boxer camp. Some friendly Chi
nese showed the party small cave
little distance from the temple, where
| they remained secreted for two days
and three nights, suffering the utmost
discomforts, their hiding place being
only about six feet by four, with wat
eI dripping from the roof. While tho
party lay in the cave the Boxers were
| seen and heard searching the noun
| tains for the foreign devils. On the
| third day their servants discovered
them and led them to a farm house,
where the entire party lived in one
| small room for month, not daring &c
stir from their retreat in the day time
and only with the greatest caution at
night.
On August IS the Boxers discovered
their hiding place, from which their
| host had made a tunnel to a cave
short distance away. The Boxers de-
manded that the little band be given
| up to them. On hearing their beIefac-
| tor being beaten and tortured Mr..
| Green determined to give himself 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 shot in the face
with a charge of fine pellets. Wound
ed and bleeding he pleaded for the wo-
men and children, but with no avil.
| The Boxers ordered them out of the
tunnel 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 Hual Lu,
their former home. Here they were
met by the mandarin, upon whose adj
vice they had gone into hiding. This
man beat and abused Mr.. Green and
reproached him for not coming to him
| for advice and protection.
| The mandarin then said he would
send the party to Cheng Ting Flu, with
an escort OF imperial troops. He as
sured them they would receive ample
protection at Cheng Ting Flu. The
party was placed in rough four wheel
ed carts and started on their journey.
| About three miles out they were over
taken by the Boxers, who had origin
ally captured them. and on reaching
| Cheng Ting Flu were refused admission
| TO the city because of their escort.
| For three days and nights without
stop except at rare intervals, to par
take of native food, they were carted
through the country to Pao Ting Flu.
Loaded with abuse, mistreated and
suffering. the place literally swarmed
| with Boxers demanding their lives, the
hapless prisoners were escorted to the
Yamen or the chief magistrate, Ting
Yuen, who refused to receive them.
The chief Boxer then induced Ting
Yuen to speak TO Mr.. Green. Ting
Yuen expressed sorrow at seeing the
condition of the prisoners, and said
he would send them to Tien Tsin I'M
der an escort of imperial troops and
with his official passports. They were
taken TO a boat but found neither
troops nor passports. They were, in
fact, again in the hands OF the Box
ers, who took them some thirty miles
down the river and landed them in
marsh covered with high reeds and
informed them that Ting Yuen had
ordered that they should be put TO
death and their bodies disposed Of.
The same Boxer. who had previously
intereeded, had evidently conceived a
great friendliness for the children. He
cried and told Mr. Green they must
try TO reach Tien Tsin alone. He then
left them, taking the boat
The little band was left helpless in
the vast swamp. Villagers discovered
and brought down upon them another
large party OF Boxers. The Boxers
decided to take their captiyes to a-viI-
lage. mile away and devised the
means of transporting AID 'torturing
them at the same time. Mr. Green's
left hand was bound to his foot: Mrs.
Green and Miss Greig were tied hands
to feet. let hand TO left foot, and
right hand to right foot, and the little
girl was treated the same way. Spear
handles were then thrust under their