Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-22
Terrible Experiences of a Party Under
Missionary Green.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Hunted Like Wild Beasts by the
Cruel Cinnamon.
RESCUED BY THE ALLIES
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press,
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. The tale of their hard
ship and abuse and almost miraculous pres
ervation has leaked to the outer world
by piecemeal, but to the correspondents Of
the Associated Press its details Of suffering
and cruelty were told for the first time by
Miss Greig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green, members Of the
British-Chinese inland mission, with their
two children, boy and a girl, aged five
and three years. and Miss Greig. an assist
ant, were stationed at Huai-lu. a small
town 100 miles 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-ti Flu, Chao Chi and Shen
vi. and Of the moving of the troops from
the Shan 81 province toward Tien Tsin
to attack the foreigners. On hearing OF the
state of affairs the little party moved away
to the mountains on the advice of the man
DARN. to go into hiding. They took with
them only a few bare necessities carrying
the children asleep in their arms, and were
conducted by two or three Chinese servants
to a Chinese temple short distance back
in the hills.
Ordered to Quit the Temple.
Here they remained two days and were
then informed by the villagers VINO USED
the temple that they must at once leave.
They were also tod that their home had
been DESTROYED and the site made the head
quarters of a Boxer camp. Some friendly
Chinese showed the party a small cave a
little distance from the temple, where they
fal for fuTn
nights, suffering the utmost discomforts.
their hiding place being only about six feet
by four, with water dripping from the roof
While the 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 farm house, where the entire
party lived in one small room for month,
not daring to SIR from their retreat in the
daytime, and only with the greatest caution
at night.
On August 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
their benefactor being beaten and tortured
Mr.. Green determined to give himself up
and do what he could to save his wife and
he was Immediately shot in the face with
a charge of fine pellets. Wounded and
little ones and Miss Greg. AS the mis-
sionary appeared at the mouth Of lie cave
bleeding, he pleaded for the women and
children, but with no avail. The Boxers
ordered them from the tunnel, and the
frightened women came forth, expecting
death or worse Knives and swords were
held over their heads and all their posses
sions were taken from them except their
clothing.
Marched Back Home.
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. This man beat and
| abused Mr.. Gre,l and reproached him for
not coming to him for advice and protec-
ton. The mandarin then said he would
send the party to Cheng-ting Flu with an
escort of imperial troops. He assured Inem
they would receive ample protection at
Cheng-ting Flu. The party was placed in
rough-wood four-wheeled carts and started
they were overtaken by the Boxers who
had originally captured them, and on
reaching Cheng-ting Flu were refused ad-
mission to the city because Of their escort.
For three days and nights, without rest,
except at rare intervals, to partake of ma
tive food, they were carted through the
country to Pao-ting Flu. Loaded with
abuse, mistreated and suffering, the place
literally swarming with Boxers demanding
their lives, the hapless prisoners were es-
corted to the yamen of the chief magis-
trate, Ttng-yuen, who refused to receive
them. The chief Boxer then induced Ting
pressed sorrow at seeing the condition of
the prisoners, and said he would send them
to Tien Tsin under an escort of imperial
troops, and with his official passports.
Turned Over to Boxers Again.
They were taken to a boat. but found
neither troops nor passports. They were. in
fact, again in the hands of the Boxers, who
took them some thirty miles down the river
and landed them in a 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 in
friendliness for the children. He cried and
told Mr.. Green they must try to reach Ten
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 captives to a village mile
away, and devised the means of transport
ing and torturing them at the same time.
Mr.. Green's left hand was bound to his
left foot; Mrs. Green and Miss Greig were
tied hands to feet, left hand to left foot,
right hand to right foot, and the little girl
was treated the same way. Spear handles
were then thrust under their arm-pits and
they were carried to their destination. The
little boy was slung across the back of a
man. In the village of Sinan they were
thrown down, bound, in the filthy mud of a
courtyard.
There were two sections of Boxers-civil
and military. The civil section had heard
of the defeat of the Boxers at Taku and
elsewhere, and ordered the prisoners to be
| used as hostages, should the allies be sent
to destroy the city Of Pao-ting Flu. To this
policy the little party owe their salvation
PUBLIC WORK ORDERED.