The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-02
SECOND EDITION---6 AM.
SEYMOUR SHOT THE WOUNDED
Chinese Who Opposed Retreat, Put
ting Them to the Bayonet.
Of His Lieutenants Tells the Story and Attempts
to PalIiate by Saying that 1t Was Necessity
and Is Likely to Be Continued.

victoria. B. c., August 1.-Lieutenant
-, Kroehn. a German officer who ar
k,,,ed at Yokohama in company with 300
[,,naed and incdpacitated Germans and
tie an the steamer Korn, chartered by
-. German government, in an interview
uysn AT Yokohama, just before the Glen
/ ople sailed. says OF his experiences with
4 ,.,,rol seymour: Everything went
.,r we'll until the column reached
iung Fang, where the railroad bridge
,,s destroyed. They then had to leave
mo cars and the wounded were placed on
unks in the river and the march back
ling the river begun. Up to then they
MAD only been opposed by Boxers, but
non regulars, armed with the latest pat
mt rifles, opposed them. On account Of
he wounded they had to march along the
liver and storm every village in their path.
bne dav seven were taken, the next six,
Working and lighting from a. m. to . p.
The Chinese used smokeless powder
q nd their position could not be found. The
Villages were finally taken and burned
III own"
81 Asked what the Chinese did with their
&omen and old men, Lieutenant Won
#I<roebn said they emigrated with all
peed. but if this was not possible, as III
\ ne case OF one village taken by the al
"a ss. they cut off the heads OF the women
"a nd children and threw them in the river.
HI On the allies went, until they reached
&ingkow arsenal across the river. Here
III thousand halted for the others behind.
Xnhey tried 10 parey, but the Chinese
2sfred big guns. followed by rapid fire. The
summers fought well, many being wounded,
IA mong them Lieutenant Won kroehn. Fin
ally the order was given to storm thu
#hrsenal The British tried to take II, bu.
MAILED. Reinforced by the Germans, they
I&charged again ana took It. immense
&nuantites of munitions of war were cap
x3ured.
|# The allies garrlsoned the forts and pre-
p AIRED 10 make stand there until relief
H3rriyed, but after a stay OF four days Ad-
s3hiral Seymour. having come to the con-
&fusion that III case a larger force dttackeJ
z9he forts they would not be able to hold
Nthem, decided to destroy it and move on.
II onsequently. as they were unable to take
y NY guns along, the engineers prepared an
. 7osive charge and the next day at
ok caused It to burn and explode.
tly afterward they were relieved by
forces from Tien Tsin.
YWe did not take prisoners" said
Jkieutenhnt Kroehn, las far as the capture
4 bf prisoners is concerned, this was al
vmpossibility, as the Chinese are not civ
sllized enough for that kind of warfare
beQtenant Won Kroehn was asked about
10 ct Oh af Nc hnt hA
ians had dispatched the wounded with the
3utts of their rifles. The lieutenant said
~ was not quite so bad as that but under
9#he circumstances OF the present war II
#%hina they had been and probably would
%}8e In the future compelled TO kill TIT
&& ounded with the bayonet. In the begin
&p ing they had even sent the wounded Il
#Ihe hospitals in Tien TSin, but they sooI
*yound out that as long as a man was able
3|lc raise hand he would try to stab thu
and as, moreover, they found
#4he prisoners very refractory and had al
hey could do to attend to themselves
hey had been compelled to kill all wound
II with bayOnets. and generally speaking
ecept no prisoners, but kill everybod
no stood up against them. Frequentl
hey found Boxers who had taken thel
ga badges and clothes off in the hope o
Fying the amigo" trick upon them and
nile the trick worked at first, the allie
pen gave orders to kill every Chimes
no would stand The Chinese In turl
ecapiate and mutilate every foreigne
no may be wounded or killed and VIII
unfortnnatet enough to fall into thei
ands. On one occasion a large numbe
Boxers succeeded In encircling an Ital
an officer with eight men. and whit
ur Of the men cut their way through
pc other four and the officer were simp
erwnelmed by the numbers and literal
hacked to pieces with the long knive
tne Boxers. When Lieutenant Vo
roehn afterward saw the body OF tn
4ilan officer his head was split into fou
ieces and his entire body cut up.