The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-08
Experiences and observations of Ms
and Others Who
Escaped Ia boxers
NO QUARTER GIVEN CHINESE
INFANTS TOSSED FROM BAYONET ID
BAYoNET By CossACKs.
Old and Inhrm People Killed and
Women and Children Driven In
to Rivers and own

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. z.-Among the
refugees from China who returned on TIN
Logan were the wife OF Prof. c. ID. Tenney
OF the Imperial University at Tien-Tsin
and her children. They were among those
who took refuge in Gordon Hall during
the bombardment and escaped uninjured.
She and her husband had been together
in China for eighteen years. Professor
Tenney is now accompanying the allied
forces on the march to Picking as an in
terpreter. Prof. o. d. Clifford and his wife
also came home. They bring with them a
baby girl. who was born in Tfen-Tsin on
May IL. Mrs. Clifford is the daughter OF
DR.. Robert Coltman. who came home on
the Coptic last week. Professor Clifford
was connected with the Imperial Univer-
sity.
Miss Lille NJ. Fair, of Lincoln City. Ind,
who spent two years in Tien-Tsin. had
three narrow escapes from the savage
Boxers. She found safety. with many 9TH
ers. in Gordon Hall during the siege, and,
venturing one day, was struck by a frag-
ment of a three-inch shell. On two other
occasions she was shot at by rinemen. but
was not hit.
The two children of United States Con-
sui Ragsdale, who have returned to their
home in the State. tell stories of exciting
experiences similar to those of others who
lived through the perilous times at ITEM
Tsin.
The tales of Russian brutality are con-
firmed by Rev. Frank Haynes. a Methodist
missionary. He thinks the present troubles
will be ended within a year.
Many of the refugees from Tien-Tsin es-
capped with only the clothing on their backs.
Among those who lost everything are Hem
ry Smith and wife, an English couple.
smith was a broker at Tien-Isin and mad
a fine home in the British concession.
Prof. Z. ID. Clifford, OF the Imperial Uni
versity of Tien-Tsin, who was one of the
last TO leave the besieged city, says: Loot
ing by the allied forces began as soon as
they got the upper hand. The Russians
led in this and went TO extremes. They
are naturally cruel, and, expecting no mer-
cy, they showed none. L was an eye-wit-
ness 10 eight cold-blooded murders by
them. The victims were old and infirm
Chinese. The Russians stole everything i'm
sight, looting the houses In the settlement
as the Chinese would have done"
Mrs. E. b. Drew, wife OF the British
commissioner of customs at Tien-Tsin,
says: During the bombardment we lived
most of the time in the cellar of our house.
GU house was partially wrecked by big
shells. Sleep was out of the question most
of the time, and so unsSrung were we that
ii took little food to satisfy Us. There was
ever present the haunting fear Ga the Chi
nese triumphing and Strengthening every
foreigner and convert. Some, probably ali,
OF the women were prepared TO act In case
the Chinese effected an entrance. But
aside from the unpleasant recollection IL
appears the allied officers We're prepared
to act. 1 did not know il at the time, but
/ learned later that ten or twenty men
had been detailed TO kill all the foreign
women in case the Chinese were the VIC
tors" Mrs. Drew, with much Indignation,
then spoke of atrocities committed by Rus
sian troops, saying: They pillaged, looted,
tortured and murdered right and left. There
were many infants and children killed by
bayonet thrusts. and many were tossed
from bayonet points, only TO be caught and
again tossed time and again. There Is am
pie evidence of these unspeakable occur
rences. Out from Tien-Tsin, along the
Pei-Ho and Yellow rivers, are numerous
little villages. The Russians swept through
the villages, destroying life and property.
The Russians also drove women and chill
dren into the Pei-Ho and Yellow rivers.
where they were drowned There was no
attempt at concealing all of the remark
able barbarous conduct. i do not pretend
hutchered by the Russians. / never heard
the number estimated, save that a great
many had been bayoneted and some shot.
Rev. Horace w. Houlding, a missionary.
who's labor was In south Chill province,
between Holman and Shan-"Ung, escaped
with seventy-five others fy Pei-Tai-Ho,
the seaside resort north & HAIKU, on the
British warship Humber.
Mrs. II. II. Montelle, whose husband is
a turfman at Tien-Tsin, with Mrs. +. Da-
Wis, of Philadelphia, passed through a try
ing experience during the bombardment
and lighting at Tien-Tsin and took advan-
tage of the first opportunity to leave the
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