The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-06

and fought with the courage of despair
for her life a tomahawk blow laid
open her face, and Tomari seeing her
still alive and struggling, called out:
"Why is that woman still alive? Kill
her At once one savage, swinging a
sharp, full-sized axe round his head,
rushed on the doomed nun and struck
her a blow which cut clean through her
habit and clothes, and laid her side
open. The tiends then rushed on her,
cut her head into pieces, and danced
around her dead body.
Sister Angela was busting the altar
candlestick, when her murderer rushed
into the church and held her down. The
receptacle containing the Blessed Sa-
crament was taken down and placed
i'm mockery beside the head of the muir
dered nun. Sister Angela was dragged
on to the veranda of the convent and
hacked to death, her head and body
being terribly mutiated. Those told
off to kill Sisters Dorothea Bridgetta
and Miss Mcdonald said they could not
find their intended victims. Fortunate
ly. these women had left st. Paul's for
Vunamenati to get provisions, and so
escaped with their lives.
Father Vanderau, when the news
was brought to him by the natives to
Hermann at Vunamenati did not be-
lieve it. He at once mounted his pony
and galloped away to st. Paul's. When
he reached there his worst fears were
confirmed. An Irishman named Tho
mas Golf, living at Beining, got to-
gether some natives, and, armed with
a rifle. attempted to remove the bodies.
He got away that of Father Rascher,
but was warned by Tomari not to at
tempt to go there any more, as they
intended to kill the white men, includ-
ing Governor Hail and Bishop Coupe.
The murderers on Saturday after
noon attacked the residence of Herr
Heisterfeldt, manager of the MOssaVe
Plantation, Beining, but they were re-
pulsed, and Meisterfeldt and so of his
Bouka boys went over to guard YUMA
menati. Nothing occurred during the
night and the body of Father Rascher,
attired i'm priestly vestments, was laid
i'm the church. At 4 o'clock on Sunday
morning the alert Bouka men gave the
alarm that a large body of natives
were secretly approaching the station
Messrs. Goff, Meisterfeldt, Father Van
derau, and Brother Matthias, grasping
rifles, rushed out. just as the natives
began i'm dead silence to attack. The
natives made a determined attack. but
under heavy rifle fire and the valiant
defence of the Bouka men they retired.
At 1880 while Father Vanderau was
celebrating a Mass for the repose of the
souls of the murdered ones, a thousand
natives, pouring out of the bush, made
for the station. but were again driven
back by the determined white men. At
$50 a grave was dug i'm the middle of
the church, and the body of Father
Rascher was laid to rest. The bodies
of the eight victims were subsequently
buried in one large grave.
The avenging police marched to the
station of Father Rutten, which was
further inland. There was no sign of
life about the place, but on the veran-
da, in canvas chair. was seen a pool
of blood, and lying beside it was a
book, entitled THE Martyrs of the
Catacombs." 1t was evident that the
victim had been murdered while sitting
reading the book. Eventually the body
was found with it's head split in twain,
and partially buried in the loose earth
and leaves. The burial ceremony was
read, and Father Rutten laid to rest on
a lonely grave beside the church he
had with his own hands erected. The
house and church had been stripped.