The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
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mob gathered about the hospital and
demanded the return of the guns. 1
acted as intermediary and told Dr.
Machle what they wanted. He said
he would give them the guns, provided
they would apologize for putting the
shed over the mission lands. They
did so and he returned the guns.
"Soon after this an old man, sort
of leader in the village, shouted out
kill, kill. He demanded that they
kill DR.. Machle and the rest of us. 1
tried to dissuade them from doing so.
Finally the mob grew large and sur
rounded the mission grounds by the
hospital. 1 saw Miss Dr. Chestnut.
Some Chinese mObs wehe threatening
her so 1 advised her to run home to
DR.. Machies residence about 400 feet
distant. She did so and reached home.
DE-. Machle was found standing i'm
the road in front of the wall. 1 told
him to get inside of the building but
he refused. The Chinese were around,
armed with stones, clubs, spears and
all sorts of weapons. The Chinese
were i'm a very threatening attitude
and were bent on doing mischief. The
! doctor refused to go into the place but
some of the Chinese struck at him with
spear. 1 warded off the spear and
! got him on the head and shoulder with
a club and cut in the foot with a spear
Finally DR.. Machle went into the dis
pensary and we shut the door. Sub
sequently his wife and some others came
from the house and took him up home.
I remained with my wife, sister-in-law
! ,I,i In, SC hac
pital.
in the afternoon the Chinese mob
came back to the hospital and tried to
break open the door. They declared
! they would kill me, that l was Chris
tian and was a half foreigner. I barred
the door as best I could. They fired
rocks through the windw. Finally I
saw that l was likely to be killed so l
told my wife and the rest of them to
go outside and try to get up to DR..
Machles house. My wife refused to
go and remained with me, but the
others got away all right and were not
hurt.
FINALLY I decided to get out of the
house so I opened the door and boldly
pushed out into the crowd. They gave
way to me. After some struggle dur
ing which they tried to hit me with
clubs I made my way to the Machle
house with my wife.
I'm the afternoon the mob increased
to several thousand and began to sur
round the Machle house. l told the
missionaries that it was useless for us
to remain there. We must get away
to the guard boat on the Lien Chow
river which was nearby. We finally
did get down to the boat but the SOL
diers were Indifferent and refused to
shelter us, saying that they would get
killed by the mob. There were i'm the
party DR.. and Mrs E. c. Machle their
daughter Amy, Rev. and Mrs. ]. r.
Peale, Miss Dr. Chestnut Miss Patter-
son, myself, my wife, my sister-in-
law and three children,
FINALLY we made our way to the
Lung Tai Temple a place about two
and a half miles from DR.. Machle's
house We wanted to get to the pre-
fects place where there were soldiers
but none of us knew the way. We
went to the temple and some wanted
to go inside, but l said we must try
and get away. The mob gathered all
around and drove us back into the tenn
pie where all took refuge.
I'VE barred the door but the mob
tried to break in. There was a cave
leading off the church so we all hid in
the cave. The Chinese got into the
temple came out and said I did not
know where the other people were. The
, Chinese tried to strike me with clubs
, and spears I had my children and
wife and sister-in-law with me. The
Chinese first said they would kill me
and then said they would kill the white
foreigners. The mob built fire at the
: mouth of the cave and smoked out all
, but DR. Machle and Miss Patterson.
Some Of the mob demanded money and
, jewelry and I told them they could get
, 1t by going back near the former house
, Most OF them hurried away but about
a thousand people remained.
"They took the white people down
from the temple and tied them. 1 and
my relatives and family fought our way
t up the hill and escaped, I was told
r afterwards that Mrs. Machle, Amy and
r Rev. and Mrs. Peale had been clubbec
l to death near the temple I did no
see it.
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without coming into the harbor.