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called Lena, name unknown, their five children, ages ranging from twelve or thirteen years to be baby of thirteen months, Miss Hessie New combe, Misses Codrington, Gordon, Marshall, Steward, two Misses Saunders, and Rev. H. S. Phillips, all members of the Church Mission, and Miss Hartford, of the American Methodist Mission, while Dr. J. J. Gregory, of the last named Mission, was at the city of Kncheng, or Kution, about twelve miles away.
Of these eighteen persons only Messrs. Phil- lips and Gregory have arrived here unhurt; Miss Codrington and two of the children are very badly wounded and may die; the other two children and Miss Hartford are only slightly injured, but the latter, who is not very robust, is rather broken up by the shock, though in no danger. The others, with the exception of the child, were killed outright, and he, poor little fellow, died on the way from Hwasang to the boats. The bodies are expected here this morning.
STATEMENT OF REV. H. S. PHILLIPS.
On board boat from Sui Kow,
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who did not taks pirt, bigged that their lives might be spared. Some of the vegetarians were inclined to spare them, but were ordered by their leader to carry out their orders. Had they been able to escape into the brushwood around, there seems little doubt they might have been saved. The great misfortique was that only two were dressed. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, I learned from Kathleen Stewart, were not dressed. Lena, the nurse, diod protecting the baby, whom Kathleen managed to carry oat of the house. though not before her the baby's] oye had ben injured. Miss Nelly Saunders, Kathleen told me, was also knocked down, at thò nursery door, going to help the children, and as we afterwards found the remains of a burnt body there, we had little doubt it was hers. For a long time we thought that at least Mr. and Mrs Stewart had escaped, but later I found their bodies, or rather ashes, in what had been their bedroom. The Hoi-san people seemed to harp, as a whole, no hand in the affair, though doubtless four or five vegetarian families
The concerne 1. natives say the vegetarian and came from the east road [of Kucheng city, many from Aneong and Ahdieng bau, within thirty or forty li of Kuchong. The Kuoheng former magistrate Wang came up in the evening to examine into the case.
were
H. S. PHILLIPS.
- August 15, 1895. eight o'clock on Saturday morning and tele graphed to Foochow for a steam launch.
We left Suikow in native boats at three p.m. On Sauday morning we met the steam launch go- | ing to Suikow, taking soldiers. We engaged it to take us to Foochow and soon after met a se- cond steam launch, having on board two Eng- lish missionaries and our Consul's brother.
When I was thrown down my teacher's wife called on some-Hwasang men who stood round to save me. There were four men there and only one vegetarian but they would not help me. My teachor's wife came and tried to pull me away as the vegetarian beat me, and he kicked her. When this vegetarian kicked her he started down the hill after some Chinese. I escaped
There were about one hunded vegetarians, Mr. Phillips thinks after investigation. I only saw the one man who attacked me and shouted, "Here is a foreign woman." He had a tridant spear; some of them had swords, and there was. at least one guu, for it was fired off.
The Kucheng magistrate came up to Hwasang on Friday afternoon with one hundred soldiers. He viewed the bodies, saw the injured, and in- quired the names of all, and places of injuries, and wrote out an account. He did what he could to help me to get off to Suikow.
MABEL C. HARTFORD.
3rd August. About 6.30 a.m. on August 1st, hearing shouts from the direction of the Stewarts' house-I was sleeping in a house five minutes' walk away, though spending most of the day with the Stewarts I went out, and at first thought it was simply a number of children playing, but I
DR. J. J. GREGORY'S STATEMENT. soon was convinced that the voices were those of
MISS HARTFORD'S STATEMENT.
At 1'.30. p.m. on August 1st, a native Chris- excited men and started off for the house. I August 1st, 7.30 a.m., hoard shouts and yells; tian rushed into my study saying that several of was soon met by a native, who almost pulled me servants rushed in, shouting for me to get up, the foreign ladies at IIwasang, a mountain resort back, shouting that the vegetarians had comë. the vegetarians were coming; they were tearing twelve miles from Kucheng city, had been I said that I must go ou, and soon got in sight down the house on the hill belonging to the killed that morning, and two houses burnt. of the house and could see a number of men, say English mission]. Two minutes later my teacher Fifteen minutes later a note from Mr. Phillips forty or fifty, carrying off loads of plunder. One came to my door and told me to run. I put on confirmed the report, for he s id that five ladies man seemed to be the leader carrying a small my clothes, rushed out to the door, to be met by were dead. Mr. Stewart missing, and four red flag. I could see nothing of any Europeans, a man with trident spear, who yelled Here is a seriously wounded, and expressed the hope that As this was in full view of the rioters. I crept foreign woman," and pointed the spear at my I was then on my way up. I at once went into up the hill in the brushwood and got behind obest. I twisted it to one side, and it just the Yameu, where hundreds of people had two trees, from twenty to thirty yards from grazed my ear and head. He threw me to the already gathered. The district magistrate the house. Here I could see everything and ground and beat me with the wooden end of the Wong said he would himself go right up to appeared not to be seen at all. As I could spear. A servant came and wrenched the spoar Hwasang, taking some sixty soldiers with him. still see no foreiguers I concluded they had away, and told me to run. I jumped down an At three p.m. I left under escort of thirteen escaped, and as to go down was certain death I embankment and ran along the road. A servant soldiers and arrived at Hwasaug at 8 p.m. to thought it better to wait where I was. After a came and pulled me along until I got up the find that nine adults, British subjects, had been minute or two the retreat horn was sounded and side of the hill, where I lay to get more murdered, and that all those alive at Hwasang the vegetarians began to leave, but before they breath. After resting I reached aseeluded||eight] had been more or less seriously injured did so they set fire to the houses. Ten minutes spot and lay there. All the while the yells went with the exception of Mr. Phillips, who had after this every vegetarian had goue. I came
on and the two houses wore burning to the arrived at Hwasang only two or three days down and looked about the front of the house, ground. After a while the yells stopped and before and was lodging at a native house some but could see nothing of anyone, though I feared we supposed the vegetarians had gone away, distance from the English cottages. something dreadful had happened, as I heard so the servant went to see how matters were. the vegetarians as they left saying repeatedly
He returned in half an hour, telling me to come Now all the foreigners are killed." I just home, that five ladies of the English mission had then met one of the servants, who told me that boen killed, and some were wounded and at my the children were in the house in which Miss house. This was a rented native house and not Hartford, of the American mission, was staying, troubled at all. I went home to find Miss I found Mr. Stewart's eldest daughter Mildred Codrington much cut about the head and here with a serious wound on one knee and beaten all over, Mildred Stewart twelve years another severe cut. When I had washed these cat on one knee, bloeding very badly; Herbert and put what old calico we had to staunch the Stewart (six years cut du the head, almost bleeding I turned to Herbert, Mr. Stewart's dead; baby Stewart [one year old one eye black son, who was fearfully hacked almost everywhere and swollen; secoud Stewart girl (Kathleen, Then Miss Codrington sent me a message that eleven years) and the second boy (three years) wore she too was in the house. I found her in a fear- beaten and pierced with spoars, but not seriously ful condition, but with cold water and rags we injured. The boy vomited all day, at times we managed to staunch the bleeding. She begged thought from fright. Mr. Phillips, of the Eng- me not to wait, as she thought Miss Topsy Sann-lish mission, lived in a native house, at som ders was still alive. I then rushed up to the distance, and escaped all injury, only arriving in back of the house and found the bodies of Miss time to see the bodies of the dead and hear the T: Saunders, Miss Stewart, Miss Gordon, and vegetarians say "We have killed all the foreig Miss Marshall. The latter was awfully cut, herners.' At first we heard some of the foreigners head almost severed, but beyond wounds given had escaped and were in hiding, but as Mr. Stewart in the struggle the bodies were not mutilated. did not come we feared the worst. Mr. Phillips Then later I found Miss H. Newcombe's body went to the ruins, and found sight bodies, five
at the foot of a hill in front of the house where it had evidently been thrown.
As then I could see no traces of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Miss N. Saunders, and Lena the nurse, we hoped some had escaped, and I returned to the house where the children [four Stewart children and Miss Codringtou were.
Presently Miss Hartford arrived. She had received a nasty cut under one ear, but had been saved from death, by a native Christian.I learned later from Miss Codrington that the five ladies of the Zenana Missionary society, who lived in the lower of the two houses which formed the Kucheng sanatorium, after a futile effort to escape, got out at the back, and were im. mediately surrounded by vegetarians. At first they said they intended to bind them and carry them away, and the ladies begged if this was the intention they might be allowed their umbrellas, but this was instantly refused; some even of the vegetarians seemed touched with their pleading for life. An old Hoi-san man, alone of the natives
not burned and three burned so as not to be re- cognisable. Dr. Gregory arrived at dark, and dressed the patients. Comas were made and the bodies put in; the bones of the burned put in boxes. Afterwards another burned body was found, making nine people massacred. Firt the Rev. R. W. Stewart, Mrs. Stewart, Lena. a nurse from Ireland. Nelly Saunders, Topsy Saunders (these lived in this upper house led the Stewart house), Hessy Newcombe. Elvie Marshall, Lucy Stewart, and Anuie Gordon. The first four were burned beyond recognition. Miss Topsy Saunders ran out of the house and was killed ontsido. Miss Newcombe was thrown down an embankment, her head nearly svored from the shoulders. Miss Gordon's head was also pearly.ent.off. The bodies were put in coffins and we left Hwasang for Suikow at about four o'clock on Friday afternoon.
Herbert Stewart died about three hours later, We took on the body in a chair and had a coffin made at Suikow. We reached Suikow at about
I at once set to work to make the injured as comfortable as possible, and found that Miss Codrington [English had received one sword out, extending from left angle of month diagonally outward and downward, seven inches in extent, completely dividing lower lip and exposing inferior bone; one cut on crown forward some three inches in extent, and quite down to the inner table of the skull; one out across the nose and beneath right eye five inches long; and another cut three inches long on right side of neck, two skin wounds on the arm, and a deep punctured wound on outside of right thigh, serious.
Miss Hartford [American] struck in chest with spear, but owing to her resistance and help from others the skin was unbroken here. The lobe of right ear was cut and several braises on face and lower extremities, beaten by the murderer due to being after he had struck her to the ground. While a servant engaged him in struggle she escaped to the hills and remained hidden until all was over. Most injury to the nervous system.
Mildred Stewart [twelve] received wounds to the outside of right knee, six inches long, and opening quite into joint, exposing patella, and two punctured wounds, one on left leg, and one on left foot, serious. Kathleen Stewart [eleven | received several slight wounds and bruises on face and extremities, uot serious. Herbert Stewart six received a deep wound on the right side of neck, four inches long, one on the crown, which chipped up external table of skull; one on back part of head, four inches long, which clove tho skull, exposing brain; another circular scalp wound ou left side of head two and a half inches in diameter; a small punctured wound on anterior part of chest, and another stab in back. Di-d thirty hours after injuries, on road to Suikan.
Ewan Stewart (three], stab wound in left thigh, and several bruises and scratches, not serious. Baby Stewart thirteen months], stab into right eye, small punctured wound left
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