Mr. J..R. Adam, of the China Inland Mission, has been investigating this hardly outrage ea the spot, and the Mission here have kindly handed us the following copy of his report. It may be noted that while Mr. Litton, H.M.'s Consul at Chungking, has been moving very actively in the matter, the British Minis ter at Peking, as far as is known, has not yet taken any steps to obtain redress for this brutal murder of a British subject.
Substance of a letter received from Me.
Adam, of the C.LM., dated Kueiyang, 9th December 1898 "Last week, I returned from Ch'onganchiang, the place where Mr. Fleming and the evangelist, P'an, were killed on the 4th of November. L ascertained that the people at Ch'ongan had determined to fake the foreigner's life, after the houses in the Panghai market had been burned down by a small band of Chinese and Mino robbers, un the 24th of October, and that, on the 2nd of November, thirteen persons went to Panghai, intending to kill the foreigner there. These men discussed the matter the soldiers of the military oficial, Liu (since degraded); but he, hearing of the plot, discountenanced They, therefore, returned to Ch'ongatr without having accomplished.their pué-
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Ch'ongan, he was unconsciously a doomed man. No one would sell him rice.. He managed, however, to obtain " basin of mien (vermicelli), and while he was eating it, the murderer, Hsti, was coolly sharpening his knife. Everyone in the village knew what was about to happen. About twants crossed the river in the same boat wit Mr. Fleming; all of whom were ready to dip their hands in his blood and lend assistance, if needed, At least 200 people witnessed the murder from the opposite side of the river, Evangelist P'an was suddenly and quickly cut down by Hsii Wu-chin. Mr. Hleming dismounted from his mule to his help, but he, too, was attacked. tle grasped hold of the sword, and lost some fingers in so doing. A desperate struggle ensued. At one time, he held Hsii firmly in his embrace; but Hsii pulled out a little knife, which was hid in his leggings, and struck Mr. Fleming. Later on, Bir. Fleming got Hsii down on the ground, and: pinned him there. Just then, Tsien Hsiang-thing came up, and, with' an iron spike, wounded Mr. Fleming in the abdomen. He fell over, and was soon dispatched. His head was badly cut, even the bones being broken. 'They were no sooner dead than the people stripped them of all their clothing, leaving their bodies for three days on the public' road.
'The people, gentry, and officials had given credence' to certain wild rumours about the missionaries, saying that they supplied the Miaw with guns, rifles, etc. This probably inflamed the minds of the people against the missionaries.
"On the 6th of November, the Mission house at Panghai was looted by a military official named Pen, and the son of another official named Ts'éu. P'on and his soldiers carried away all they wanted, and destroyed the remainder. The robbery and the murders are two distinct matters; the one by the officials and soldiers, and the other by the headmen and people of Ch'ongan.
found the people in Panghai, Chiness-and Mino, very friendly; all expressing. great sorrow for what had happened. The Ch'ongan people were very much, afraid, and" evidently repented having anything to do with the murder, and now say Hu, the chief murderer, has brought calamity upon them. Ch'ongan has some 300 odd families resident. The day after the murder,
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