At Lachoukeou, near Jehol, but to the east of it, Father Segers was condemned to death. He came out from St. Nicolas, near Antwerp, and was about 30 years old. Tied to a bamboo by his hands and feet, and carried along as a pig is carried, he begged to be allowed once more to speak to his converts, none of whom would forsake him. But the people would not suffer him to do this. They hurled him into a ditch and began to shovel earth upon his head. Once as they were burying him he managed to stand up, and his head became visible. Someone then struck him on the head with a mattock. Let us hope that blow killed him, for otherwise he was buried alive.
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