Hankow, March 18.
Dr. James R. Menzies, a Canadian missionary, has been killed by Chinese robbers who attacked the Canadian Presbyterian Mission station at Huaikingfu, situated north of the Yellow River, a little to the west of the Peking-Hankow railway bridge. One of the robbers was shot.
Dr. Menzies came to China as a missionary in 1895. His wife and three children are now at their home in Canada.
The mission station at Huaikingfu was opened in 1902,—Reuter, Peking, March 19.
It appears that 15 robbers visited the ladies' quarters at the Huai-king fu Presbyterian Mission, The servants called Dr. Menzies. who ran to the scone and grappled with a robber who was attempting to force an entrance into the building. Thereupon the other TS treated and fired a volley. A bullet struck Dr. Menzies in the stomach, and ho afterwards succumbed. A robber, apparently the one who was grappling with Dr. Menzies, was also killed.—Reuter.
Dr. D. MacGillivray informs us that the Huaiking Mission compound is situated outside the northwest corner of the city wall and is surrounded by a high wall. At the station there are five men and nine women, all of whom must have had a terrible time.
Dr. Menzies is a medical graduate of Toronto and had opened several hospitals in north Honan since that time. He received the degree of "D.D." from Knox College of Toronto some years ago. His loss will be greatly deplored, especially under the tragic circumstances in which it occurred.
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