Kueiyang, March 20.
A letter from Dr. Wilt, of Hungkiang, to hand to-day, ' tells of a scandalous act of brutality committed by the Kueichow soldiers there, who shot the doctor's cook, who is subject to fits of insanity. The man was under restraint in the hospital but managed to escape and smashed some tiles. On being arrested by the soldiers he was foolish in his talk to them and to the Major—his mental state fully explaining it—and the Major, named Yen, sentenced him to be shot. As soon as the doctor learned where he was and of his impending fate, he went to see the Major, but was told that he was asleep' and could not be seen then. Later, the doctor was told that the men was being brought out to be shot, so he went into the street and begged the soldiers to delay until he had seen the Major. In reply the soldiers abused him and some of them pushed him out of the way. So the man was shot withia two minutes' walk of the hospital, where so many of the soldiers have had medical help.
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