We publish below o letter from the Procure dee Mlasions. Belge, Shanghat, Clourly thoreing thet prior. tecounte. of Father Lalor' good treatment at. the hands' of his euptore were altogether If you like to print some first-hand information about the capture of Rev. Father John Lalor a Roman Catholic Priest of the Trish mission of Hanyang Hupeh, here are details as sven by Right Rev, Mer, Galvin, th R, €. Bishop of Hanyang. Mgr. Galvin writes to us as Pather Lalor, the priest of ours who was captured by the bandits was released and has just arrived here in Hanyang, He had a terrible ime. For the first four days, the bandits gave him absolutely nothing whatever to cat. After these four days he was so weak that he could searcely "stand, When he was en that weak condition, they demanded that he write a letter to me (Bishop Galvin) asking for a ransom of $20,000. He refused and for over an hour, they held a revolver to his Dody threatening to shoot didn't writer, but John still refused,
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