Further Details Regarding the Murder of the Revs. Watt. and Whiteside A letter dated Mienchow, d.ugust 19, has been received by! the Shanghai offices of the Church Missionary Society giving the following further details of thd murder of the Revs. R. A. Whiteside and F. J. Watt by Szechuan bandits Writing to a friend_at Mien-chihsien under date of August 8, the Rev. R, A. Whiteside said that he and the Rev. F. J. Watt Were on a tramp to the hills, hoping to go via Hanwangmiao and Tapa, and might go to Mow-chow (the tragedy occured about 80 li from Mienchuhsien, but im the Mowchow jurisdiction), they intended to be away about 16_days. _This was the last communication received from them, and the last information gathered, apart from that given by the coolies and servant who were with them, was to the effect that they were either selling books or' distributing cracts in Hanwang market. Hanwang market is only 30 li from Mienchuhsien, and as they did not stay the night there, this distributing of tracts must have been when they were taking a meal, or resting. The coolies and servant went to Mienchow, with the exception of one who had gone to Mienchuhsien, and the latter gave the following information:—The party left Mienchuhsien on August 9 and slept at Hsuehsinmen (about 13 miles away). On August 10 they journeyed to Tapa, where they stayed two days. On Angus: 12 they went from Tapa to Tienchi and. slept in the Longwangmiao. T'ienchi (Heavenly Pool) appears 1o be a small lake up in the mountains and there is only a small wayside inn on the road. After remaining there for one day, they left after breakfast on August 14 for Pehyuinshan.
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