The late Mr. murdered by ban Mrs. Byers and thei At 11 pin, on Tuesday (June 24)
Chinese letter was brought to Dr. H. M, McCandliss at Haichow from the Military official. It was a copy of a telephone message from Kachek sent at 2 p.m. by the military officer there. It was addressed to the Hol chow Hospital, and roughly translate ea read as folows:—ruffians entered the, compound Please come at local Chinese Officials were immediately notified. Mr. Tappan and Mr. Steiner together with a Chinese Elder of Kachek started next morning at daybreak accompanied by an escort of six soldiers expecting to' reach Kachek on the evening of the: next day, June 25. The British Consul got into telephonic communica tion with Mrs. Byers through the and learned that Mrs. Byers and the children were well and had 'a Chinese guard, thus considerably. dispelling anxiety concerning Mrs. Byers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.