Revolting Details of Mrs. Sibley's Murder: Graves Fears thay Boxer Organization is Behind it: Violent Attack on Second Lady Made by Student From Ovn Own Chengtu, June 8.
Chengtu is in a state of intense perturbation. June 7, according to the foreign calendar was the 31st anniversary of the Chengtu riots. /On this 31st anniversary, an event took place that is unprecedented in ithe annals of this city. Chengtu is the centre of West Szechuan for} dental and serious medical opera tions. For there reasons Chengtu tragic of crimes docs not arise merely from a madman's caprice, but from a very serious mentality that is. growing among certain classes, of which the students are not exempt, and which breeds jean iously, hatred, and what is most to be feared revenge. Repression is the only cure China has for these unnatural mental processes, and during the past few weeks the stu-
Inissonovies, Tivo weeks ago. anti, wien they felt they had of visiting {ents have been repressed
Rev. W, E. Sibley and wife of the sxeellent opportunity to express United Church of Canada arrived in|theit antagonism against the evils the city.
Throvghout the spring that China is supposed to be sub-Chengtu has bec very peacefully Seeted to, by "unequal" treaties ete, inclined, and everybody felt free to For example the coffin of one of about without—molestatic the students who was killed in the School children Have been going in Shanghai riots, was permitted to be and out to the Canadian school, ied into the city and deposited which is outside the city, with a public park, This is very une minimum of interference. Lad have freely walked through the Second Attack streets, especially those that have been widened and paved.
To-day when the coroner's me quest was being held and the de-The Murder tails of the saddest of crimes were being described, a mes senor ap-Yesterday Mrs. Sibley, went for peared stating that an attempt, on a walk along one of the new streets, another foreigner's life had just Returning about noon she was with-'Miss Grace Manly who in four blocks of Sz-shen-tsz, street, had started for her home from the where the Canadian Mission have hospital where the ing was [their work, when a man apparently being held, had only proceeded a of the coolie class, or at least of [few blocks, when a small boy on that semi-vagrs came one side of her riesha grabbed the behind her and drawing a long. shafts, while on the other a young knife similar to those used in de-man grabbed her shoulder and dyew capitating prisoners, suddenly with her to the ground and attempted to blow across the face, knocked strangle her. Fortunately a coolie her down, and before help could /was with Wer who came up in time, be given, severed the head,.and to pitch into the attacker, and with with the' head in one hand and great effort the lady freed herself, brandishing the semi-sword Jand attempted to enter the. riesha, the other ran up the street crying when a second time she was seized that the city god had ordered him and it was only with the greatest to go forth and kill, He ran in difficulty that the coolie and the by-this manner half a block then threw standers were able to free his grip, the head away. A silversmith who which he evidently intended to" te witnessed the deed made chase and with two policemen, followed the He proclaimed that he was a man, who kept brandishing his long.
Hung-teng-chiao ie, a member of ugly knife shouting "I am a Yin the Red-lantern Sect, another name Chai" (a messager of Hades.) for "The Boxers." He was said to Soon some soldiers took part be a student and was carrying a the chase. When he was cornered,: tudent's satchel.
'Through the he still continued his cries, that bravery of the coolie he was he was a messager from' Hades bunded over to the police, and his mission was to kill. Threat ening to kill those who had fol-Dare to Die Spirit owed him, he brandished his knife 'The whole atmosphere of Chéngand became so violent that one of tu has been changed, by these a the soldiers fired two shots, when tacks, as it is feared that some sat down upon the curb' badly, "dare-to-die" spirit is influencing wounded near by. jecrtain classes, Even the Chinese A sub-magistrate from a police are insistent that foreigners should station near by, questioned him not walk the streets alone, for a Promising to give him cold water time, if he would answer. 'The informa-In some parts of the city, the tion obtained was that he came from police are ordered to accompany foreigners from one police stand to nother ad slept at' Swanglia 45 li from South gate: that he had entered!
Chéngtt on Monday morning, in|Ft0clamations seem to have been One unusual thing is that no which case he must have travelled P%t UP.
This might indicate that straight across toward the Great] East Parade ground. He refused to say whether others had accompanied im into the city. Shortly after this the man died.—Sneh at least the story, as told by those who were most closely connected with hhis capture and death.
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