Details of the Killing of Bishop and Priests Hankow, Sept, 21
First details of the murders of Bishop Trodo Jans, Father Rupertus jand Father Brno have been just received from Ichang.
It appears that the Throe Franciscans had arranged to return from Siaoyang to Ichang on September 10, but in the evening of September 9, while the Bishop was walking in the garden, thirty armed Chinese entered the compound. The Bishop was immediately slain by a lance thrust. The desperadoes then rushed the buildings, where Father Bruno and Father Rupertus were conferring with some catechists. Father Rupertus was immediately slain, but Father Bruno, though mortally wounded, lived until midnight, Three Chinese catechists were also killed and three wounded.
The miscreants looted the house and the church, removing all things of value, including chalices and sacred vessels, The Chinese authorities at Ichang have promised to deliver the bodies of the missionaries to the chang Mission, but the corpses yet arrived there and it doubtful whether the promise can be fulfilled.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.