Mr. and Mrs. Harsh and Miss Neher were living in: Shouyang, Shansi. last December and on the night of December 2 were asked to go to an-Other house and render assistance.
Taking a lantern they set out in the dark after having asked the Japanese authorities, because of martial law, if it were safe to do so, They have never been seen again so far as is known. Two theories are held: one that Chinese guerillas raided the town that night and killed them and the other that they were shot by a Japanese sentry. Their fate remains a mystery.
Father Sontag, a French Jesuit, was shot by Chinese bandits in Shantung while out walking one day, a seemingly pointless murder. Major James Dempster and Mr. Cherkasoff, were killed at Tinghsien, Hopei, on April 27 by Chinese bandits who broke into the Salvation Army hospital and robbed it, His last words were that he would give them what he had. Their reply was a bullet which ended his life. Mr. Cherkasoff was wounded at the same time and died of his wounds.
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