HORRIBLE MURDER OF A MISSIONARY.
» [united press association.] (Reoeived August 27, 11.30 a.m.) Shanghai, 26th August. The Rev. Mr. Wylie, the Presbyterian missionary whoso murder was mentioned last week, was killed in a street of Liaojang, at a midday meeting, by a band of Chinese soldiers. He stood aside to let them pass, but the men jeered at him for a " foreign devil," stabbed and brutally hacked the unfortunate gentleman, and then kicked him as he writhed on the ground. The officers made no attempt to restrain their men. Mr. Wylie died in a few honrs.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 49, 27 August 1894, Page 2
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96HORRIBLE MURDER OF A MISSIONARY. Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 49, 27 August 1894, Page 2
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