MURDER OF A MISSION PARTY.
. ■ *— — Telegraph Press Association. Copyright Bkel'N, Sept 18. The massacre of Bishop Spiess and party in German East Africa is confirmed. Hearing of the insurrection, the party were returning to the coast when they were attacked. The natives accompanying them fled. The bishop tried to persuade their assailants of the peaceful nature of the mission, but all were killed with spear wounds. The nuns covered their faces with their veils and carmly awaited their fate.
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Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 48, 19 September 1905, Page 3
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