MURDERED MISSIONARIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 December 1934, Page 7

MURDERED MISSIONARIES

BEHEADED BY COMMUNISTS. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] SHANGHAI, December 17. Full details of the murder of Rev. J. C. Stam and his wife at Miaoshao, near Wuhu, Anhwei, a few days ago, reveal' that the victims were beheaded by a Communist swordsman. The victims were captured in a sudden Red raid on Tsingteh, together with their infant daughter, who, in some mysterious manner, Mrs, Stam succeeded in hiding in an empty house in Miaoshao. The population was forced to witness the execution. Chinese Christians, and even non-Cfiristians, pleaded for mercy, but the Stams went courageously to death, deeply impressing the villagers. Later a Chinese- priest penetrated the district, found the Stams’. baby, with a ten dollar bill pinned to its. clothes by the mother for the finder. She has heen placed in safe hands. CAPTURED NEW ZEALANDER. PEKIN, December 17. The missionary, Rev. Hayman, a New Zealanderj the fellow captive of Mr. Bosshardt, was alive and well ten days ago. He is the text of a dispatch received by the British Legation from the Consul at Changsha, in Hunan. Writing from the bandit stronghold in 'north-west Hunan, Mr. Hayman says -he is being treated as well as can be expected.