Show o EXECUTION 1 0 AMERICANS TO TOI TOBE TOBE I BE EXECUTED AS WARNING Four Pour Have 48 Hours To Live Unless Terms Are Met PLIGHT PITIABLE All Are Weary Hungry Bruised and Some Are Ill III PEKING May 19 29 By By The As- As As Associated Pre Press s Fifteen foreign foreign- foreigners ers six of oC them them some somo ot of them thorn Ill all ot Of them thorn weary bl and footsore poorly ted fed and ors clad tonight ht are aro look ing looking death In the thc th face Cace in the Poat- Poat Poat hills of ot Shantung provInce as they approach the end of ot their second eele na as captives of ot the bandIts who raided the Shanghai Shanghai- Peking express near neal Suchow i I G 6 tte t reig a r gov- gov goy are unable to satisfy th brigands IJ by Tuesday that their terme for the releaser release ot of the pris prIs- prIs prisoners prIsoner onro oner will be met and the robbers t chieftain makes good his threat tso 0 of or the Americans and t too 0 ha hae o e but JitU little more mort than 4 43 hours houra rs to ll- ll live lle e They will w be shot as a nat the marauders mean to force compliance with their demands under their chiefs chief's ultimatum sent out Saturday roy JI LIVES ES Wo W V are arc pleading for lor our livee and unless Peking Washington end London realize that the ban ban- ban ban-aits alts aits nr arp ready reidy to sacrifice their own liscs and ot of o all t their capt ces es In their fight for tor rtin In tho Chinese arrn from punishment we we ar are surely doomed d is the statement made by Leon one ono ot ci th the Americans for tor all aU message sent to his brother in Shanghai has stirred the foreign communities ot of o China Chinar Ir r pr in hal tomorrow a mas mass meeting will bo held to pass pasa reso reso- reso- reso I lution resolutions resolution demanding the the Ameri Amen American American can and British governments guar guar- guar antee guarantee the promises of ot the tho Chi Cht Chinese ness nee government to the tho s sand and win in the freedom of ot their Im- Im Im Imprisoned natIonals SEVEN N ARE Ann SLAIN The shadow of ot death has de- de de descended s seven ven times this week eek on OL the bandit prison Two of ot the prisoners were thrown from Crom the cliffs because their prom prom- lard promised ransoms had not net been ben paid and the o others were wre shot down dow Jr it cold blood for tor failure to obey orders One man Marcel Derube a Frenchman of ot Shanghai l lesten- lesten ester ester- estera day ester day a was as gien gh en his freedom with with I I lIn 1 Wang the b spectacle scholarly young bandit leader to go to Peking and la- la Ia before the Chinese go government II and nd the foreign diplomatic the corp corps desperate plight of ot the tho fifteen others story Derube Berube tomorrow will wUl tell his hl hi story and present tho ultimatum ot of the outlaws to the tIo diplomatic corps p Including Dr Jacob Schurman American minIster I who ha has returned to the Capital from a 0 trip to Shanghai and the bandit zone zono I N CLOGGED fOGGI I Two T factors apparently have clo clogged ged n negotiations for the ro- ro re lease leale release of ot the tho captives One Ono is the bickering between Chinese officials of ti- ti at who ho hav poured in lit there by the tho carload to I entreat for tor the tho prisoners release The other Is the bandits demand repeated a again ln end and again that be because cause causo they cannot trust the tho I prom prom- promises of ot the Chinese government guarantee t that hat their terms tennis will III bo be beI met must be Ih given boI en from Crom some somo re- re re I responsible foreign source Op- Op Op OpI posed Opposed to this latter contention Is 19 I the stand of the foreign diplomats dIploma Is that the Chinese government to i held responsible ble for tor the safety ot o othe the prisoners and it must obtain their freedom And says and Berube says that unless unies the captives are released soon they are aro doomed lees Advices from state that mutiny Is it feared among the tho troops policing the bandit xu zu 0 They have not been paid for tor 28 I B months and anti are reported to be fraternizing with the outlaws even to evento the extent of ot selling the bri- bri ands rands the tho government tion ammunition they carry Some of ot the soldiers however still are lire said to be encircling the brigands fortress despite repeated assertions tro from Chinese official Continued on Page ne Two SLAVER SLAYER I ASKS Continued from Page One I hood Gardner Gl boy bov companions were wont to taunt him of f lila his infirmities and that this seemed to constantly prey upon I his mind and would cause causo him to attack the youngsters tormenting 1 him Tins This subnormal tendency Sorensen said lId had developed rath rath- rather rath- rath rather er cc than diminished durIng Cud C ners ner's ners ner's more mature matur ears ea S P Armstrong a resident of If this city red appeared before tb board immediately after the th luncheon hour his bla testimony also being along alone the same came lines G DIER ns This mornings morning's testimony tend tend- tendIng tending tend Ing to show how that Gardner was in- in insane insane lane In-lane sane at the tho tb time lime he shot Stuart was vas as refuted this afternoon by tho murdered deputy sheriffs f father Norval Stuart Stuart who ho declared that the killing was premeditated Hisson His I Ison son on related to the family some Fomo sometime time before he was shot incidents of a liquor raid that took piaca I on the th Gardner ranch At that time a revealed no fi fi- fi arms arms on the premises pr Stuart the tho pardon board Gardner later went to Deputy Sheriff Morgan Morgon and asked tho ho swore to the th war war- warrant warrant warrant rant coiling calling for tor search starch of ot his premises and na as Informed that Stuart had donen donet done it t I n |