Salt Lake Herald | 1890-12-10 | Page 1 | Massacre of Chinese Christians

Massacre of Chinese Christians SiN FRANCISCO Dee 9 Advices from Chung King China say the troubles at Ta Chu Tsien arpso from the massacre of Chinese Christians at Loong Tuyn Tsin by members of the Loo Huy Sos society during the celebration in honor of the patron deity After the celebration several days the brotherhood consulted the gods as to whether it would be safe to plunder the Christians The reply was affirmative and the brotherhood raided a number of well todo Christian families and carried off a lot of booty A few days after theymade a fresh attack and massacred many Nineteen Nine-teen bodies were counted in the streets several are known to have been cut to pieces and thrown into the river The mission building and many others were burned and corpses thrown into the flames