Show KILLED HIS WOUNDED Admiral Seymour Compelled to Shoot His Own Men I SAVED THEM FROM TORTURE I I Bodies of Two Marines Who wero Captured by the Chinese Recovered The Bodies Had Been Cut t Pieces Eyes Hacked Out Then tho Cheeks and Legs Cut Off Until Death Ended tho Suffering of the Poor Fellows Wounded Beg to bo Killed New York July lGA dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Tien Tsln July Sth says Ineffectual attempts have been made to conceal the horrible fact that Admiral Ad-miral Seymour was compelled to shoot his own wounded during the recent dis astrous retreat of the Peking relief ex ndditlon All the wounded and prisoners wimp fell into the hands of the Chinese were frightfully tortured Thebodies of two marines who were captured by the Chl neso were recovered The bodies had been cut Into pieces First the eyes had been hacked out then the cheeks arms and legs cut off until death ended the sufferings of the poor fellows When Admiral Seymour in his retreat re-treat found himself so hard pressed that ho was unable longer to carry his wounded with him he asked them Which do you prefer to be left to the mercies of the Chinese or be shot by your own comrades As Admiral Seymour put the question the tears were running down his cheeks We prefer death to the torture Shoot us now that we may die like men was the piteous response of the helpless men A firing squad was told off and while the little allied force stopped and beat off with gun lire the Chinese horde that surrounded it Inside its lines an act of mercy was performed as the Ilr lug squad carried out Us orders A few merciful volleys from the rifles ri-fles In the hands of friends and the harassed expedition was relieved of Us burden of wounded the fanatical Chinese Chi-nese horde was cheated of victims for Us torture and time sufferings and fears of the unfortunates were brought to an end In an honorable death under their own flag Tho British and American forces are brigaded together on the west side of the town the Germans and Japanese on the south side the French and Russians Rus-sians on the north and a force of Cossacks Cos-sacks hold the east side Scouts report that Imperial Chinese troops have arrived from Peking well equipped and with many puns Troops of native cavalry and hordes of Boxers are coming from the east and south |