Show SWIFT VENGEANCE BY THE SHAH conr outlaws who robbed and mal treated an american put to death A private letter has been received from persia relating an instance of swift vengeance on the part of the shags shahs government at the instance of minister mcdonald in behalf of the american missionaries one of their number rev E W st pierre of Oro omia while riding home from the country in the evening when within a little more than a mile of the town was seized by some ruffians dragged into adjoining woods and treated in a most unmerciful manner he was forced under threat of instant death to surrender all the money and other valuables which he had about him then they stripped him of his clothing in the bitter cold and left him hlf dead saying that if he moved from where he was in so many minutes he would be shot when the time had expired the outraged man dragged himself to the road and finally reached home in a deplorable condition the facts were immediately reported to the american minister at teheran who promptly laid them before the prime minister with a demand for the prompt arrest and punishment of the criminals the prime minister im mediately telegraphed peremptory orders for their arrest the robbers four in number who proved to be notorious ua outlaws were captured after a stout resistance and put to death this summary and sanguinary ending of the affair was at once reported to the american minister by the prime minister the american minister thanked him for his prompt action in the matter and then put in a claim for damages for mr st pierre |