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Show 1- Put Wounded to Death to Prevent Torture. A dispatch from Tien Tain aaya In-tlTectual In-tlTectual attrinpta hare beon mnda to conceal the horrible fnol that Admiral rxymour was compelled to shoot his own wounded during the recent ills-astrous ills-astrous retreat of tho l'eklug relief expedition. All tho wounded and prisoners who fell Into the hands of the Chtnesowero frightfully tortured. The bodies of two marine who wero captured by the Chinese were reentered, Tha bodle had been cut Into pieces. I'lrsl, 'tho ryes bad been hacked out) then the cheeks, arms aud leg cut off, until death ended tho suffering uf the poor fellows. When Admiral Heyniour, In his retreat, found himself so hard prcstrd that he waa nnablo longer to carry hi wounded with him, lie asked thrmi "Which do you prefer) to be left at tho mercies of tha Chltose or be shot br )our own corartJti?" AS Admiral Kcymour put Ihlt qstttton 'tho tear wore running donn hit cheek. "We prefer death to the torture, Shoot ii noir. that we may die Ilka men," was theplttomriapouso of the helpless men A firing squsd trti toU off, and while the little nllled force stopped and beat oft with gnu Art the Chlneae, hordes that aurroundej It, lotlJe Ita llnea an act of .mercy nat performed as the tiring an.uad carried oat Its orders. A few merciful roller, ram the rlftes In tbe hands of frleods and tho liar-rassed liar-rassed expedition ns, rtllered of lit burden of wounded, the fanatical Chl-nta Chl-nta honl wts cheated ol tlotlm for Ita torture ami the suffering aud fear of the unfortunate, rrobrimglit to an eud In an huiioraU death under their own Hag, " |