Show chmill in to china special Sic ll R F service I 1 Lovi tox feb 19 dispatches Di patches from shanghai Shani lii nive give of tl e wholes lie tie execution of crimin criminals Is took place recently in pekin the co con n ilem neil were fourteen iu ill drimbea and were carried to tit the pla e of executor exe cuton ut on in wagons they were viere dressed in red their bonds tied behind them and a heay heavy chain 4 wa was fiat fiet ned nel around their necks at tile pla e ot of execution the wagons stopped and an imperial corrina lioner roid tha decree of condemnation nine of the prisoners were to ra too and five to be banged the former were placed in front of the tire place destined to receive ahr ir bodies their faces were painted red their bedclothes red clothes were stripped pd torn from them and each one was 1 reed to die dile a grave for him relt tHO feet in dalh the sube luef quoit I 1 t work of the execute oer wa speedy and arid in a very few moments the nine wern be bahea healed led and the ilia five strangled the tile bodies of the latter were stretched on the itie ground and the officers pinned on oil each a large paper giving the like name and crime of the condemned later the hodie were ex ased to become the tile prey of carrion birds an immense imm stise throng flocked to pekin from the neighboring country to witness the tire executions |