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MEMORIAL ONLY
MISSIONARIES SHOT BY JAP SENTRY IN CHINA, IS REPORT
The Rev. Alva C. Harsh and Wife, the Former Mary L. Hykes, Reported Slain - Advice Received by State Department
Advices to the State Department from China reported that the Rev. Alva C. Harsh and his wife, the former Mary L. Hykes, daughter of Charles Hykes, Fairview road, were shot by a Japanese sentry while seeking entrance to a conquered Chinese village.
Another missionary, Miss Minerva Neher was also slain.
The version of the disappearance of the three Church of the Brethren missionaries given out by the Hankow office of the Chinese 81b Route army, said that the three were returning from a visit to a German missionary, when they encountered a Japanese sentry , who demanded a password. The sentry shot Rev. Harsh when no member of his party was able to give the password and later, when the military found he was an American, the women were shot to conceal the incicdent.
The State department said its last report concerning this was received in a cable from the embassy at Peiping on December 12, which stated that a missionary of the Church of the Brethren at Pingting, had been advised that the three Americans left the mission at 7:30 p.m., on December 2 to walk a half mile to mediate a quarrel between a French station master and his Japanese wife. They never returned.
Yesterday, Mr. Hykes, father of one of the victims, showed the last letter received from his daughter, written only a few hours before the three met their deaths. The letter is dated December 2 and was sent from Show Yaug, Shansi, China.
... interesting but very long letter about their recent life in China ...
The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD, Friday, February 4, 1938, P 16
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MEMORIAL ONLY
MISSIONARIES SHOT BY JAP SENTRY IN CHINA, IS REPORT
The Rev. Alva C. Harsh and Wife, the Former Mary L. Hykes, Reported Slain - Advice Received by State Department
Advices to the State Department from China reported that the Rev. Alva C. Harsh and his wife, the former Mary L. Hykes, daughter of Charles Hykes, Fairview road, were shot by a Japanese sentry while seeking entrance to a conquered Chinese village.
Another missionary, Miss Minerva Neher was also slain.
The version of the disappearance of the three Church of the Brethren missionaries given out by the Hankow office of the Chinese 81b Route army, said that the three were returning from a visit to a German missionary, when they encountered a Japanese sentry , who demanded a password. The sentry shot Rev. Harsh when no member of his party was able to give the password and later, when the military found he was an American, the women were shot to conceal the incicdent.
The State department said its last report concerning this was received in a cable from the embassy at Peiping on December 12, which stated that a missionary of the Church of the Brethren at Pingting, had been advised that the three Americans left the mission at 7:30 p.m., on December 2 to walk a half mile to mediate a quarrel between a French station master and his Japanese wife. They never returned.
Yesterday, Mr. Hykes, father of one of the victims, showed the last letter received from his daughter, written only a few hours before the three met their deaths. The letter is dated December 2 and was sent from Show Yaug, Shansi, China.
... interesting but very long letter about their recent life in China ...
The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD, Friday, February 4, 1938, P 16
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MEMORIAL ONLY
MISSIONARIES SHOT BY JAP SENTRY IN CHINA, IS REPORT
The Rev. Alva C. Harsh and Wife, the Former Mary L. Hykes, Reported Slain - Advice Received by State Department
Advices to the State Department from China reported that the Rev. Alva C. Harsh and his wife, the former Mary L. Hykes, daughter of Charles Hykes, Fairview road, were shot by a Japanese sentry while seeking entrance to a conquered Chinese village.
Another missionary, Miss Minerva Neher was also slain.
The version of the disappearance of the three Church of the Brethren missionaries given out by the Hankow office of the Chinese 81b Route army, said that the three were returning from a visit to a German missionary, when they encountered a Japanese sentry , who demanded a password. The sentry shot Rev. Harsh when no member of his party was able to give the password and later, when the military found he was an American, the women were shot to conceal the incicdent.
The State department said its last report concerning this was received in a cable from the embassy at Peiping on December 12, which stated that a missionary of the Church of the Brethren at Pingting, had been advised that the three Americans left the mission at 7:30 p.m., on December 2 to walk a half mile to mediate a quarrel between a French station master and his Japanese wife. They never returned.
Yesterday, Mr. Hykes, father of one of the victims, showed the last letter received from his daughter, written only a few hours before the three met their deaths. The letter is dated December 2 and was sent from Show Yaug, Shansi, China.
... interesting but very long letter about their recent life in China ...
The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD, Friday, February 4, 1938, P 16
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MEMORIAL ONLY
MISSIONARIES SHOT BY JAP SENTRY IN CHINA, IS REPORT
The Rev. Alva C. Harsh and Wife, the Former Mary L. Hykes, Reported Slain - Advice Received by State Department
Advices to the State Department from China reported that the Rev. Alva C. Harsh and his wife, the former Mary L. Hykes, daughter of Charles Hykes, Fairview road, were shot by a Japanese sentry while seeking entrance to a conquered Chinese village.
Another missionary, Miss Minerva Neher was also slain.
The version of the disappearance of the three Church of the Brethren missionaries given out by the Hankow office of the Chinese 81b Route army, said that the three were returning from a visit to a German missionary, when they encountered a Japanese sentry , who demanded a password. The sentry shot Rev. Harsh when no member of his party was able to give the password and later, when the military found he was an American, the women were shot to conceal the incicdent.
The State department said its last report concerning this was received in a cable from the embassy at Peiping on December 12, which stated that a missionary of the Church of the Brethren at Pingting, had been advised that the three Americans left the mission at 7:30 p.m., on December 2 to walk a half mile to mediate a quarrel between a French station master and his Japanese wife. They never returned.
Yesterday, Mr. Hykes, father of one of the victims, showed the last letter received from his daughter, written only a few hours before the three met their deaths. The letter is dated December 2 and was sent from Show Yaug, Shansi, China.
... interesting but very long letter about their recent life in China ...
The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD, Friday, February 4, 1938, P 16
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Gravesite Details
Alva & Mary Hykes Harsh are also memorialized in Maple Springs Cemetery, Preston, WV; Alva Harsh [33478308] & Mary Harsh [33478359].
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