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Rabaul
Flogging of 4 Germans who Floged Mr Cox the Missionary in New Ireland
The sailors were brought from Herbertshohe to witness the flogging & all Troops & sailors in Rabaul were paraded on the square forming up on 3 sides. a Box had been placed in the middle & a wooden stake had been driven into the ground with a pair of leg irons fastened to it. Colonel Holmes gave a speech stating all the facts of the Brutal assault by the four Germans on Mr Cox the English Missionary.
The Facts are as follows. Mr Cox was on a visit to the German Missionary in New Ireland, & about Tea Time a note arrived calling the German Missionary away leaving Mr Cox & the Germans wife alone presently they heard some one on the verandah outside & on Mr Cox going out he met the Germans who accused him of giving information to the British
They took hold of him & threw him down & flogged him with a stick each of the four in turn giving him blows while he lay on the ground, they left him there & took off to the bush where they were captured by G Coy; & brought back to Rabaul
They were tried & each sentenced to be publicly flogged The doctor 30 strokes the others 25 strokes with a cane
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