...he American marine corps, were despatched to Peking, as a guard for the legations, and were admitted to the city. On June 2, Mr. H. V. Norman, an English missionary, was murdered by the Boxers at Yung Ching , a few miles from Peking, and during the following days the rioting and destruction of property seemed to break out on every side with renewed violence. The imperial decrees against the rioters wer...