Reports at the time alleged Statement that Yuxian , governor of Shanxi , ordered Arranging the killings of 45 Christian missionaries and village Christians , including children .

Roger Thompson , in his article about Yuxian , the supposed `` Butcher of Shanxi '' , found Know that there were no eye-witnesses accounts and that both the missionary sources and the Chinese official reports hide Hiding_objects the full truth .

Nevertheless he concludes Statement , `` The weight of the evidence leads to a conclusion that mob violence Violence , not Yuxian , was responsible '' for the massacre .