Harry Lee Wilber
The Boxer Rebellion connection originated with Denver songwriter Harry Lee Wilber (1875–1946). Wilber embellished the original tale when he wrote an article in 1939 for the North American Review. Wilber's article, "A Fake That Rocked the World," was reprinted 17 years later in Great Hoaxes of All Time (1956), edited by Robert Medill McBride and Neil Pritchie. Wilber, who composed the music for "Back to Dear Old Denver Town" (1912), was the first manager of the Fox Fullerton Theater (Fullerton, California) after it was constructed in 1924-25. The legend was also told in More of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story (1981).
There is no relevant Chinese source to prove the authenticity of Wilber's account.
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