The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-06-20
END OF. THE If, CON COMMUNE. II
Scenes In Paris During Ille Street
IA and Barricade Fighttng.

Scenes In Paris During the Street
and Barricadc Fighting.
Horrible Tales of Horrible Deeds
-.DOiDgs OF DemOniaC Women.
The Vengeance of the verxaiIIisis
-. --Murdering In Fun.
+ The detailes Of the scenes in Paris at
the time of its capture have been re-
ccived, and the extracts that follow are
mainly from the correspondence of the
London Times: :~
u FREAKS OF DRUNKEN ARTnEEEYMEN.
When the drunken gunners of the
Commune reached the Butte during the
last siege of Paris, they wanted more
wine, hut nobody would.pay for it; so
one fellow hiccupped out, "Now, I'll
tell you; you see that white house there,
behind the poplar trce-I be! two litre S
that knock it over in two shells''-
"Donem said another Bang went the
shells against the white house, cutting
away its roof, and killing child in bed
by its mothers side Then another fel
low said, II lay five litres that l floor
that other white house, next the red
one" But that "uther white house"
was occupied bya Cummnnalpi picket so,
when it was bonbartled by their own
guns, half dozen unlucky guards were
killed and wounded So the diversion
went on mcrrilv All white houses in
sight had turn, the artillerymen get
ting more and more wildly drunk on
the produce of their bets. At1las,, at z
in the morning-this had gone on since
early dawn-the detachments. that were
being pounded in the plain for the
amusement of their comrades sent tt'
complain. and orders were telegraphed
TO Montmartre to stop the firing. AS
the story has been kept entirely secret
by the Commune, we do not know how
many people were murdered in this fasE-
ion. g.. -~-. ,,-.- .
THE WOMEN OF THE COMMUNE. '4'f
A correspondent of The :, london
Times says: A gentleman, whose word
i, is beyond dispute, told me that he wit
messed from an upper window the stor.
ming of the barricade on the boulevard
Malesherbes, and that he saw with his
own eyes the rebels lifting the butts OF
their muskets in token Of surrender
which caused the Iinesmen to advance
across the barricades.' No sooner did
they approach within a few PAGES thar
the mnskets were suddenly reversed
ant, plunging fire laid some fifty Of
them writing in a heap. At the Batie'
olies barricade yesterday, woman went
up to an officer in command to ask {
question, aud before he had completed
his ans wer, she had drawn revolver
and shot him through the head. The
soldiers were so infuriated that they for
got her sex and riddled her with bayo
net thrusts. Among the prisoners mar
ched into Versailles, were q company o.
Amazons Of the Seine and a battalion
of patriotic children. The former weft
dressed as vivandieres Some who bad
shown themselves restive were handclff
ed. One had child strung on her back
The arm Of another was in sling. Tht
habit skirt Of another pretty brunette
was covered with fresh blood. Another
Amazon was wounded. They all show
cd symptoms of fatigue, but still wore
defiant air, and did not seem to belong
! to the class with which the Maedeler
asylums are peopled. All were no
young; indeed, matrons were more nu
mcrous than maidens in this band of fe
male warriors. They we're forced t.
walk at quick pace under the broilins
sun by troop of mounted gendarmes
Among the twenty persons who wer'
executed this morning at the corner G
the Rue Royale two were women
saw myself four men taken possess
ion of at s o'clock this morning, clos,
to the magazine de Louvre. They wer'
kicked and cutred until they reached til,
Palais Royal gate, and there against. tin
/ burning houses they had their hands
tied and were forced to kncel. A wo
man rushed from the crowd with I;
scream, and clingins to one of them an
nounced herself his sister. She wa
ruthlessly torn away and forced back tt
the .throng, while dozen soldiers ad
vanced and calmly shot them down. 4
harmless citizen was coolly struck will
a bayonet, in the Rue de Ia Paix, 70
daring to insinuate a difference of opin
ion, and I myself heard quietly dress
A ed maid servant threatened with simi
lar fate for attempting to reach a dis
! tant chemists shop in search of medi
cine for her sick master At the cor
ner of the Rue Lafitte 1 saw womel
shot for some imaginary offense.
vERsAILLIsrs HANGING THE COMMUNISTS
/ A correspondent of the Londol
Times says after the fighting ceased tn
Versaillists began hunting for the Com
munists. The Parisians of civil life ar
caitiffs to the last drop of their blood
Yesterday they cried Uiua la Commune
To day they rubbed their hands wit
livid, currish joy to denounce Comma
hist, ano reveal his hiding place. Yer.
eager at the work are the women. The,
know the rat holes into which the poo
devils have got, and they guide to then
with fiendish glee. The braves o
France drag out from one Of the pur
lies a tall, pale, hatless man, with some
thing not ignoble in his carriage. Hi
lower lip is trembling, but his brow i
firm, and the eve has pride and defianc
in it. They yell. the crowd: "Shoo
him shoot him. the demon womel
most clsmorous, of course. An arm
goes into the air; the fist falls, on TIL
head of the man. Men club their. rifles
and bring them down on that head. o
clash them into splinters in the lust' fo
murder. He is down; he is up again
he is down again, the third of the gun
stocks on him sounding just as tn
sound when man beats a cushion witt