Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-23
HORRIBLE 0TTgACES AGAINST
JEWS.

! The Zar1a newspaper gives a &C
| eoCa. Of a shocking tragedy which &C
carTsd IN the Esieh51Ekood 81 The f1wn
! OF Loubna- Oa the night CT March p
! three soldiers OF lz1esr - zinasnt Guar
| tered II the town entered the establish
Inent of Jew retailer OF spirits cf tile
| name Ma.ico. The 1our baino late tie
family. consisting of nine persons. hsd
retired To rest, With the exception CT the
eldest daughter. girl OF eighteen. The
| soldiers asked for fourpeInyworth OF
'EOdky, with which they were duly
| served by the girl. When the .liquo.
had been consumed she ask ed them 70
retire, as the hour was 50 late Her
| guests did not hurry themselves, bat
presently two of them went ont. The
third remained, ana approaching the
bed where the owner OF tbs. establish
rnent was lying asleep ne woke him up
and demanded his II Jnsy. The terrified
jew sprang UP, bas before he coa.d take
single step the soldier fired two shots
with his revolver and ths wre.ched n an
fell bleeding corpse before bis daugtl-
ter's eyes. The screams of the grI
awoks the the whole family. Her mo-
ther. who was II back room and whom
recent events had taught 20 expec! vio-
est children and hid one OF them in an
empty box. which she shut and locked,
and the other under couch. She then
tried herself 10 escape through the win
dow. but the soldier; were or the look
out, and rushing after her they canght
her and beat her until she fell seaseieSS.
and as they supposed dead. Then tbs
murderers returned 10 t1u l-oIls-' There
they found two boys. aged fourteen and
nIteen, standing awe struck and alright
ed over their slaughtered father.
Inc barbarIanS were unmoyed bv this
pltiful sight and the boys speedily shar-
ed the fate of their parent anu fell diving
On his corpse. Now the nlurderars be-
gan to Search the house and soon discoy-
cred the child whom the mother had !
concealed In the empty frank. This ua-
fortunate infant they kicked to death |
with their spurs. Having thus disposed |
OF the whole family. except the e,des. |
daughter. TIE ruffians next turned their |
attention to her, and, und.r threats of |
the most fearful consequences should |
she refuse, they bid her infoim them |
where her fathers money YVES TO be |
found. The trembling girl disclosed the |
niding place of the little store which |
had been saved IS the result of the in |
dustry and thrift OF the family and:for.y |
roubies and seven silver spoons BECAME |
booty OF the assassins. l. NIGH. have |
been supposed their evil passions would |
have been satisfied with tia crimes al |
ready committed. but the unfortunate |
girl soon found that such was not the |
Case. The -uffisns indeed spared her |
life, bat they brutally outraged hsr be- |
fore leaving the house. Having thus |
wreaked their will on all members of /
the family they at last departed
The worst feature IN the whole affair
has, however, yet TO be related. aud will /
show how little mercy the Jews can ex-
pect, even from those whose duties
should specially teach them compassion.
On leaving the scene of their. alrJeities
the soldiers discovered that the mother
OF the family, whom they had left for
dead, had recovered consciousness. and
was endeavoring TO get away to seek as
la the neighborhoed. Ylfey fir-
ed at her with their revclysrs, and sue
ceedea III wounding her, but she never
theless struggled Oh and got OF. OF their
reach. the wretchsd woman. bleeding
and covered with wounds and clothed !
only in tina night dress in which she was
sought the protection OF a monk living
close by. The monk got up on hearing
her cries, but when he opened his door
and discovered that twas only a Jewcss
that sought protection he lefuseos as
sistance or refuge, and the peop!s OF the
village the next morning
found the wretched woman all but max
ed senseless and dying on the roadway.