The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-03
BY ORDER. OF. THE CAR.
.cossack Fiends Turned Loose
:. Upon the. Unfortunate.
-VAINLY THEY PRAYED FOR PITY.
The Demons Rode Into the Church
j = and Ali Not Killed Were Bru-
tally Whipped.

80 BERLIN, Jan. 1.-THE Cologne V0lks
+Zertung has a dispatch from Krusche.
: Russia, confirming the fragmentary re-
ports Of the massacre Of many Catholics
by. Cossack soldiers in the Catholic church
atthat place. Between 20 and 100 Catho-
lies were slaughtered and great many
more Injured. The details Of the outrage
snow that the church had been menaced
for some time by the Cossacks ana that
the Catholics guarded 1t for more than a
week against attack.
Early 10 the morning of November 10
Project Klingenberg reached Krusche from
! KoyHo, accom- panied by detachment of
Cossacks. They entered tie church,
where about seventy Catholics were
gathered, and the Cossacks, cursiug and
yelling. rushed toward the wOIshIpsrs,
knOatina them and striking them with
swords until the church echoed with the
screams of the wounded. Some Of the
Catholics fed to the beifry, where they
rang the bells III alarm, summoning the
rest of the inhabitants. The result was
that.1000 people soon collected around the
church and the COssacks were forced out
Of the building. Only the project and his
deputy succeeded in resisting the efforts
of the inha Sitants, aud they, it is stated,
TetTeated TO the organ loft, from which
place they opened fire upon the people in
the church until the project escaped.
Later IN the day detachment of Cos
sacks was sent from kGyno t 0 Krusche
armed with rifles, lances and knouts.
Upon their arrival near KTusche they were
divided into two detachmeEts and one
. body surrounded the township Oh all sides
while the other rode at gallep toward
the Catholic church and dashed with their
lances down. into the crowd outside the
building, spearing, shooting and lashing
with knQuts+ all who came within
reach. Many persons wer5 thus killed
and. wounded, aud the Cossaeks
then rode their horses into the
CHURCH, and the massacre of the
people inside began. The unfortunate
d Catholics threw themselves On their knees
: in a corner and prayed for help, but the
;. Cosaacks shot and speaTed them right and
left, until the floor and the walls Of the
: ehureh were drenched with blood. The
Cossacks smashed crqcifxes. candlesticks
and ina gees. They rode over the people
right:an left, and dragged the bodies of
the dead and wounded to a cesspoo oil and
threw them into the hols.
ThR people fed in all directions, but
were pursued and captured or badly
wounded by the Cossacks Of the detach-
ment detailed to surround the town.
Some were SO. panic-strieken that they
committed suicide by jumping into the
river, and the. rest were surrounded by
Cessacks. who drove them to the market
! place, Here every man, woman and child
Of the town was ordered to be fogged
!. with the knoub and a doctor prescribed
the number OF lashes which each person
could bear. The victims had their clothes
torn from them. and were fiogged until
many of them were almost dead. They
were afterwafd compelled to clothe them
selves as best they could. and were then
driven to prison. =. -