Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-05
sUrcHERY IN cHuRcH.
An Incident of tho Cars War Aeai,.,
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an Anei"'he VI 'ho NehFs War AgaInst
Religious Liberty. .
The Kolnische Volkszeitung
Roman Catholic organ. publishas
from trustworthy source some sicl,.
ening details OF the massacre a,
krosche, in the government OF Koyno
in Russian Poland AS Is ALREADY
known, the Catholics OF the nlaca
took 1t in turn to guard their chureh
day and night. to prevent its being
taken by surprise 10y tho Russians
At 2 o'clock on the morning Of the
10th OF February Project Klingen.
berg, OF koyno. arrived at KrOsehe
accompanied BY forty strongly armed
policemen.
There were about seventy persons
in the church. Cursing and YELLING
the police rushed at the devotees
beat them with tho knout ana struek
them with their swords. so that the
church echoed with tho cries or tho
wounded some succeeded III decline
To the beltrey. where they rang tbs
bells, thus summ0ning the rest az
the inhabitants. who crowded into
the building. A thousand person,
had soon collected. and tho Officials
had 70 retreat before superior
numbers. being forced out Oh the
church By the people. Only the
project remained. with his deputy.
lie lied 70 the organ loft, and from
there fired several times at tho poo.
pie. who were not tntimidated. hut
rushed ~ him and led him on 10
cell o. the convent close BIZ, where
they ordered him 10 sign a paber
stating la Ii thas he lad attacked
and shot at detpnseless ana innocent
people This he refused 10 do
When the day began 70 waae 800
tossacks arrived At the place. armed
with rides, lances and knOnta The
COssacks' knouts hays wirg and iron
twisted la az The end. so that every
stroke tears the fle5h They divided
themselves Into two groups. One
surrounded tho little town. while
the other rode % the church Here
they AZ UHcn dashed into tho nrowd.
fired 40 them. stabbed them with
their laucrs aat struck them over
the hraas mlth their knouEa Two
Cosaacks rodo over the people who
had fallen Into the church and were
followed by tho others
great massacre nos begau The
blood ~ the daisnsctrss inhabitants
who were trylpg 70 protect their
sanctuary stained tho walls % ths
church ana flowed On the noor.
Like demons sums ~ tho o. sacks Asw
~ the 4ltAra. sua he'd the crucinxoA.
candletticks AM images % the saints.
and dashed them On thu ground A
priest was forced 81 ,hgm into The
church and made ~ carry on, the
munstraure. Tho broken vessels and
imnges we're thrown into russpooL
some curpsrs found Ia the church
were tossed bT tho ioa#arEa into the
ltmrptt IN the Churchyard Tho
people who IUd Ia an directions.
wcr" partged hY the Cossaeks and
taken prisoners Mamy sprang into
81" swollen rsycz and were drowned
IhN rest 8cru surrounded by Cos.
sacks ana driven b. them 30 Tho
'front.' q the town hail on tho mar.
ket place
iir-c piece ~ harbarism took
p.aer shiloh drGes all description
Ivory luba5!tnHt IT krusrhn was 70
receive apeeial punishment A
anctor was fetched. who vas ia say
how many strokes with tho knuli
each victim rDlid bear They scrr
brought up singly. and thrtF clothes
torn or iheir bodies Then thcy
were madr tn lis down naked between
two fuws ~ IussBeke and begged
with tho kuuuL Nobody was spared
not even delicate women The Ia.
human work lasted tiil sundowu,
when Tho poor wrotches wesc taken
Of to prison Then the project al.
iowpa his Cossacks TO enjoy them
selves