The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-03

LOUISVILLE. Ey NEW YORK. NE.
The mob was going TO the cloister Of
the Abbaye, which mad been converted
into a prison for the priests. moment
after we heard it said that all the Bishops
and other ecclesiastics. VINO mad been
penned up in that place, had just been
massacred.
AT 4 O'Clock the piercing cries of a
man whom they were hacking to peices
with sabre drew us to the window of
and the small tower, and we perceived,
opposite the gate of our prison the body
of man dead upon the pavement; in an
instant another was butchered, and so
they went on with the others.
1T is utterly impossible to express the
horror Of the profound and gloomy silence
which reigned during these executions,
Interrupted only by the cries OF those
whom the barbarians were immolating,
and by the blows which were inflicted on
their heads with swords At the moment
the wretched victim fell a dreadful muir
muir would arrise, which wasimmediately
drowned by shouts of 'Vive Ia natiOnr
thousand times more hOrrifying 10 us
than the awful silence that preceded
them. In the interval between one muir
der and another We heard several voices
beneath our windows saying: We must
not suffer one to escape; we must kill all,
and more especially those who are in the
chapel, where there is none but conspir-
ators.' It was Of US they were speaking.
The most agonizing suspense and anxiety
tormented Us. To add 10 our misery the
moments of silence that prevailed without
the walls Of our prison were constantly
interrupted by the most discordant and
terrifying noises in the interior.
MASSACRE OF SWISS SOLDIERS
After all the priests shut up in the
cloister had been massacred, the Tretches
began the massacre of the other prison.
ers by killing 156 Swiss Soldiers, shut up
likewise in the Abbaye, not one Of whom
were saved The turn of others then ar
rived, at the head of whom were ". De
MontmOrin and II. Thierry, Yalet-de-
chambre of the king. To some a burn
ing torch was applied 10 the face when
they issued from the gate to be massa-
cred. This was done in order that the
people might not recognize them.
St. Meard next tells how a sound arose
of many voices calling the name of NJ.
Gazette. and how, few moments after
ward, there followed the clashing of arms,
and the shrieks Of a mob Of savage men
and women traversing the corridors.
They were dragging the unfortunate old
man forth to death in spite of the plead
ings and protests of his daughter. Con-
demned after thirty hours Of carnage, he
was about to perish under the blows OF
+,a do
and purity and devotion seem 10 have
touched the hearts even OF these butch
ers.
Pale and disheveled. and more beautt-
full from her disorder and her tears, Mile.
Gazette threw herself between her father
and the exAcudOners. You shall not
reach my father till you have pierced my
heart" she exclaimed. a cry of pardon
was heard IN the crowd. Il was repeated
by two other voices in the crowd. Some
friendly bystanders opened up a passage
for the girl, and she led her father away
in safety.
At o'clock two men with bloody hands
and dripping swords entered the prison
and called for one Of St. Meard's friends.
/ a Swiss officer named Reding VINO was
wounded. and VINO begged the wretches
TO give him his death blow where he lay.
He was finally raised upon the shoulders
OF one of the assassins and carried into
the street. where he met his death. The
author leaves A blank here, adding. ths'
/ his eyes are dimmed with tears-that he
4 cannot see that he is writing. Blu. the
/ editors of the volume complete the story
| n q fcot-note:
J
rjhie circumstance that took place under
! his eyes. The following Is the manner in
/ wa.,h he described II - Mr.. Petite: The
eXecutioners who came 70 lead this IN
/ happy man 10 his destruction. pe-ceiv.7 :
that his wounds prevented him from sup
porting himself placed him upon thei:
I shoulders. Pain forced The moss pItecus
cries from HIM. \ third execuuoler. who
I followed. determined. IN order 20 puJ an
end 70 the noise. % cut the poor ylctim 5
throat WIKI his sword. and De committed
the cruelty under the ewes o. the r-Js5o-
er-s companions. ReGinE had scarca,v
reacned the drst steps of the staircase be
fore those who remained discovered. by
The cessation Of his cries. that he h4d
ceased 70 breathe
PREPARING FOR DEATH.
Al 10 O'Clock" continues =. Meard
''the Aooe F,nc4at. c1nf=ssor % chs kius
ana The Ab6e &c Chap,-R asti-uac climbed
.atc sae puipit of ,h= chapel when served
as cur prison. They informed rs tha. our
Ias- hoHr vas approaching. ana invited u=
81 prepare our minds. 90 orl=r 70 receive
the-- hensd.crlou ~ kind 20 e,ec5rfel'
E motion We aE fell on our knees and prte
ciaspei hands received 81 promised b go
INK, That moment. -h5uch cors 1lat3ry
was one az The mos. 5vfa- tsar ve owe.
experienced Halt an hour af-er7va-s these
TWO priests we're massac7ed and ve asarl
their shr.eks.
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companions n -ae WIDOW - he small
tarret 70 inform i % tae positions rss--
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