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


I'm the meanwhile, the coach advanced
toward the nall OF the committee.
fourth attempted likewise to spring out.
but he received a stroke with asaeer
while in the act. which lid not keep him
from pushing forward and seeking an asy
lum in the committee The assassins fan
cied there was nothing more TO do in this
first coach: they had killed three prison
ers and had wounded the fourth and last.
as they thought: they. therefore. left IL
and proceeded, with the Ike fury, upon
the second coach
Recovered from the Stupor into which
1 had been thrown by the massacre Of my
companions. and no longer seeing near me
the monsters who were Cutting their fury
and their cruelty upon other unfortunates.
I seized the favorable moment, darted out
of the coach and rushed into the presence
Of the committee.
40, gntiemen,' emphaticslly e1-
claimed. preserve an unfortunate man
The commissanes repulsed me Go
along said they 20 ne 40 you wish Us
10 get ourselves nassacred"
Il should have been undone II one Of
them had not recognized me.
All? ne cred out 1t is tie Able Sic
Enter, we will preserve you as long as we
can
II entered into the hall Of the commit
tee whore I should have been in safety
with remaining companion who had es-
capped. but woman had seen me enter.
She hurried to inform the assassins of the
circumstance. They continued their
bloody work for a few minutes. and
w
some one knocked rudeiy a. the door and
demanded the two prisoners 1 deemed
myself lost.
Il fell on my knees and offered the sac
rifce of my lie to God. 1 had scarcely
finished my prayer when I arose and en-
braced my companion, saying:
:" Let US clasp each other; let US die
together; the door is going open; the ex-
ecutoners are there; we have not five
minutes to live i
"At length the door opened What hor-
ribie men rushed toward US! What lru-
tality! Their fury deceived them for some
moments. l was in the midst Of the com-
missaries, clothed Ike them, perhaps less
agitated, and with a more tranquil soul
At first they mistook; but a prisoner who
had escaped, and whom the press OF this
dreadful horde was hurried into the hail.
was recognized. We were at length dis
covered, and two men with pixies cried out:
Behold. those two beggars. whom We are
seeking Immediately one OF them seized
my fellow prisoner by the hair of the head;
the other struck his pike into his bosom,
and stretched him dead at my feet.
His Blood flowed in a stream through
the hall, and mine was about to mingle
with it. The pike was already raised
when man. whose name will ever be dear
to me, informed by his children that mas
sacres were going on at tn Abbaye, and
that mention had been made OF the Aohe
Sicard. hurried hither, broke through TIE
throng. and throwing himself between the
pike and me, displayed his breast, and ex-
claimed to the monster viii was going to
stab me: Behold the bosom through which
you must pass before you reach him; it IS
the Able Sicard, one Of the most benevo-
lent of men. the most useful to his com
try. the father Of the deaf and dumb you
must pas sthrough my body to reach
him.
The Interference OF the abbe's friend
saved him for the time but there was
moro Imprisonment, followed by many an
other close call TO death, before he finally
secured his release. The whole account is
one of the most dramatic and remarkable
in all the similar narratives that have
come out of that maelstrom OF blood.
FTENDISH ACTS AT NANTES.
1t would seem as If nothing could exceed
the fendishness of the Paris mobs, but the
q ooonnts ~ TIA a rocitfaS in the other cities
throughout the provinces are even more
terrible The bestialities Of oseph Lebon at
Arras are too foul and brutal to put into
public print. His wholesale butcheries of
women and girls were accompanied by
nameless vulgaTfties. The sa me may be
said of the wholesale drownfngs perpetrat-
ed at Nantes. The brief chapter on this
subject contains details on every page
which Almost defy belief. A demon named
Carrier wal one of the ringleaders in the
atrocities at Nantes. The writer sums up
the misfortunes OF this city thus:
lone witness deposes to the drowning Of
5000 persons, and another witness attests
that 800 were shot en- masse. The num-
Der of bodies thrown into the Loire was
so considerable that the municipal officers
forbdding the use Of its waters. It has
been generally computed that the number
OF persons belonging to Nantes and its
environs who were drowned, shot. guillo-
tined, stihed. or starved in prison amount
ed to about 10000 Carrier alone put to
death more than 10000 in the south Of
France, including men, women and chill
dren.
"OId men. delicate women, and children
were drowned with no sort OF distinction.
They were put on board lighters. which
were rallied around 70 keep the prisoners
from jumpingoverboard II they should hap
pen 20 disengage themselves. There were
plugs made in me bottom or sides. and.
these being pulled out. the lighter sank
and all in It were drowned. These expedi-
tons were first carried on BY night, but the
sun soon beheld this murderous work. At /
first the prisoners were drowned IN heir |
clothes; but soon they were stripped and |
tied together.
Carrier and his myrmidons used 70 |
make fun OF such wholesale drownings, |
naming them 'immersions.' national hap
tisms.' national baths and the Ike. One /
day I saw number OF prisoners brought 1
from the Entrepot and deposited in q light /
er with a deck They were fastened under I
matches. where they were left FOR forty 4
eight hours. When the matches were 4
opened sixty Of them were suffocated- 9th I
er prisoners that were on board were 1
ooZged 70 take out the bodies This 3onH. 4
az the prisoners were stripped naked I
frc-1 four - I'VE score OF theu-their 4
bands were tied behind them. and they 4