The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-30
HORRORS OF THE COMMUNE
SIGHTS WHICH GPEETED ONE IN
TIE S1RELT'S or PIRtS
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On the following morning, Wednes-
day, l again sailed forth. The first
sound that fell upon my ear was 'Vive
la Ligne!' and turning round the
corner of my dwelling place were the
/ soldiers of the line, who for two hours
had advanced in single file along the
Rue st. Honore, keeping close to the
houses thereby finding shelter from the
| mitraille that was poured against them
from barricade a little farther on.
These bluecoats moved thus along TINS
narrow street and down that passage,
convolving like huge serpent tasJen-
ing on the city. Everywhere they
went they were received with cheers.
The trieolor was hosted out of the win
doWs of the great shops, that had been
closed during the last two months. At
ter the infantry batteries of artillery,
and after these squadrons of cavalry.
A halt was made at the spot (above
indicated) where 1 was standing, and
the commanding officer young fellow,
smoked cigarette and consulted
plan of instructions. Just then two of
his men dragged toward Kim person
who, the crowd said, was communist.
"Fusillezle!' cried out the throng, and
the officer q was standing close to
him) said, '"Oui, fusillez-le" q little
thought that before long / should hear
the same command given as regards
olf t.. ;r, tod
in recording the fact, the poor wretch
was dragged few yards away; one of
the men put the muzzle of his chasse-
pot underneath the victims skull the |
barrel along his back the other soldier |
stopped and pulled the trigger; a re-
port a smoke, a groan, and with pro- |
tests of innocence ON his lips the soul |
of the poor victim passed away.
A man standing at the corner of a
street heard two officers talking of the
bravery of the troops. Yes" said the
loiterer; eff your men had fought like
that against the Prussans, all this
would not have happened" The officer
pulled out his pistol and shot him.
Our army has behaved heroically,"
said M. Theirs. I'VE execute with the
law anu Wy Lie ia W. w iClC youi |
boosted liberty?" l asked of a friend, a
Frenchman. Taking off his shoe, he
searched the inside of it very infinitely,
and then said, "it has been there for
the last two months, but I think it is
lost now
The method of formal execution by
young Notwithstanding colonies, as
above indicated, was the usual kind of
execution. The honor of a firing party
was reserved for few persons Of dis
tinction, such as Milliere, who had re-
signed his seat as deputy for Paris in
the National Assembly to become a
member of the Commune. He was
placed in front of the Pantheon, and
with arm raised cried "Vive lie peuple!"
There was roll of musketry, MUIR
nur, and he was dead. AS was walk
ng away from the sad spectacle | met
Mr.. Holt White of the Pail Mall Ga
,ette, who said to me, II am sorry am
90 late. l wanted to see Milliere.
People say he looks so much like Jesus
Christ" We then witnessed sight
hat made us both shudder. Up to the
previous day the fight had been going
N beneath a glorious sun and a cloud
ess sky I was astonished to find
low few traces Of the carnage were to
,e seen In the streets. The reason was
hat the sunshine had dried the blood
nd it had become covered with con-
ealing layer of fine dust. Now, how
Yer, there had been showers of rain,
nd the effect was as if the very stones
f the streets were bleeding afresh.
Year the Pantheon, at a spot where
everal men had been shot, blood was
rckling in sluggish streams to the
utter Soldiers fatigued with the days
Ia ssacre, reposed on the wet pave
lent, using it also as a dining table.
We saw them eating raw meat, which l
ley were too fatigued to remove from
ne streams of blood that trickled
bout tia sorry banquet for M. !.
hiers's "heroes!" 80
To detail what I saw during the rest
7 the fighting would be to repeat in
feet what is above written. Every
here in the streets dead bodies were
ing about There We're no wounded,
n the troops gave no quarter. In ev- y
" direction the work of death and de- s.
ruction went on; the human brute II
the imbecile wrath, the mad O.
Try of man devouring his brother p
an.
The part of the city in possession of ID
lie conquerors, however, was safe, W
lough not comfortable to walk in. Y
catered brains, limbs, bodies, and Il
God formed a CHASTITY spectacle.-Cen-
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