Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
BARBAauIEs ALMOST PASS BELIEF
MObs Mutilate Men, Women and Children
Unfortunately.
LIVING AND DEAD FARE ALIKE IN THIS
Participants in the Murder and LOoting the
so-oallsd Better Glass.
LIVING VICTIMS REDUCED TO sEGeARY
Before the Outbreak Many of Them
Were of the wealthiest Resi-
dents of the City of
E6ishinen.


F<ishinen.
Copyright. 1903. by Press Publishing Coz
ST. PETERSBURG, May l4-(New York
World Cablegram-Special Telegram. 1.-The
outbreak at Kishineff was the direct re-
Eult of the melting of the anti-semitic
papers at Bessarabia. The mere plunder-
ing, although 1t has beggared thousands
OF wealthy people, pales before the nendish
crimes committed in those parts of the
town that were inhabited by the poor Jews
The survivors sorrowfully exploring
the wreckage of their homes and property
for the bodies of the lost relatives. Feet
are found in the midst of piles of feathers.
The walls of the houses are splashed with
blood and brains. When the miscreants
had stolen everything of value they then
in cold blood. set about numbering and
manning women and children. The hos
pital mortuary presents an awful spec
tacle The bodies Of the dead had been
mutilated With indescribabe barbarity.
The Viedomosti reports:
Where the mobs were thickest were
men and women of Russian society, per-
sons in gloves and clean linen and with
Intelligent countenances The riots were
no surprise but were well organized"
The Novosti, a non-Jewish paper, says:
While the plundering of large ware
houses in progress women belonging
to the better class appropriated the con-
tents. which they made up into parcels.
The suffering is unparalleled"
Not one single Jewish shop or dwelling
escaped These Jews were the richest,
most cultured members of the community,
numbering 5000 souls. They would have
been well able to defend themselves had
not their fears OF impending attack been
allayed by the assurance of the vice gov
ernor of Bessarabia, so they took no pre-
cautionary measures. The shops are still
closed, these Jews having now but one
occupation, hospital and cemetery. In the
buildings where bread is being distributed
are hundreds OF Jews without shelter and
almost naked.
Examples of Cruelty.
KIsHINEFF, Bessarabia, Southwestern
Russia, May 1A.-Doroschewsld. the head
physician lo9 the pationnl hospital at Kish-
men, after examining the dead and
wounded, has given to the World corre-
spondsnt the following instances of
cruelty:
A Jewess named sura Fonarschi was
brought here with two nails. seven inches
long. driven into her brain through her
nose. She died.
One Jew was brought in with one hip
both ankles and wrists broken. his severed
hands and feet dangling by the skin.
Jew named Chanifon was minus his
under lip, which had been cut away with
a kitchen knife, after which his tongue
and wind pipe had been pulled out through
his mouth with pincers.
Jew named Sellers ears had been cut
away and his head battered in twelve
places. He was raving maniac.
At the corner Of spischoj and Gostinnij
streets a woman about to become a mother
was dragged from her house. seated in a
chair within a circle Of her tormentors and
thrashed about the abdomen until the child
appeared which CAUSED diabolicaI laugh
ter. The babe was wrenched and cut into
two pieces.
carpenter was surprised at work and
both of his hands were sawed on with his
own saw.
Jewish girl was assaulted by several
brutes, who then cut her eyes out with
pocketknife. as
one woman. after trying to defend her
children. was thrown upon the pavement,
disembowled and feathers and horsehair
from her bed were stuffed into her body.
All the haif-grown girls were assaulted
until they died.
Small children were nung out of windows
and trampled upon by a crowd.
Forty-seVen were killed on the spot
eighty-eight died OF their injuries and 800
are under treatment. Many will be Grip
pied for life.
Four thousand Jews are without food or
shelter and It is impossible for them to get
away.
Number of victims.
LONDON. May 1.-THE victims in the
Rlshineff massacre number 1000. according
to the latest infoEmation received by the
Jewish Chronicle Of London. OF these at
least sixty-fve were killed and more than
800 MANNED or crippled for life The dam
age to property Is estimated at 100000
roubles (about S5iO.OOO). The Jewish Chron-
icie will say editorially in tomorrows
issue:
I'VE charge the Russian government with
responsibility for the RishineT massacre.
II Europe does not on the present occasion
dissociate itself from the leprous taint OF
this barbarian power Il writes its humanity
down a shame and it's civilization as or
ganiEed hypocrisy.
The cardinal fact OF the whole tragedy
is that the massacre was organized and
abetted by Russian authorities. The killing
and pillaging was done under cover OF the
troops and the police During the two days
the massacre lasted the governor did not
leave his house Telegraphic communiea-
tion with 81. Petersburg was stopped. All
the participants In the slaughter. who
were chiefly imported hirellngs. wore red
shirts. An eyewitness Is quoted as saying:
The police and the troops rormed circles
IN the center OF which the staying and loot
ing was going on. the police pointing out
the houses OF the Jews 20 the mob"
The newspaper woschod OF ST. Peters
burg was suppressed for printing the facts
Jew-baiting is now spreading throughout
southern Russia, stimulated by stories OF
so-called ritual murders. The Judicial in
quiry into the massacre Is not intended 10
disclose the facts but 10 smother them up
RspusIio report. Peace.