The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-08

OF some OF his officers Won Raaben
deDIora bic weakness in not EMPLOYING
his military force to quell the riots
during the first day is responsible for
the horrors of that night and the mas
sacres and the violations of women and
girls on the second day.
DOCUMENTS TO PROVE ALL THE
CHARGES.
The majority of the rioters were OF
Moldavian origin. These Moldaviaus
are as numerous as the Jews in Kislii-
neff and constitute the most ignorant
and brutal element of the Dopulaee-
The rI0ting began with the lOOtiDg of
the Jewish shops and the demolition of
houses The mob, finding the military
not employed against them and. the po
lice witnessing the attacks sympatheti-
cally-many of the police taking part
and participating in the looting-passed
from murder and massacre to the Vlo-
lation of Jewish women and girls.
It is impossible in the space of this
elegram-which is the first possible 10
send after my thorough investigation,
owing to Russian censOrShlp-Io give
all the facts and details in my posses
sion. I have two detailed statements.
carefully prepared by eyewitnesses Of
the scenes One is a copy of the indlct-
ment of the authors of the maSSacreS, !
which has been lodged with the Pro
cureur; the other is a specially prepar-
ed statement by two Christian ladies', |
one Russian and one Russo-French,W VINO /
Investigated a certain class of outrages (
for my information. These statements
Will be published in full later Here are
a few instances that were Investigated
by myself of the worst crimes:
THE TRAGEDY OF THE FIELD
STEMS.
The Feldstein family was one of the
most respectable in kishineff. The moo
attacked their saloon on the corner OF
Armenia street at noon on the first day, |
Sunday April g. The police barracks
are 500 yards away. The soldiers ana
police patrolled the street during five
hours Of the day. While that section or
the mob demolished the premises, the
leader of the mob found in the kitchen
the meat for the family's dinner He
put ii on a stick, mounted TO the ROOF
of the saloon, which IS OF one story, ana,
addressing the mob. the police and the
military in the street, declared, Here
are the remains of a Christian child |
found in the house of the wealthy Jew,
FeldStein."
The family was saved by Russian
employe OF Feldstein ana humane
gendarme from the fury of the mob.
but the saloon was utterly demolished
robbed On completing the destruction
of the place the leader drank to the
health of Editor Kroushvan.
At 10 Asia street in the Bender Ro-
gatka quarter some Of the worst out
RACES were DerDe trated- Twelve fam
lilies. all Jewish artisans, lived in the
yard. A mob of Moldavians, some Rus
sian workingmen and a few Albanians
The majority of the Jewish man
esca ped. While the women and girls.
numbering sixteen, concealed them
selves in a loft under the roof of a one
story house. Four Jewish men tried to
defend the place from the murderers OF
their wives and daughters, and these
facts are related to me:
EVEN DEATH DID NOT END BRU
TALITIES.
One Motel Freenspon. a glazier, was
stunned by a blow from bludgeo9
and the Albanians mutilated him while
still alive. They then ehoked child
two years old, and cut out its tongue
while alive. am sending photo
graphs of these two bodies mutilated as
The other three men were killed and
then had feathers put on their faces
and fred. AS an act of Dissertation of
the dead. two drunken women and one
Moldavian and one Bulgarian tramDled
on the body of Freenspon as il lay mu-
tilated in the yard. The mob then
found its way to the loft where the
Jewish women were concealed. and con
tinued their work of slaughter and
worse. All this time the police and
soldiers were patrollng the open space
in front Of the house where these flend-
lSh crimes were committed saw
blood shattered on the walls of the
rooms and yard. and picked up a child'~
school book on which some murderer
had wiped his hands.
At % GOStinna street four men and
one woman were killed. Sixteen fam
lies lived in this yard. all those of
artisans. The mob came the first daY
and demolished the windows and doors
1t returned the next day for massacre.
Sixteen women and eight children were
concealed in the loft. The first killed
was boy of sixteen. who begged
piteously for life. saying he had done
no wrong. was scholar of the state
school and wanted to live. His father
at the other end of the yard heard The
boys cries, but could not save his life
hoy st md 1aft
AS at the house in Asia street the WO>
men and girls who had concealed them
selves in the loft were discovered and
violated by the mob One married WO-
man escaped through the roof. leapef
to the ground ran to the nearest pO-
lice station and implored help from the
officer. but the girls in the loft We're
driven out by the officer. who said the
Jews were only receiving what they
deserved. One married woman was
bludgeoned to death in this house
CRY OF CHILD BROUGHT ON A
SCENE OF HORROR.
The scene of the most diab0lical
crimes and violations committed by the
mob was the Sktlanska Rogatka sub
urb so per cent of the population of
which are Moldavians. the Jews form
ing the remainder. This IS the residence 4
Of the poorer class of the workers of
both races The mob broke into the
yard on the evening of the second day.
Monday. April 10 Twenty-Five persons,
mostly women and children, hid them
selves in a shed. The houses in the yard
were demolished and the mob was going
away when the cry of a child in the shed
indicated the place of concealment of the
women. The shed was instantly at
tackled by Moldavians. led by a father
and son. who were neighbors of the
Jews Grallspoon, the owner of the
shed, was killed, together with four
other artisans who were defending the
place. and one woman. the wife of the
owner, was murdered after violation.
The mob also found pretty girl. named
fate is so awful that ! can only state
that when the gil had actually been
torn in two a dozen Moldavians fought
for her body like famished wolves after
life was extinct Death was more mer-
ciful than the fiends who did this devil
ish deed of unspea kable infamy.
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