The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-25
STORY OF A REFUGEE
Rich Merchant Tells of Rus
sia's Jewish Horror.
CHILDREN FIRST GAVE THE ALARM

Charles suesseI Declares That RE-
fusaI OF Loan to Governor Raa-
ben Started Massacre az T1ishinen.
He says Police, city omciaIs, OH
GERS and Priests. All Masked, Were
In the Mob.
The Vienna correspondent Of the
New York World recently met and
talked with several fugitive Jews who
had arrived from Kishineff, where
they were eyewitnesses to the recent
atrocities. One Of them is wealthy
merchant named Chaskel Suessel, who
with his wife and i've children lived in
handsome home. He said.
Il noticed several weeks before the
catastrophe how the excitement
against the Jews had increased, and
the cause is now readily found Gov
ernor Raaben had asked a rich Jew
named Perlmutter for the loan Of So
600 rubles (about 100000. Perlmut-
ter asked two brothers named Alprim
to participate in the loan. The broth
ers refused to do so.
Unfortunately certain Jews of Kish-
ineff who knew that Governor Raaben
never accepts a refusal were not app
pealed to. When the massacre began,
Perlmutter and the Alprim brothers
asked the protection Of the governor,
promising him any price asked. The
governor sent a detachment Of Cos
sacks to guard the homes Of the three
men. where all remained untouched
during the terrible days Of the massa-
ere. The price paid for this protec-
ton was 10000 rubles about 100000.
ION Sunday, April 10, a great num-
Der Of country folk came to Kishineff,
filling the brandy shops and refusing
payment for drinks. The Jew shop
keepers, who were much afraid Of
their patrons, gave them credit know
ing full well they would never see a
penny Of the money.
Seventy thousand Jews were in
the hundreds Of temples and schools
when, toward evening, their little chill
dren came running to them, crying
that strange men filed their homes
and were smashing windows and 9TH
erwise destroying things When the
Jews rushed to the rescue Of their
homes they were met in the streets
by mobs Of excited men, who spat in
their faces, pulled their boards, threw
them down and beat them. The Jews
at first showed fight, but the police
commanded them to so to their homes.
1t was then that the crowds again en-
tered the homes Of the Jews and began
their deeds Of violence.
1.-THE terrorized Jews ran to the house
Of Governor Raaben, where they prayed
for military protection The governor
was invisible He sent word that he
would do nothing before asking the
cars permission by telegraph. The
Jews attempted to telegraph TO st.
Petersburg to the government, but the
telegraph company would not receive
their messages.
4 then seized my wife" says Sues
sci, who was about to give birth 10
child, and my FIVE children and took
Their into the cellar Of a Christian
neighbor who at the risk Of his own
life concealed eleven Jewish families,
with thirty children Here we spent
three days and nights without food,
drink or warmth. Tile children cried
day and night from hunger and thirst.
we expected that every moment
crowds would enter and murder us all.
Among those in the cellar was a
rich jew named Maurice Wollamitz,
with his wife and i've children. VOLTA
mitz regretted having left much gold
and silver jewelry in his house. and
finally with his wife set out to save
their wealth. Neither returned. We
learned after all was over that both
had been dragged from tram car and
beaten 10 death.
meantime some fugitive Jews
reached odessa, where they gained
admittance to the military governor,
Count Mauschin Puschkine. who wirh-
in two hours obtained orders from the
car to send 10000 Cossacl1s to Kish-
ineff These police soldiers are re.
liable, and they stopped the riots at
once. They arrested hundreds Of men
they caught red handed plundering and
robbing Among the misereants Were
policemen wearing workmen's blouses
over their uniforms. There were also
city officials, army officers and even
priests among those arrested, and all
Of them were wearing masks. Many
Of the peasants had blaekened their
faces"