The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-28
CRUEL TREATMENT OF RUSSIAN JEWS
SHOCKED CIVILIZED WORLD

Relative TO the massacre OF the
Jews in Russia correspondent says:
"A reliable person who visited
Kishineff two days after the massa-
ere declares that the riots occurred
on Wednesday and Thursday of the
orthodox Easter week. The pretext
alleged, but one that has been dis
proved. was a ritual murder.
in some Instances revolving cruel
ties were committed upon men, women
and children. One hundred and sew
enty-hye Jews were killed outright.
and OF the 1856 wounded sixty after
ward succumbed to their injuries,
making a total OF 235 murdered.
That the outbreak was wholly anti
Semitic was evident. since the Chris
tians were unmolested.
Two Cossack regiments reached
here on Friday from distance. Mar
tial law was proclaimed. and the sol
diers arrested several hundred rioters.
Quiet was Immediately established.
THE Jews had fled in all directions,
many of them half clad and without
shoes"
London, May 20.-Under Foreign
Secretary Cranborne was asked in the
house of commons for information on
the massacre of the Jews at Kishineff
month ago. The secretary in reply.
placed the total number of killed at
about double the number given in the
official Russian report Otherwise the
facts did not differ from those al
added
According to the government In
formation the disturbances grew out
Of the murder of a Christian lad,
which was wrongly attributed to the
Jews. The latter retaliated on their
assailants. and the result was an at
tack on the Jews by mob on Easter
Sunday and Monday. in which 1t is
believed about a hundred Jews lost
their lives and many more were in
jured.''
The official announcement from st.
Petersburg May IL said that forty-five
persons were killed and 424 were In
jured during the massacre.
New York. May 2O.-On the steam
ship Furnesia. which arrived here
from Glasgow. was Abraham wolov-
nick, the first refugee to land here
from Kishineff, RUSSIA, the scene of
the butchery of Jews on Easter Sun
day and on a number of occasions
since that day. In an interview
Wolovnick said that there had been
no exaggeration in the newspaper ac-
counts of the anti-Semitic atrocities.
1T was more frightful than l can
picture to you in words" he said.
The attack came upon us suddenly.
Everybody a moment before had been
smiling and happy. Fathers, mothers
and children had been to their re
spective synagogues.
''As nearly as / was able to learn,
the onslaught was begun by some one
saying: Let's have fight with the
Jews
"Straightway the cry was taken UP
and the massacre was begun. It was
undoubtedly prearranged affair, for,
starting in the center of the city. the
attack spread to all quarters with re-
markable spontanelty.
'In a few minutes the scene was
one of bloodshed and death. Without
my "cdpOho " pIOtttl
the people attacked had to fee for
their lives, but as you know, all were
not successful. When left sixty-eight
were dead in the streets, while, be-
lieve, others were lying in cellars,
where they had been surprised and
murdered.
"The scene was horrible-men.
women and children were attacked
and their bodies dismembered. ! saw
a number of limbs lying about the
streets. Not content with spreading
death on every side. those who waged
war against us rushed into the syna-
gogues and destroyed everything they
could find. In addition homes were
entered and all our furniture was
smashed.
There was no protection to us by
the police or soldiers. The police were
<content to stand by and see the scene
of havoc and death. and no soldiers
were permitted to come to our aid.
Thousands of Hebrews found refuge
in the home of Christians. who gave
them shelter at the risk of their own
0ves."
zangwill's Story of the Massacre.
vivid and thrilling description of