The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-16

qGelJ the l,OtS during the first day IL
responsible for the horrors Of that
night ana the massicres and the viola.
tons Of women and girls on the second
day.
1t is impossible in the space Of this
telegrnm-wllich is the first possible ~
send after my thorough investigation,
owing to Russian censOrship-to give
all the facts and details in my posses
sion. Here are a few instances that
were investigated by myself Of the
worst crimes:
The Feldstein family was one of the
most respectable in Kishine6. The
mob attacked their saloon at % OH
Sunday. April o. The police barracks
nre 500 yards away. The soldiers and
hours OF the day. While that section
Of the mob demolished the premises
the leader of the mob found in the
kitchen the meat for the family's din
ner. He put it on Il stick, mounted to
the roof Of the saloon, which is of one
story, and. addressing the mob. the po-
lice and the military in the street, de-
clared, Here are the remains Of a
Christian child found In the house OF
the wealthy Jew Feldstein!' The fam
lily was saved by a Russian employees
Of Feldstein and q humane gendarme
from the fury Of the mob.
At Is Asia street. in the Bender
Rogatka quarter, some of the worst
outrages were perpetrated. Twelve
families, all Jewish artisans, lived in
the yard. A mob of Moldavians. some
Russian workingmen and a few Alba
mans attacked them. ~Thesmajority of
the Jewish men escaped, while the wo-
men and girls. numbering sixteen. con-
cealed themselves in a loft under the
roof of a one story house. Four jew
ish men tried to defend the place from
the murderers of their wives and
| daughters. and these facts are related
to me: *
One Motel Freenspon, a glazier. was
stunned by a blow from a %bludgeon,
and the Albanians mutilated him while
still alive. They then choked d child
two years old and cut out it's tongue
while alive. The other three men were
killed and then had feathers put on
their faces and fired. The mob then
found its way to the loft where the
Jewish women were concealed and
continued their work OF slaughter.
The scene of the most diabolical
crimes and violations committed by
the mob was the Sktlanska Rogatka
suburb, 80 per cent Of the population
of which are Moldavians, the Jews
forming the remainder. The mob
broke into the yard on the evening Of
the second day. Monday, April 10.
Twenty-Five persons. mostly women
and children. hid themselves in a shed.
The houses in the yard were demolish-
ed, and the mob was going away when
the cry of a child in the shed indicated
the place of concealment of the WO-
men. The shed was instantly attacked
by Moldavians. led by a father and
son. who were n%eighbors of the Jews.
G%rallspoon. the owner of the shed. was
killed, together with four other arti-
sans, who were defending the place.
and one woman, the wife of the own
er, was murdered after violation. The
mob also found a pretty girl named
Jeya Wouller. aged thirteen, and her
fate is so awful that I can only state
that when the girl had actually been
torn in two a dozen Moldayians fought
for her body like furnished wolves
after life was@ extinct. Death was
more mercifulr than the fiends who did
this devilish deed of unspeakable in
fanny. "
Many police officers did their duty
and saved many lives in the Jewish
districts. Among these was Officer
Sloutschevsky of Bender Rogatka. who,
with twelve men. drove the mob away.
Officer Assofsky was patrolling. and he
allowed them to commit the murders
described. Many artillery officers hui
namely saved several Jewish m
During the progress of the first days
outrages the bishop of Kishinetf while
on his way to a dinner with a rich no
Bile passed in his carriage through the
mob, giving his blessing to the crowd.
Upon hearing this l refused to believe
it possible and resolved to interview
the nobleman. who is Michael Nicola
witch Kroupensky. He received me
courteously and said:
Bishops in Russia always give their
blessing to people when passing
through the streets. This instance was
an accidental coincidence. The bishop
is a humane a
So that the fact remains that the
bishop did pass through the mob on his
way to dinner and uttered 40 word to
persuade the mob to stop its murder
and pillage.
The military measures to preserve
order were adequate when left Kishi'
), neff. but If these are relaxed no protec'
ton remains for the terroriZed men,