Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-23
No JEWISH HOUSE LETT.
Details Add to the Horrors
Of the Massacre of the
Jews
klsHlNEFF a DEsoLAreo CITY
Graphic Description of the Terrible
Crime in Hessarabia Given in Let
ter to M. S. Winthrop of st. Paul
Slaughter Cody Planned and Carried
Out.

Minneapolis, May e3.-The horrors
of the massacre of the Jews at Kish-
ineff are being told in letters from the
scene of the slaughter. Letters are be-
Ing received in Minneapolis almost
daily which add to the horror of the
affair. NJ S. Winthrop of the muni-
a friend at Kishineff, which portrays
the Easter uprising as little short of a
second st. Bartholomew For graphic
detail and spirited description this let
ter excels any yet published in Amer !.
lea. Written In Hebrew, it has been
translated by Mr.. Winthrop as fol-
lows:
A City Ocsolated.
'.Kishineff, the heart of Bessarabia. n
city built by Jew and not by Gentile,
is now no more A crime has been
committed so black that it casts a sha :
dow upon the sunlight When the world
shall hear what has happened, human
ity will sicken at heart, civilization will
despair, liberty will VOW vengeance.
From the Street of Gold on the north
of the Odessa road on the south; from
the abatoir on the east to the high
way leading into Roumania on the
west, all has been destroyed. Here and
there you may see house untouched;
IL is the house of a Gentle. No fire,
no plague, no earthquake, could have
wrought such havoc as the madness
of these Russian monsters.
For two weeks the Jews here had
been dreading a massacre. AS the
leaves tremble before storm, so our
people had been shuddering.
what led TO it all is easily told. In
the little town of Dabosar, east of
Kishineff, lives Baron Cozlovitz. He is
very rich. as you remember. Having
NJ cffidren, ne had ADOPTED youth
named Ivan But he has two nephews.
They realized that, as long as Ivan
lived, they would inherit nothing from
their uncle. And they killed Ivan.
Nov, after killing the youth. they
threw his body into a vineyard owned
by Jew. The police, together with
the guilty nephews, the baron himself,
and band of ruffains, were present
at the discovery of the body. They all
raised the cry that the murder had
been committed by jews who wanted
the blood of the boy for use III the
ceremonies at Passover.
..The matter was perfectly plain 20
these savages; the guilt of the Jews
was manifest Therefore bands OF
Slavs gathered in different parts OF
Kishineff to organize massacre. "A
massacre was necessary, they argued,
and they went to work coolly, as sys-
tematically, as If they had been plan
ming a reception in honor of the czar,
Trembling Jews ran to the governor of
the province and begged him to protect
their race. He promised that all would
CONS out well. At last, about three
days before Easter, announcement was
made in one of the principal Russian
churches that on the frst day OF TN
Easter season and to commemorate the
sss...;ssvrsection, nil the Jews must be mas
i people soon heard the direful
and wept; our women wrung their
&: our children clung screaming
Gir mothers. Hundreds. of pallid
marched to the governors palace
5nplored him for their lives. He
3SeG once more that ne Wouia
promptly any outbreak.
1t when midnight sounded, at the
minute of Easter church bells be-
10 toll thruout the city---it WAS
ignal for the slaughter! Git WAS
midnight bell pealed for the knell
uguenots 800 years agoD Immedi-
,5yalls were seen to crumble. flames
srth on every side! The storm
city was never planned more
Pally by the great Napoleon.
fe Slavs, armed with clubs,
kes, even with spades and
ranches of trees, rushed 81
sly upon the Jews. Work
sehouses, factories, schools
sues were plundered and de-
{hen the mob came upon Il
song enough to resist their
ssorted to the torch. With
sautes pools of blood stained
Groans, prayers, shrieks
sru the darkness. Terror
Zen begged for pity. Muir
"A in reply that they must
seish blood.
massacre. 1t appears, al
Id been Instructed to pu'
A their windows so that
8ght be saved. And so
age, the rabbis. observ-
IN. ran from house to
a the Jews that their
s.ty would be found II
crosses. Some of tbs
consented, and theil
led by. But the grea'
people steadfastly re-
their religion. They
ID resigred themselves
of martyrs. Never
die so peacefully
hen ihe mob APP
move an inch from
ing. facing the east
nd cCnmending his
5of our forefathers
lssion rabble soul
limrned eyes, mur.
hat their weapons
Young lads were
spears. Womer
- house tops ana
stones of The
q r flowing white
- blood, were SCI