Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-30

The flends, working In bands Of eight
or 10, each played part In infllcting
torture, One would break the nose OF
a victim, others would break or dislo-
cate arms and legs, cut Off his ears and
otherwise mutllate the helpless captive
In ways too frightful to record before
death came to his relief
The gangs attacked the synagogues
with great fury A sexton who tried
to protect the sacred scrolls was dis
emboweled others met as horrible a
fate.
A jew who tried to protect his daugh-
ter had his tongue plucked from his
mouth TO silence his pleas for mercy,
The windplpe was drawn with Il ana
his ears were sliced off. The creatures
seized the daughter stripped her Of her
clothing In the street, made her their
victim before the crowd and then coolly
Drained her
Men and women were crucined, being
naied TO the floor because the murder
ers would not take time to mako
crosses.
The bodies OF no fewer than nine
children were found In the street. The
body u one was torn In two. The muir
derere carried the children to the upper
windows OF the house and threw them
to the street When baby struck ON
It's head there was o shout Of triumph,
A carpenter who was working in his
shop was tied to q board and his hands
We're sawed Of With his own saw In the
presence of his wife and daughter.
While he was pleading they took pos
session OF his wife and daughter in
nicted upon them the most horrible in
dignities and then chopped them TO
death with an axe.
one man was brought to hospital
with two nails driven into his brain
through his nostrls
A woman who tried TO resist the
bTutes was overcome and then her eyes
werc gouged out.
In one house woman was found
nailed to the door by great spike
through the throat.
A woman who fought yallantly to
protect herself and child was dragged
to the street Using the child as a club
they beat the mother until both we've
apparently dead. and then they Drained
them to make sure.
Almost every woman and the young
girls as well were subjected 10 O worse
fate than death when they fell into the
hands Of the brutes, and those who
were permitted to live had noses ana
ears cut of and limbs broken In many
instances Many were assaulted until
they died OF fear and exhaustion.
one mother stranged her infant for
fear its cries would reveal her hiding
place. Several were killed In their hid I.
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a woman who was defending her
children was thrown onto the pave
ment, disemboweled and feathers and
horsehar were stuffed into her body.
During all these horrible scenes the
brgands overlooked no loot. They car
rled of everything Of value, sending II
TO their homes by relatives. That which
they could not carry away and which
they did not want was thrown into the
street. drenched with petroleum and
burned
A few Jews escaped by bribing MILL
tary officers, but all appeals for justice
ana mercy were in vain. Those who
sought the governor talked to deaf cara.
When they remained In the courtyard
Of his palace, hoping thereby TO escape,
he had them driven forth to fall into
the clutches OF the mob, For two days
he refused 60 permit any dispatches to
be sent to ST. Petersburg.
During these dreadful scenes the bet
ter class Of people Ia Klshenev drove
through the parts OF the town where
the violence was at its height. They
seemed to regard It as a most amazing
Iy interesting and edfylng spectacle,
Not all the Christians were as hard
of heart, as brutal. Scores of Jews es-
capped through the courage of humane