Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
RESTORING QUIET AT ODESSA
Massacre Was One Of the Worst In
Russian History
BY Associated Press.


BY Associated Press.
ODESSA, Nov. 4.-The pillaging here
has been largely stopped, thanks TO the
Intervention of the troops and the local
militia formed largely Of students, but
! the streets are unsafe for all except
sanitary officials and Sisters of Char
ity. The city presents the aspect of a
military camp. Artillery is posted In
several streets. The student militia is
pursuing the rioters, who are defending
themselves with revolvers. The stu
dents are taking their captlves to the
university.
The center of the city Is quiet. The
street cars are running, some shops and
markets are open and the bakeries are
working. The telegraph lines are
crowded with dispatches for newspa-
pers and private citizens who have
been sending reassurlng messages re-
garding the situation here in view Of
the reports of massacres in various
parts Of Russia.
The Jewish quarters here are COM
pletely devastated. 1t is impossible to
ascertain the number of persons killed.
The authorities sent to the cemetery
four trucks, each containing thirty
bodies and today six trucks similarly
loaded were driven to the cemetery. Up
to this morning 5657 wounded persons
the hospitals. AT this hour (5.45 d. m.)
the Cossacks have disappeared from
the streets and infantry soldiers have
been substituted. The governor gem
eral announces that he has taken the
strictest measures to prevent further
disorders, but, should the troops be
fired upon, the governor has ordered
the artillery to devastate the houses
from which the shooting is done. He
a k1aA H.
strict orders to shoot and kill pill
layers.
Soldiers are now making house to
house visitation seeking for bombs and
arms. They are also searching pas
sengers on the street cars.
1t Is believed that the worst is over.
Owing to the mobs being satisfied with
two days carnival of murder and de-
struction by flames the revolt against
law and order is dying down, partially
perhaps because of material upon which
to prey. Almost the entire Jewish
quarters of Moldavanha, Slobodka and
Rugaiovka are devastated, and their
inhabitants have either been killed or
wounded or have sought refuge in other
sections Of the town.
Mob's Fury Against Jews
The whole fury of the mobs was
directed unchecked against the Jews.
During the first demonstration over the
emperor's manifesto and the sudden
acquisition of freedom" tens of thou
sands Of men who had hated the Jews
through generations became drunk
with the desire for Jewish blood
swarmed into the Jewish sections Of
the town and killed for the very Joy
of killing. In some instances the mill
tary aided instead Of preventing the
work of vengeance and fury which Gull
minated yesterday in the quarters men,
toned. Every Jew, man woman or
child, who was caught was slaughtered
The methods employed In the work Of
butchery were too revolving for de-
scription.
Before this morning. dawn the ma
terial had become exhausted and the
men who had for the moment became
beasts left the wrecked sections of the
city and, though sullen, were easily
driven back before the rifles of the in
fantry. A trip of investigation this
afternoon over the Jewish quarters con-
firmed the stories of horrors and de-
vastation. Some bodies, mutilated, Of
women and children were still unre-
moved from the deserted streets. The
shops were closed and In the wrecked
houses broken furniture was lying In
heaps
1t is probable that the total number
of persons killed will never be known.
The number of wounded persons in the
hospitals and ambulance houses af-
ford some guide. The 5657 wounded re-
ported up to this morning were dis
tributed as follows:
In the Jewish hospital, 3715; in the
municipal hospital 1860; in the district
ambulance houses, $50.
1t has been definitely ascertained
that only 12O of the anti-Jewish mob