The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-21
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killing more victims, Il but tore them to-
pieces, like wild animal s.s And while this
was in progress the troops either stood
idly by. or as was more; frequently the
case, fred into the houses and shops
where Jews were concealed, under the
pretext that they believed them to be
revolutfonlsts, but really to Il makelsway
for the murderers and plunderers who
followed IN the soldiers wa Ike.
While \ 1t "a impossib bic to give the sex-s
act figures. tho visits Of the correspond
Bent to the ospitals and cemeteries en-i
ables him Ito approximate the killed u
one hundred Jews and twenty Christians,
and the wounded at one hundred and fifty
Jews and seven Christians.
Investigating the Cause.
81 The question OF the origin OF the mas
sacre was carefully investigated. Al
though many OF the ] ews denied that a
bomb was thrown at the Corpus Christi
procession thursday !. the fact that that e 2
bomb was thrown is esta blished beyond
doubt, but the question OF who threw
the bomb remains unsettled.
The accounts OF impartial witnesses.
however, demonstrate that an insulting
cry enraged the Jews, who attacked the
religious procession. Then from one end
OF the city to the other the police spread
the report OF the attack thus tanning
the religious fanaticism Of the Christians
and setting loose the worst elements upon
the Jews, on whom the crows watching.
the procession had already turned. ~
3s The Jews at first fought with revolyers
and bombs. and with these weapons the
majority OF the Christian victims were
N K'1ea and e d e shet se ike ike rabbits
to warrens, into cellars or attics.
The soldiers watched this chase and
$butchery, sometimes laughing with .in-
houses where Jews, sometimes TO the
number OF hundred, were making q
stand against their assailants.i T he sol
diers said the JeWs were r 9Nr
them The authorities who wanted to do
something to stop the massacre were.
with the police and troops In open sym
pathy with the mob utterly poweerlltea less.
Not Planned at St. Petersburg
though It IS freely charged 8tha t, the
@ately organized the ma ssacre or. If this
was not the ca Sc, that it was carried out
under orders from ST. Petersburg, there
to sHppef e aftbe
parliamentary commission. whose men, e. !.
E bers were especially anxious to- eludicate
this point. NJ. schepkin. Of Odessa. a
we wished especially to bring home
the responsibility to- the governing nt II
the massacre vas orga nized in ST. Peters,
burg. But our conclusions are that Y wa
not planned In st. Petersburg. Neither do
We And proof that Chief OF Police shero-
smetleff. OF Bialystok, was party to the
plot However. the responsibility OF his
t9geher MAJ OF
the military officers who fondly imagine
that the odious system Of Won sPlehye
and Trepofr has not ended, is clearly
we have failed to clear up whether a
bomb. Our ,nvestlgations only dsm snG
that the cause Fl ha
Jews, which makes the ignorant Rus
slams consider them TO be par!ahs. out.
! side the protection Of the law, The y Ws
/ for lf-defence, and as soon as they, show.
/ the slightest resistance to persecution
\ theyaTwiii be treated by8the troops and
Rhon s%pie dsat Is too
sn,ent must Insist on the punishment OF.
al As proof OF the charge that the mas
vas
wire-shops received notice the day before
The outbreak to remove their cash from
THE shops to safer places. II
Tales of Atrocities,
1.-The tales Of atrocities committed are in-t
Vulnerable and while some q tne = q NAY
ed to make almost anything credible, The
mob seemed to q elight In torturlng the
Victims Strips OF flesh We're cut from.
their Bodies, Children were 5snatched from
their mothers arms and taken by the
the lie eyes Of their parents, a An old Jew
was beheaded and the ghastly, trophy ,I,f,y,
h through the streets, 1n,Smany cases The;
/ heads OF victims were beaten 70 y jelly
AT tic BIalystos railroad station !, where " 9
{ rioter seized a fJe-year-old gir by the
Throat ana held her At 4 arm's length until
Il Little Children seen1ed to take pleasure
!npolntlng out the hiding places g J avs
We're We're, left living about the streets In some
cases for days sl.t sl r & H.
describing the scenes said w !,
Hell Was Within human beings :, and a,
they enacted the role OF demons. Then
Tie woman suddenly went into conyvl-
slonse at tho memory Of the horrors she
Witnessed, 5is ~ KS