The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-12
CHILD VICTIMS
OF BUTCHERY
Stabbed, Beaten, and Shot by
Drunken Soldiers
REFUGEES TALE OF HORROR
Hundreds Fled to Churches Of Lay Fiat
on the Floors at Home to Escape
BuIlets--i,ooo Arrests in
Warsaw.
REFUGEES TALE OF HORROR

Warsaw, Sept 12A refugee from
Siedlice tells tie following story;
Il was staying Saturday at the
Kupiecki Hotel in Siedlice. Suddenly,
at Q o'clock IN the evening, heard two
shots which were at once followed BY u
Ivollev In 4 few moments a number Of
llewish women and children rushed into
1.-THE botel, pursued by soldiers.
The shooting continued for al hour
and them came To an end The the only
noise from the streets Was the CRYING
and moaning Of the wounded. At mid
ineht several soldiers passed the house
singing martial songs. | learned that
troops had been searching houses iii al
effort to discover two members Of the
Terrorist band.
TO this end they went through the
Wikoria Hotel and pillaged the wine
room. They got drunk rapidly, and,
coming ont On 10 the streets, began
Wholesale murder and plumber.
Az ? O'Clock Sunday morning, Ter
rorists who were defending house on
Pienkna street threw bomb at the sol
diers. Batteries we're 1T once brought
into play and bpmbarded houses on
4 Pienkna and Warsaw streets. The XII.
lpiecki Hotel. where | was staying, was
destroyed, Refugees were fleeing
through the STREETS. and as they ran the
soldiers were constantly firing yolleys
al them.
Wounded Fled to Church.
u ran with the others and managed
ID reach a church in safety. Here 300
lfugitives, most 81 them wounded, IT..
ready had congregated This vas at
O'Clock Sunday morning | had passed
down Sokolowka and Poivwa streets,
and found that the marketplace had
been burned
"At the end OF two days, lack Of food
and water forced the refugees in this
church 10 leave il, We made our way
\ through streets covered with debris
There we're many dead bodies and
wounded persons lying about. We finally
reached the village az Roskosz.
Most Of the families IN Siedlice who
barricaded Themselves III their houses
out Of fear of the soldiers have now been
three days without supplies. The
wounded have not been cared for, as the
soldiers will not permit physicians to
enter the town
This refugee would not Give his name,
OF the police.
A Hebrew refugee who escaped from
Siedlice with his wife and two wound.
ed children, when seen by the CORES
pendent in Warsaw yesterday morning,
said
II had small hardware store on
Pienkna street. Saturday at midnight
soldiers broke into the store and destroy
ed IT, They could not find US, as we were
hiding in the garrett The artillery FIRE
on Pienkna street made it necessary for
us to lie fiat on the floor until Monday
night. Then the Are was SO severe that
we we're forced 10 Zee. We made nnr
way through the streets and the chill
dren were wounded When we reached
the fields we were almost starving.
Principal Plunderers Reservists.
Other refugees declare that the prin.
cipal phuiderers were Teseryists who
passed through Siedlice on Sunday on
their way home
The four principal streets of the town
have been almost devastated. and else
where many houses were damaged and
looted The number of houses burned
reaches twenty seven. Many Jews man.
aged to get out Of the city and flee TO
ncighboring villages.
! In a search for Tcrrorists made here
| Monday night some 200 houses located
in different parts OF Warsaw we're ran
sacked by troops About 1000 arrests
we're made, and most OF the prisonersare
Jews.
Many children were taken into Gus
iody. They are employed by the Ter
lIofists TO execute attempts upon govern
brent officials because the movements of
children do not awaken suspicion, and
they are not liable 70 capital punish
ment.
The authorities have ordered that ali
suspects be expelled from The city.
stayropoI. Sept. 2.It II reported
lere By telegraph that the village Of
Siiulgiti has been bombardcd by artii
lry in consequence OF disorders which
commenced there following the arrest Of
NJ. Onipko, the peasant leader Of the
outlawed parliament, who j. to be tried
by court martial for completely in tire
uprising at Cronstadt last July.
The inhabitants Of the village fed and
their houses wer destroyed. lhc aitil
lcry, according 10 reports, is now moving
against the village OF Petfofskaia.
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