Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-11
STORM OF SHOT
SENT THE JEWS
TO THE CHURCHES
Reign of Blood Has Ceased for
the Moment.
WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
Men and Women Lie Flat for Two
Hours to Escape Bullets.
s1cKEN1NG STORY OF A REFUGEE
Women and Children Pursued by SoIs
Soldiers Sang While the
Wounded Were Suffering.
Men and Women Lie Flat for Two
Hours to Escape Bullets.
s1cKEN1NG STORY OF A REFUGEE

lie reign OF DiOou III NuSSid Has
ceased for the moment, but troops
are camped in the streets, and there
is need beyond description for med
ical assistance. The helpless and
hopeless took refuge in the
churches when they could during
the days and nights of terror. A
refugee tells nauseating tale. Sol-
diers of the czar sang ribald songs
while the wounded and the suffer-
ing screamed out with pain. The
wassail cries of the royal rioters
commingled with the death knells
of women and children. A govern
mental inquiry is being had, ticks
the cable.
WARSAW, September 1.-THE CORES
spondent of the Associated Press inter-
viewed a refugee from siedlce today. The
man said:
''I was staying Saturday at the kupiecki
Hotel in Siedlce Suddenly, at 9 o'clock In
the evening, heard two shots, which were
at once followed by a volley. In a few
moments a number OF Jewish women ana
children rushed into the hotel, pursued by
soldiers. The shooting continued for, an
hour and then came to An end Then the
oniv noise from the streets was the crying
and moaning of the wounded. At mid
night several soldiers passed the house
singing martial songs. I learned thas
troons had been searching houses in an
effort to discover numbers of the terrorist
band. To this end they went through
the wiktorta Hotel and pillaged the wine
room. They got drunk rapidly, and COM
ing out onto the streets began wholesale
murder and plunder.
Threw a Bomb.
"At O'Clock Sunday morning terrorists
who were defending house on Pienkna
street threw bomb at the soldiers. Bat
teries were at once brought into play ano
bombarded houses on Pienkna and Warsaw
streets. The Kupiecki Hotel, where l was
staying. was destroyed. Refugees were
fleeing through the streets, and as they ran
the soldiers were constantly firing volleys
at them.
ct ran with the others, and managed to
reach a church in safety. Here 300 fugi-
t,ves most Of them wounded already had
congregated.
"This was at O. oclock Sunday morning.
I had passed down Sokolowka and Pelvwa
streets. and found that the market place
had been burned.
eat the end of two days lack OF food ana
water forced the refugees in this church 10
leave it. 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 OF
Roskosz.
"Most of the families in Siedlce who bar
ricaded themselves in their houses out Of
the 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,
as he feared persecution at the hands OF
the police.
Hid in Garret.
A Hebrew refugee who escaped from
Siedlce with his wife and two wounded
children, when seen by the correspondent
in Warsaw this morning, said:
81 had a small hardware store on Pienkna
street Saturday at midnight soldiers broke
into the store and destroyed 1t. They could
not find us, as we were hiding in the gar
ret. The artillery fire on Pienkna street
made it necessary for us to lie fiat on the
floor until Monday night. Then; the fire
was so severe that We were forced to flee.
We made our way through the streets, and
the children were wounded. When We
reached the fields We were almost starv-
ing"
Other refugees declare that the principal
plunderers were reservists who passed
through Siedlce on Monday on their way
home.
1t was learned here this morning that the
reign of bloodshed at Siedlce had ceased,
camped In the streets. and a systematic
search of houses and persons Is being car
ried on. The authorities have opened an
inquiry into the events which led up to the
outbreak and the SUBSEQUENT reign OF ter
ror. There Is great need for medical as
sistance for the wounded. According to the
best information the number of persons
killed in Siedlce Is about 100.
great many persons took shelter IN the
various churches from the hail of shot.
Others remained for two days lying fiat on
the floors of their apartments for protec-
ton against flying bullets They were with
out food or water. The four principai
streets of the town have been almost devas-
tated and elsewhere many houses were
damaged and looted. The number OF houses
burned reaches twenty-seven. Many Jews
managed to get out of the city and ned 70
neighboring villages
400 Homes Looted.
In a search for terrorists. made here
last night. some 200 houses, located In the