Evening star., 1906-09-03
viii see what we viii do to you on Thurs

will see what We will do to you on Thurs
day.
That remark was made on Monday. On
Thursday the massacre took place. 1t Is
believed that Shermeteff is responsible for
the assassination of his chief, because 1t
has since been disclosed that Gen. Der
kachon had requested authority from the
interior department to dismiss him from
office and the natural inference is that he
was aware of the fact When leading Jews.
citizens of Bialystek, learned of the threat
Of Shermeteff they sent deputation at
once to Grodno, neighboring town. TO see
the governor-general, who told them that
he could give them no protection.
In their official report to the minister OF
the interior the police claim that the mas
sacre was provoked by reckless Jews VINO
threw explosives from the windows OF q
house into Roman Catholic religious pro-
cession. It Is true that bomb was thrown
as described. but IT did no damage, and. as
have already told you. there were no
Roman Catholics In the mob. Furthermore.
the fact that bomb would be thrown was
common gossip for several days before the
occurrance and everybody believes that
the police did 1t to create pretext for an
attack-a part Of their plan. This has been
done at least twice In other cities. AT
Ekaterinoslav the man who threw the bomb
confessed that he was Jew. and that no
had been persuaded to the act by his CO..
religionists. but when he was brought pc
fore the examining magistrate he admitted
that he was policeman In disguise acung
1t is alleged that two children were
slightly injured by the crush after the bomb
was thrown, but not so badly as 10 require
medical treatment.
intended as a signal, because as soon as
they heard the report the hoodlums COM
menced their attacks upon the shops Oh
Jewish tradesmen, and the shooting began.
The massacre lasted three hours, from =
until 5 o'clock, when General Bogajewski,
the commanding officer of the district. ap-
peared upon the scene.
Details Of the'Atrocities.
There have been three Investigations and
three reports Of the massacre-one' by the
police and the other two by committees OF
both houses Of parliament
The police report that seventy-fve Jews
were killed and sixty wounded, and that
seven Gentiles were killed and eighteen
wounded.
The duma committee reports eighty two
Jews killed and seventy wounded; SIX Cen
tiles killed and twelve wounded, and 1S9
Jewish houses and shops looted and prac-
tically destroyed.
Two Gentiles were killed while trying to
protect Jews.
Three soldiers were accidentally shot by
their own comrades while searching for
Jews among the shrubbery OF garden. NO
other soldiers policemen were injured SO
far as reported. and yet the ofnclais ciaIm
that the police and military were acting In
self defense.
OF the eiRhty-two' Jews. five were killed
fighting, seventy-seven were klueo Trying
to escape Nearly all the bodies OF the dead
were pierced by bayonets; seventeen died
from gunshot wounds
'Twenty-six were killed in a saw mill.
where they had fled for safety; OF these SIX
were women and five were young chlidren
Two men, two young girls ana one poy
eleven years old were beaten to death IN
Gentle bakery, where the owner was MINI
self murdered while trying 10 pIotec. 1san .nen,'
where they were prisoners. In the presence
Of police officials of high rank
Four men and one woman were kiiieo
with bayonets in a garden, where tney hao
hidden in the bushes
Thirty-three men, women ana cniioren
were killed at the railway station IN lne
presence of the station master. the pupnc
officials of high rank. Nearly all the VIC
tins had fled to the station from the mop
hoping to escape by boarding a tram tnat
was then due. Six passengers Jewish resi-.
dents of Bialystok, who arrived by that
train. were killed before they could leave
the station One of them, man named
Gourvich. formerly employed by the ran,
way company. who was well known ano
had an excellent reputation. was beaten
to death in the office of the station master
while begging the protection of that ofn-
cial. who had known him from childhood.
A Jewish surgeon was killed IN the street
the wounds of a Gentle woman.
Peter Einstein and his family were at
dinner when the mob burst into their apart
ments. The father and two sons. ageo. re-
snectiyely nineteen and twenty-five. were
killed at the dinner table; the mother and
daughter, aged sixteen, tried to escape. Inc
soldiers fired at them down the corr1oor.
The girl. shot through the leg; feli at I ihe
feet of a policeman. who 1mmedlately killed
her with his revolver. The mother. IN a
paroxysm of grief and horror, threw her
self upon the body of her child and was
shot in the same manner.
Children were not spared any more tnan
the aged Some of the victims were more
than seventy; others were ln1ants. me
report of the duma committee contains
the most narrowing details of cruelties
pra cticed by the soldiers upon the living
and the barbarous mutiation Of the bodies
of the dead.
Reports Generally Agree.
All three Of the reports agree on the main
proposdtion, that made by the committee Of
the duma being more thorough and in de-
tail because 1t is the work of three able
and experienced lawyers. Both committees
hold the government responsible. The COM
mittee from the council Of the empire, COM
posed of men appointed by the car. pre-
sents a terrible indictment against the po-
lice
The report of the duma contains list of
the killed and wounded. and the names OF
witnesses who can testify as to the manner
in which they came to their death includ-
ing several military and police officials who
were present at the railway station and
elsewhere and saw the murders committed
In several instances 1t gives the names of
the murderers.
Both of these reports were presented to
the government more than month ago,
but no one has been punished, no one has
been arrested. no one has been accused, and
the only result has been the removal by Mr..
Stolypin of a man named Komissaroff, who
had charge of the office at which the incen-
diary proclamations We're printed 80 Iar
as can be ascertained. he Is the only official
who has suffered. He was dismissed once
before for similar reasons. but soon found
his way back to his old place.
The czar was very prompt to reprfmand
his cousin and to punish the officers OF the
Preobrazhensky Guards and other. regi-
ments which have shown revolutionary ten
denotes. He degraded five generals and dis
missed from the service four colonies be-
cause of their round robin" but has never
had time to punish anybody for killing
Jew.