Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-11
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE
Soldiers RetaliaIe Upon the Inhab.
itants of Siedlce.
NO PERSON Is SPARED
Police and Troops Are Attael9a BY
Civilians and Infantry, In lie.
venge, shoot Many.


lions made In these dispatches Aug.
20 that the Jewish massacre at Sledlce.
Russian Poland. unhapplly have been
justified by fighting. which broke out
Saturday night and developed Sunday
Into a carnival Of indiscriminate
slaughte. and pillage, In which the
soldiery and mob took part. The un.
fortunate Jews were shot and bayo-
netted In the streets OF the town.
Houses and shops were broken into
and sacked and valuables carried on
and offered for sale by soldiers TO pas.
sengers on passing trains. In addition
10 the Jews. number OF Christians
and even some officers met death In
the fighting A conservative estimate
places the number Of victims at $40.
Jewish fugitives. who thronged the
railroad station at Sledlce, are in a
state OF panic. Reports received here
from Warsaw and other towns In the
vicinity OF Siedlce place the number OF
victims at several hundred.
Early reports OF the Siedlce mas
sacre put the responsibility at the
door OF the Terrorists, but fugitives
declare the soldiers would never have
been allowed 20 get so completely
out OF hand without the connivance. II
not actual direction. OF their officers.
The first reports received OF Bialystock
massacre last June said the Terror
lists we're to blame there also.
Passengers who arrived at Warsaw
gave the following account OF the
slaughter: After the murder OF po-
llcemAn by Terrorists on Saturday
night and firing OF volley by troops
into tha-Rasembled crowd. which re-
suited 800 killing OF two citizens
and woundfneW many more. the Ter
ror,sts held 4 meeting and decided tn
exact vengeance by inaugurating
general campaign against the police
and troops similar 20 recent activity
along the same lines at Warsaw. In
the course OF Sunday morning twelve
patrolmen and soldiers were killed.
Az result OF this the Libau regiment,
in a state OF Infatuated anger. LETT the
barracks In the afternoon ana
marched into the Jewish quarter.
shooting right and left as II went.
The troops were Joined by crowds OF
mediums. who co-operated In plumber
ing and wantonly destroying every
thing they were unable and not de-
slrous OF carrying away. A sale oil the
booty by the soldiers went on under
the very eyes OF their Officers. Al "a
late hour In the afternoon the kallgh
regiment arrived on a special traln
from Biala and measures were lhs,l
tuted 20 put a stop 10 the trouble IN
spite Of this. however. shooting con
tinued up % a late hour Sunday night
A correspondent OF the Associated
Press who was not able 90 get INTO
Siedlcc Sunday. started for there a
second time Monday morning.
siedIce As a town Of 10000 people.
i.alf Of whom are Jews.
Artillery was used al Sicdlce Mon
day morning Buildings on thtte
streets were destroyed.
A cording 20 reports received NJ
warsaw twenty-five Jews were Killed
and 600 wounded during the pogrom.
six buildings in the big bazaar Guy
| IN flames added another terror 10 lhC
B killing and plundering. Frequent
/ sbots and occasional volley firing were
sin heard IN many different parts Of
| The town. but because OF the general
| manic Il was difficult 90 learn accurate
/ IN lust what was transpiring.
So far as possible 20 learn there
hoyo beep about sixty persons killed
and 200 wounded
I Hundreds Of Jews assembled Mon
day al the railroad station awaiting a
means OF getting out OF town. but
sledlco a surrounded by troops, who
DO not permit exit or entrance lSlu
guns occupy points OF vantage on 'n'
principal streets. ~
There seems no doubt the Terror
Ists are responsible for provoking the
massacre by fusillades from roofs ana
windows on Saturday against soldiers
and policemen. who were patrollinH
the streets Troops surrounded house.
from which this firing came ano
noured In yolleys through windows an1
doors This was followed by a search
OF the premises. which soon deVei
oped into wholesale piundering and
subsequently into massacre and
slaughter. Trouble began on Pienkna
street and spread rapidly 10 the large
norton OF the town. Almost all Jew
ism shops were looted and owners who
defended their property Killed OF
wounded. Any person seen leayinl
a house or looking out OF a windo"
was shot without mercy.
A telegram received here iroir
siedlce Monday morning says riotinl
and shooting there continued. Reyolu
tionists are firing ut the soldierly IRON
windows and troops are replying witt
yolleys. The Llbau infantry regimen
took the principal part In the mas
sacre. Some passengers on through
train we're bit by stray shots on sun
day. Loot offered for sale by sol