The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-14

soldiers.
Warsaw. September ll-Wth the
sanction Of the authoritics. Nha uro-
Vtded IN armed guard fur the mission.
the Associated Press ~ndcnt
this afternoon visited sicdlc sac cene
Of the murdcTo4s events 81 september
). : and d.. The railway station Al
S!edIce. when The correspondents arrls-
ed there vas crowded with Jews.
among whom were man starving wo-
men with infants in their arms. Al
most on tho there fell uron
the cars 81 the frightened people tho
sound OF a yollcy being fred IN the
town, which lies half a mile JACK of
the station. \ panic ,nalrL. mon
trembling with fear and women i'm
pIoring he soldiers FOR mercy anticl-
pating the slaughter Of th.!I loved ones
and themSclNsz. Gcudavm,- on zuard
al the station entered the waiting runm
and roughly ordered the p,ua.. tn 10
quiet. assuring them their alarm was
needless. Proceeding 10 tht town. tho
correspondent traycrSgd Warsaw street
which presented a desulatc aspect. he
stores and shops being closed and all
Of them showing signs OF having been
Dlundered. Pictures of saints hang
Ing outside the Windows II many
houses. mute appeals 10 the soldicry
and doctors TO spare the inmates. Every
where in the street were 10 b" seen sol
diers ready TO fire on the least proyoca-
ton. The streets were Uttered with
Jews hats, torn clothing and damaged
carts.
The most severe damage had been
done in Pienkna street where housEr
were riddled with bullets and in many
instances walls had been demolished
with cannon shots. and goats escaped
from their pens wandered through the
streets aimlessly.
At the Victoria hotel the rlninE
room had been despoiied OF It's furnish
ings and the doors OF the guests rooms
had been broken down and their oon-
tents thrown into the streets and burn
ed. From this point the correspondent
was obliged 10 turn back. citing
having recommended.
He was made n prisoner by some EoI-
diers. but shortly afterwards released
by the governors order.
Refugees state that Governor En-
gelke was taken sick a week ago and
that control Of affairs in Siedlce then
passed into the hands Of Colonel Such
anowski. an anti-Semite. The people
at once began 10 desert the town. ap-
pretending an attack upon he Jews.
Another refugee states that Saturday
night the doctors 1T the Jewish hogpit-
al In Siedlce lighted the gas I'm that in
csf+4tFED- rus.~,
upon the wounded who had been
brought in. who numbered seventy.
when without warning the soldiers i'm
the street opened fire upon the hospital
killing two Of the inmates.
A a man was taking his wife and
newly born child 10 "a hospital they
were fired upon by the soldiers and the
wife and child were killed.
! Jew yentured out Of his house To
bring some water for his thlrstlng 1T
tie ones. As often IA he reached tho
door with a pail ~ water Soldiers uprn-
PEELED him 10 empty the pail upon IN.
ground. This vas done eleven times
The twelfth time the father appeared
with water for his children the ofIcer
fthe guard washed his boots IN the
pail and made the children drink The
"6AEE- III MANI t1SS I'll" @fsAAfEa
have spared the lives OF the Jews upxux
The payment Of SIS.
~ actual count l40 oorps"z were
up In the streets. and Il Is stat
- h as many more bodies are hid
den IN cellars Only one Christian Ii
known To have been killed. and - far
az can be learned no soldier was
Killed.
Train loads Of f~ugi,ives are leaving
FOR the south.
4 Jewish child who begged permits
sion % q military officer 10 seareh for
parents was kicked away b. the
Officer.
Here In Warsaw there are some fears
OF an outbreak. Soldiers tonight
he Jewish quarter. Several
resulted and two were killed
and eleven seriously wounded
Forfy-two supposed revolu'tonists
been arrested here and vii he
tried D. a field court martial.
4 military officer was killed here to-
by ~terroTfgtE