The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-09-13
SOLDIERS SHOOT INTO A JEW
ISH HOSPITAL.
EYEWITNESS TELL. ABOUT IT
People In a Panic-Throng Railroad
Station Begging for Their Lives
Victims All Jews Similar Out
break is Feared in Warsaw.

Warsaw, Sept. 12.-With the sane
ton of the authorities, who provided
an armed guard for the mission, the
Associated Press correspondent this
afternoon visited Siedlce, the scene
of the murderous events of Septem-
Der s, 9 and TO- The railway station
at Siedlce when the correspondent ar
rived there, was crowded with Jews,
among whom were many starving
women with infants in their arms.
Almost on the moment there fell up
on the ears Of the frightened people
the sound of a voley being fired in
the town which lies half mile back
of the station. A panic ensued, men
trembling with fear and women i'm
ploring the soldiers for mercy, anti
cipating the slaughter of their loved
ones and themselves. Gendarmes on
guard at the station entered the wait
ing room and roughly ordered the
people to be quiet, assuring them that
their alarm was needless.
Proceeding to the town the CORE
spondent traversed Warsaw street,
which presented desolate aspect,
the stores and shops being closed
and all of them showing signs OF hav-
ing been plundered. Pictures OF
saints were hanging outside the win
dows of many houses, mute appeals
to the soldiers and hooters to spare
the inmates. Everywhere in the
street were to he seen soldiers ready
to fire on the least provocation. The
streets were Uttered with Jews hats;
torn clothing and damaged carts.
The most severe damage had been
done in Pienka street, where the
houses were riddled with bullets and
in many instances walls had been de-
molished with cannon shot. Cows
and goats, escaped from their pens,
wandered through the streets aim
lessly.
At the Victoria hotel the dining
room had been despoiled of its fur
nishings and the doors of the guests
rooms had been broken down and
their coneents thrown into the streets
and burned. From this point the
correspondent was obliged to turn
back, shooting having recommended.
He was made prisoner by soldiers,
but shortly afterward released by the
governors order
Refugees state that Governor En-
gelke was taken i'll week ago and
that control of affairs in Siedlce then
passed into the hands of Colonel
Tuchanowski, an antisemite. The
people at once began to desert the
town, apparently fearing an attack
upon the Jews.
To quicken the flames, soldiers
threw oil upon burning houses. An
army officer, stumbling upon a
wounded Jew, remorselessly killed
him. 1t is related that soldiers kill
ed the Jewish proprietor Of a fruit
store. put his body under a table and
ate his provisions as they were
spread upon the table. A refugee
states that Saturday night the doc
tors at the Jewish hospital in Siedlce
lighted the gas in that institution,
preparatory to operating upon the
wounded who had been brought in.
who numbered TO- when, without
warning the soldiers in the street
opened fire upon the hospital, killing
two of the inmates.
AS a man was taking his wife and
newly born child to a hospital they
were fired upon by soldiers and the
wife and child were killed. A Jew
ventured out of the house to bring
some water for his thirsting little
ones. AS often as he reached the
door with a pail of water soldiers
compelled him to empty the pail upon
the ground. This was done eleven
times. The twelfth time the father
appeared with water for his children
the officer of the guard washed his
boots In the pail and made the child
rem drink the fouled water In many
cases the soldiers spared the lives Of
Jews upon the payment of $25.
BY actual count 140 corpses were
pickS1 up in the streets, and it is
staten that as many more bodies arc
hidden in cellars. Only one Chris
tian is known to have been killed,
and so far as can be learned no sol.
diers were killed Trainloads Of fugi-
tives are leaving Siedlce for the
south
Here in Warsaw there are some
fears of an outbreak.
Fought Duel on Car.
Macon, Ca, Sept. IL. - Lew w.
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