The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-09-13
SLAUGHTER jews
BY THE HUNDRED
CHASTITY Atrocities Perpetrated
by Russian Soldiery at
Siedlce.
MASSACRE WAS PLANNED
Christians Were Told 60 Hang Out
ikons So They Would Not Be At
taekeS-oHeers Do Net
Interfere.

Siedlce. Poland. Sept. IA Jewish
massacre surprising In seriousness all
previous ones In this vicinity took
place here Saturday and Sunday. II
was carefully planned beforehand. the
soldiers warning the Christian popu-
lation In advance to hang out their
ikons so they might remain undis-
turbcd.
Saturday night some tcrrorists killed
two soldiers and thcrcupon the Libau
regiment broke forth In unrcstraincd
fury. They began numbering Jews ON
every hand and continued the slaugh-
ter all night Saturday and oil lay sun
day. The CHASTITY work OF numbering
and p~illaging continued until an early
hour this morning. when Governor
General Skallon tclcgraphcd FOR per-
mission To use the artillery.
Slaughter Was F%riehtful.
Four batteries then opened fire down
PIenkna, Warsaw and Aliena streets.
which were inhabited by thousands OF
Jews. The d.slrucilc- was hcrr!hl..
Ag n result OF the -vnCrdl slaughter
IL Is estimated hat fully zoo Jews were
killed and 1000 wounded. Three thou
sand prisoners are In custody. n great
many OF whom nre wounded. Not n
colder was killed. This morning squads
of soldiers were parading through the
streets selling pillngcd watches and
jcwclry. Army officers openly coun-
tenanccd the selling OF loot. Local
Governor Engclkc took no steps To pre-
vent the Outrage.
Carnival OF Slaughter.
81. Petersburg. Sept. l0.-Fightlng
which broke out IN SIedlcc. Russian Po-
land. Saturday night. developed yester-
day into n carnival OF lndiscriminate
slaughter and pillagc In which the sol
iiery and mob took part, Unfortunate
Jews were shot and ~bayoneted In the
streets OF the town.
Houses and shops were wrecked and
yaluables were carried OF n offered
for sale by the soldiers to passengers
on passing trains. In addition the Jews
and A number OF Christians. even some
officers. met death IN the fighting.
A conservative estimate places the
number OF victims nj 40. Reports from
Warsaw and other towns In the vicin-
nv OF sIedlce place the number OF Vie
time Mt several hundred.
T~error.sts Blamed Again.
Early reports az the Sicdlcc mas
sacres put the responsibilities nj the
door OF the terrorists. but fugitivcs de-
clare the soldiers never would have
been allowed to get so completely u
~ hand without conuivance. u not ac-
tunl direction OF their officers. This
first reports received az the Binlystok
massacre last June said the terrorists
we're To- blame there also.
IL Is difficult To obtain the details
OF the trouble ut Siedlcc as the town
was surrounded yesterday by soldiers
and nobody was allowed To enter. Ias-
songcrs. however. who arrived NJ u
snw during the night gave the foNow-
ing account OF the slaughter:
After the murder Of a policeman by
the terrorists Saturday night and the
firing OF n volley by the troops into the
nssembled crowd. which resulted In
inc killing OF two citizens and the
y~NoundIug of many more. the ~tcrroTtsts
held "A meeting and decided To exact
vengeance by the OF /"
general campaign against the police
and troops. similar To the recent actiN-
ity along the same lines IN warsaw
In the course OF sunday morning twelve
patrolmcn and soldiers were Killed.
Wanton Plundering.
AS a result OF this the L.ibau rcgl-
mcnt. In a state of Infatuated anger.
left its barracks I'm the afternoon ana
marched into the Jewish quarters.
shooting right and left as IL went. h
troops were Joined by crowds OF hooi-
ignns who co-operatcd In ~plundering
and wantonly destroying everything
they were unable and undesirous OF
carrying away.
The sale OF booty by the soldiers
went on under the very eye OF their
officers.
Al n late hour yesterday afternoon the
Kaluga regiment arrived ON "A special
train from Blni and measures were In
stitutcd To put "A stop to the pogrom'
In spite III this. however. the shooting
continued up tn "a late hour last night.
a correspondent OF the Associated
Press. who was not abb" TO get INT"
SlcdIcc yesterday. started for there the
second time this morning. Sicdlcc u a
town OF 10000 people. half ot whom aro