The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-11
MASSACRE AT SIEDLCE.
A Refugee Tells OF the Days and
Nights of Terror.

Warsaw, Sept. 1.-THE correspon-
| dent of the Associated Press inter-
viewed refugee from Siedlce today.
The man said:
81 was staying Saturday at the
Kupiecki hotel in Siedlce. Suddenly
at o clock in the evening heard two
shots which were at once followed by
volley. In a. few moments a num-
Der of Jewish women and children
rushed into the hotel, pursued by SOL
diers. The shooting continued for an
hour. Then the only noise from the
streets was the crying and moaning
of the wounded. At midnight several
soldiers passed the house singing mar
tial songs. I learned that troops had
been searching houses to discover
members of the terrorist band. To
this end they went through the WIKI
torja hotel and pillaged the wine
room They got drunk rapidly and
coming out on the streets began
wholesale murder and plumber.
AT O'Clock Sunday morning ter
rorists who were defending a house on
Pienkna street threw a bomb at the
soldiers. Batteries were at once
brought into play and bombarded
houses on Pienkna and Warsaw
streets The Kupiecki hotel was de-
stroyed- Refugees were fleeing
through the streets and as they ran
the. soldiers constantly fred volleys at
them.
E1eTe SUI TeIuReS, most OF LnGm
wounded, already had cOngregated.
This was at o'clock Sunday
morning. I had passed down soko-
lowka and Polvwa streets and found
that the market place had been
burned.
"At the end Of two days lack Of
food and water forced the refugees in
this church to leave it. We made our
way through streets covered with de-
brts. There were many dead bodies
and wounded persons lying about. We
finally reached the village of ROskosz.
Most OF the families In Siedlce
who barricaded themselves in their
houses out of fear of soldiers have
gone three days without supplies. The
wounded. have not been cared for. as
the soldiers will not permit physicians
to enter the town.
This refugee would not give his
name as. he feared persecution by the
police
A Jew refugee who escaped from
Siedlce with his wife and two wound
ed children, said;
It had small hardware store on
Pienkna street. Saturday at midnight
soldiers broke into the store and des-
troyed 1t. They could not find us as we
were hiding in the garrett The artillery
fire on Pienkna street made It necessary
for US to lie fat on the floor until Mon
day. Then the fire was so severe that
we were forced to flee We made our way
through the streets and the children
were wounded. When We reached the
fields we were almost starving
Other refugees declare that the prin-
cipal -pIunderers were reservists who,
passed through -Siedlce. on Monday On
their way home. srt~-,a
Threatened With Famine.
Berlin, Sept 1.-THE Lolkal Anzeiger's
correspondent at Siedlce says the famine
threatens the inhabitants of that place
All shops and offices have been closed
and dead silence prevails in the town.
Police Chief Killed.
Grodno, Poland, Sept. lion the pa
rade ground here yesterday an unknown
man killed Chief of Police GrizoJedeff
with a revolver. Ihe assassin escaped
Got on With $4,000
Kief. Sept. 11.-At Bjeljazerkov yester-
day a band of armed roughs attacked
the local branch of the discount bank in
full view of many people and got off
with $4,000. One bystander was killed
and one of the robbers, fearing capture,
committed suicide.