The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-12
MASSACRE
 OF THE JEWS Horrible Slaughter in Town of Siedloe. 40 BODIES IN THE STREETS As Many More Said to Be Con-
 cealed in Cellars. Only One Christian Is Known to Have Been Killed, While Not a sol-
 dier Figures in Cas-.
 ualty List.
40 BODIES IN THE STREETS

Warsaw, Sept 11.--A correspondent of the Associated Press. accompanied by a guard provided for that purpose. today visited siedlce. the scene of the murderous events of September 8, 9 and 10.
 The railway station at Siedlce, when the correspondent arrived, was crowd ed with Jews, among whom were many starving women with infants in their arms. Almost on the moment there fell upon the ears of the frightened people the sound of Q volley being fired in the town, which lies half a mile back of the station. A panic ensued. men trembling with fear and women impIoring the soldiers for mercy, an- ticipating the slaughter of their loved ones and themselves. Gendarmes on guard eat the station entered the walt ing room and roughly ordered the peo- pie to be quiet. assuring them that their alarm was needless.
 Proceeding to the town. the corre- spondent traversed Warsaw Street. which presented desolate aspect, the stores and shops being closed and all of them showing signs of having been plundered. Pictures of saints were houses, mute appeals to the soldiery and looters to spare the inmates, Ev- anywhere in the street were to be seen soldiers really to fire on the least provl ocation. The streets were filtered with Jews hats, torn clcthlng and damaged carts.
 The most severe damage had been done in Pienkna. Street, where the houses were ridd1ed with bullets and In many instances walls had been de- nolished with canron shot Cows and goats wandered through the streets aim1essly.
 At the Victoria Hotel the dining s IA. .r..a- ings ard tie doors of the guests room had been broken down and their con- tents thrown into the streets and burn ed.
 From this point the correspondent was obliged to turn back, shooting hav- ing recommended. He was made pris- oner, but shortly afterward was re- leased by the Governors order.
 Refugees state that Governor Engelke was taken sick a week ago and that control of affairs In Siedlce then pass ed into the hands of Colonel Tuchan- owsxi, an anti-Semite. The people at once began to desert the town, appre- hending m attack upon the Jews.
 soldieru Lombard Houses.
 It is asserted that paid provocative agents so contrived matters that Sat- urday the soldiers began shooting in the streets and bombarded houses, the occupants being forced to flee. To quicken the flames the soldiers threw oil upon the burning houses. An army officer stumbling upon a wounded Jew killed him. It is related that soldiers killed She Jewish proprietor of fruit store, put his body under a table and ate his provisions as they were spread on the table.
 Another refugee states that satur- day night the doctors at the Jewish hospital lighted the gas in that in- stitution preparatory to operating on the wounded who had been brought in, numbering seventy, 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 child to a hospital they were fired upon by soldiers and the wife and child were killed.
 A Jew ventured out of his house to bring some water for hls thirsting children. As often as he reached the door with pail of water soldiers compelled him to empty the pail on the ground. This was done eleven times. The twelfth time the father appeared with water the officer of the guard washed his boots in the pail and made the children drink the fouled water.
 In many cases the soldiers spared the lives of Jews upon the payment of 325. By actual count 140 corpses were picked up in the streets and 1t Hs said that as many more are hidden in cellars. Only one Christian is as can be learned no soldier was killed. The undiscipined soldiery act ed with utmost brutality all through the troubles.
 Here in Warsaw there are some fears of an outbreak