The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-19
JEWS FOUGHT AS
BEST THEY COULD
Victims of BiaIyStok Horror Did
Not TameIy Submit to
Slaughter.
STORIES STAGGER BELIEF
SOLDIERS AIDED IN FEARFUL
MASSACRE.

St. Petersburg. June 1S.-The embar-
go on news from Bialystok was lifted
today and the Associated Press staff
correspondent was for the first time
allowed to telegraph directly from the
sacked city picture of the scene of
ruin and desOIa ton left in the wake of
the mob. According to frequent bulle-
tins order Nas restored and maintained
throughout the day in spite of incen-
tive to disorder at funerals which we're
in progress almost the whole day; but
the atmosphere is supeFcharged and a
slight event may suffice to precipitate
a renewal Of street fighting. The au-
thorities apparently realize this, and
hope TO avert such a catastrophe by
show of force. On one occasion the
whole garrison was called out on some
alarm and the streets we're literally
packed with horse, foot and artillery
until the danger was passed.
Story a Dreadful One.
The story told by the Associated
Press correspondent is dreadful one
but there are indications that he has
been prevented by the censorship from
relating further details about the con-
clifton of cOrpses, the utter bestiality
of the mob and the inability of the
troops TO cope with the excuses dur
ing the first days of the riOting.
It is evident from the dispatches that
the excess assumed the character of a
three-cOrneTed fight between the mill
taTy. the mob and armed members Of
the Jewish bund who instead of sub
uniting passively to slaughter, as their
UnaTmed Co-Teligionists have done here
tOfOre, carried the war into the en-
emy's camp any fought bTave1y. though
without iuficting appreciate loss on
the troops. among whom no serious
CASUALTIES have been reported.
Unnerved by the Sight.
Horrible details have been sent out
by the COTTesp OHdent Of the BOuTse Ga
zette who managed to send his story
by a messenger Sunday afternoon The
correspondent. VINO accompanied
Stchepkin directly to the hospital, es-
coTted by a corpOraTs guard. says he
was utterly UnueTved by the sights he
witnessed there Merely saying that
the corpses were mutiIated," the cor
respondent writes, fails to describe the
awful scenes. The faces of the dead
have lost all human resemblance, and
the cOrpses simply are crushed masses
of flesh and bone soaking in blood. It
is impossible to conceive of such bes-
TALLY
Murder of Teacher APstein.
The corpse Of Teacher Apstein lay
in the grass with the hands tied. In
the face and eyes had been hammered
three-inch nails. Rioters entered his
home and after fearful outrages killed
him thus and then murdered the rest
OF his family Of seven. When the
corpse arrived at the hospital it was
also marked with bayonet thrusts.
Beside the body of Apstein lay the
corpse of a child of 10 years whose
leg had been chopped off with All ak
Here also were the dead from the
SchIaohter home, where, according to
witnesses, soldiers came and plundered
the house and killed the wife, son and a
neighbours daughter and seriously
wounded SchIachter and his two daugh-
tiers.
Butchered by Soldiers.
II am told that soldiers entered the
apartments Of the Lapidus brothers,
which were crowded with people who
had fed from the streets for safety,
and ordered the Christians to separate
themselves from the Jews. A Chris
tian student named DikaT protested
and was killed on the spot. Then all
Of the Jews were shot.
Some of the corpses- were marked
with fire. These had been brought
from a burned tannery and showed
bullet and bayOnet marks.
'Tn one corner of the yard was de-
mented JeWess trying to cover the body
of her husband but her efforts were in
vain. as the blood simply oozed from
beneath the Inadequate covering
Story of Victim.
From the wounded in the hospital
the correspondent heard many pitiabIa
stories. all Of the SEINE general tenor.
Here is the account of 4 badly wounded
merchant named Nevyazhiky:
- live in the suburbs. Learning Of
the POgTOm, I tried 70 reach the town
through the fields, but was intercepted
by roughs Ny brother was killed, my
arm and leg were broken, my skull was
fractured and 7 was stabbed twice in
the side I tainted from loss of blood
and revived 10 find a soldier standing
over me, who asked: What? Are you
still alive? Shall I bayonet your" I
begged him to spare my l'fa The
saying. He will die; leI I'm suffer
longer" P"
Government Responsible.
The correspondents who adopts the
bitterest tone towards the government
holds the POgrOm undoubtedly was pro-
vOked and attributes the responsibility
TO Police Lieutenant ScheTmatieff. and
says the distinctive characteristic of
the outbreak I'm which it differs from
the excuses at Odessa Kishinev,
Gomeland kiev. aside from bestiality. fs
the COMPARATIVELY small amount of ac-
tnaI rnnherias committed The nartic-