Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-11
AN EYE WITNESS TELLS HIS STORY Families Who Barricaded Their Houses Have Been Three Days Without
 Food
FUCITTVES IN A CHURCH
Took Shelter From Soldiers Bullet. Principal Streets of Siedlce
 Devastated.

Warsaw, Sept 1.-The correspon- dent of the Associated Press inter- viewed refugee from Siedlce to- day. The man said:
 T was staying Saturday at the Ku- piecki hotel in Siedlce. Suddenly, at g o'clock in the evening, heard two shots. which were at once followed by volley. In few moments a number of Jewish women and chill dren rushed into the hotel, pursued by soldiers. The shooting continued for an hour. Then the only noise from the streets was the crying and moaning of the wounded. At mid- night several soldiers passed the house singing martial songs. learn ed that troops had been searching houses in an effort to discover mem- bers of the terrorist band To this end they went through the Wiktorja hotel and pillaged the wine room They got drunk rapidly, and coming out on to the streets began wholesale murder and plumber.
 At 2 o'clock Sunday morning ter rorists who were defending a house on Pienka street threw bomb at the soldiers. Batteries bombarded houses on Pienka and Warsaw streets The Kupiecki hotel, where I was staying, was destroyed. Refugees were flee- ing through the streets, and as they ran the soldiers were constantly flr- ing volleys at them.
 T ran with the others and man. aged to reach a church in safety. Here 300 fugitives, most of them wounded, already had congregated.
 This was at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. I had passed down Scko- 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 1t. We made our way through streets covered with debris. There were many dead bodies and wounded persons lying about. We finally reached the village of Ros- kosz.
 Most of the families in Siedlce who barricaded themselves in their houses out of fear of the soldiers have now been three days without supplies. The wounded has 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 police persecution.
 Other refugees declare that the principal plunderers were reservists who passed through Siedlce on Sun- day on their way home.
 It was learned here to-day that the reign of bloodshed at Siedlce had ceased, at least for the time being. Troops are camped in the streets, and a systematic search of houses and persons is being carried on. The au- thorities have opened an inquiry into the outbreak. Medical assistance for he wounded is needed. According .o the best information about 100 persons were killed in Siedlce.
 Many persons took shelter in the | 'arious churches from the hail of | hot. Others remained for two days | ying fat on the floors of their apart | nents for protection against flying | ,ullets They were without food or water. The four principal streets of | he town have been almost devastat- | d. and elsewhere many houses were | damaged and footed or burned. Many Jews managed to get out of the city md iee to neighboring villages.