The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-06-28
In the ysrd Of the Jewish Hospital,

In the ysrd Of the Jewish Hospital
where eighty.siE corpses were lait
side by side. I saw thirty cases Of
mutilation. In some, noses were cut
eff. In others the ears were cut of
f! In many cases nails were driven into
the face or skull. One old man had
bis eyes torn out.
A clerk named Bernstein was
dragged from a train and battered to
death. His body was afterward found
in field, handless, and with sharp
ened stick driven into the stomach.
The completely of officials, soldiers
and police has been established by IN.
coutrovertable evidence, and Will un-
questioDably be confirmed. In the Off
cial report. St. ChepkiD, a member
OF the Duma Inquiry Commission,
has established that the massacre was
not inspired from st. Petersburg, but
by local officials, who believe that the
Cars government desired the ma sa-
ere as a counterwaigbt against The
revolution.
have established the fact that
the massacre was planned days in ad-
vance. For instance, when the Jew
lsh deputation on Tuesday asked q
police officer named Sheremetieff for
permission to lay wreath on the
grave of a murdered police master
named Dergatchoff, Sheremetief cyn'
ically answered, You'll get an an
swer on Thursday" which was the
first day of the killing. Dergatcho1
was a clever and humane man, be-
loved by. Jews and Christians. His
murder by the Jew baiters gave bis
subordinates freedom to execute their
plot.
LAID TO THE GOVERNOR.
The Governor of Grodno Province
is equally guilty. he arrived Thurs-
day evening and stayed only two
hours. He did nothing to stop the
massacre, and worse violence follow
ed his visit. The appointment by
the Duma of an Investigating COM
mission caused q cessation Of Elaugh.
ter. The small proportion OF wound
ed to killed shows the impunity with
which the murderers we're allowed to
finish their victims. Some Of these
we're thrice killed by bullets, knives
and cudgels. Every ravaged house l
visited shows thai the raiders were
Left In possession for hours. a re
markable feature Of this massacre Is
the absence Of outrages on the wo-
men. Though thirty were killed,
there is no authenticated case Of out
rage discoverable. This3is explained
be cause the Hooligans and troops got
their orders only to kill"
The precise number Of deaths can
not be learned. There are eighty-si1
dead now In the jewish hospital and
seven in the Christian hospital, but
the corpses of those dragged from the
train and killed were buried without
being counted. The material des
truction is enormo JUS. In four i'm
portant streets nearly every window,
door and shutter is broken, except In
the Christians houses. M4ny Of the
wealthier Jews escaped, owing to the
iron gates of their court yards, but
the soldiers fired through the win.
dows. In one house I saw thirty rifle
bullet holes in the windows, though
there was nobody within save an old
ladv and a v3onnan servant
The houses into which the mob
broke were lltterally destroyed. Even
the wallpaper was torl down
The rioters stole everything e
portable; even children's toys were
sma, he'd. The heavy furniture and
the unsmashable things were thrown
out OF the windows. The merchants
account books weres burned, and only
the bare walls were left.
In a bakery, where the owner was
killed, the mob soaked the loaves OF
bread in q pool Of blood, leaving be-
mind an ironical note. In Levin's
mill, where Christians and Jews work
together. tho mobbites cut the cloth
and yarn belonging to the Jews leav.
ing the Christians yarn untouched.
1t is estimated that the loss will
amount two million roubles. The
relatives the victims have been de-
prived OF everything and are afraid
to re. center the houses. They are
begging In the Streets OF the town.