Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
The Associated Press Investi-
gates the Reported Massa-
cres at Bailystok
FINDS NEWS NOT EXAGGERATED
Tales Of Atrocities Are Too Horrible
for Belief-one Woman Faints at
Recollection Of crueIties She Wit
a.nessed-Exact Figures in Regard to
81 the Number Of Killed Not obtainabe.

Grodno, Russia, June 20.-Owing to
the refusal of the censor at Bialystok
to permit free telegraphing, the result
of the investigation by the Associated
Press of the massacre of the Jews
there it's correspondent came here. The
anti-Jewish rioting at Bialystok is
now ended. The troops are in full
raised, it is certain the authorities will
not permit the renewal of horrors re-
Gently permitted al Bialystok. This
entire region is greatly excited owing
to the fear that the Bialystok massacre
was only signal for a general attack
on the Jews thruout the pale, and in
Poland, but if any such conspiracy eX-
istAd it is too late to carry out ths
plans as most imperative orders to
prevent future outbreaks have been is
sued TO the governors and governor
generals from st. Petersburg.
When the correspondent. arrived a.
Bialystok Sunday morning the worst
was already over, but on all sides there
wer evolting evidences of savage bes-
tiality on the part of the blood-drunk-
en- mobs, which sacked and burned the
Jewish houses. shops and stores. The
mad orgie blood pillage went on un-
checked. The inhumanity displayed
would have done credit to Mongo!
Hordes of Genghis Khan in his con-
quests of China and Central Asia early
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police and troops were urged on by th.
mob, but finally, when dismayed by the
Bloody deeds accomplished. they re-
luctantly sought to obey the orders of
their superiors to put an end to the
work of the ra pacious bands of roushs,
who were SO far beyond control of the
local forces, that regiment after regi-
ment had to be thrown into the city,
before order could be restored.
During the rioting the Jews were
hunted down by the ferocious pursu-
ers who in the majority Of cases were
not content with the killing of more
victims. but tore them to pieces, like
wild animals, and walile this was i'll
progress the troops either stood idly
by, or, as was more frequently the
case, fired into the houses and shops,
where the Jews were concealed. under
the pretext that they believed them to
be revolutionists, but really to make
way for the murderers and plunderers
who followed in the soldiers wake.
While it is impossible to give the
exact figures the visits of the corre-
spondent to the hospitals and ceme-
teries enables him to give the approx
innate killed at a hundred Jews and
twenty Christians, and the wounded at
one hundred and fifty Jews and seven
Christians The question of the origin
of the massacre was carefully investi
gated Altho many Jews denied that
bomb was thrown at the Corpus Chris
ii procession Thursday, the fact that
the bomb was thrown is established
beyond doubt. but the. question who
threw the bomb remains unsettled. I'm
partial witnesses, however. demon
strate that an insulting cry enraged
the Jews who attacked the religious
procession. Then from one end of the
city to the other the police spread the
report of the attack, thus tanning the
religious fanaticism of the Christians
and setting loose the worst elements
upon the Jews, on whom the crowds
watching the procession had already
turned. The Jews at first fought with
revolvers and bombs, and with their
weapons the majority of the Christian
victims are killed. But the Jews were
soon overwhelmed, and fled for shelter
into the cellars or attics. The soldiers
watched this chase and butchery,
som etimes laughing with indifference,
but never failing to fire into the houses
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number Of a hundred, were making
their stand against their assailants.
The authorities, who wanted to do
something to stop the ma assacre, were
with the police and troops in open
sympathy with the mob and were ut
terly powerless. Altho it is freely
charged that high authorities Of Bialy-
stok deliberately organized the mas
sacre, or, If this was not the case, it
was carried out under orders from ST.
Petersburg, but there is no evidence
to support either charge.
Tales of atrocities committed are in
Vulnerable. and while some of them
may be exaggerated, enough has been
established to make almost anything
creditable. The mob seemed to delight
torturing its victims. strips of flesh
were cut from their bodies, children
were snatched from their mothers
arms, and taken by the legs and BRAIN
ed on pavements, before the eyes of
their parents. An old Jew was be-
headed, and the shastly trophy was
carried all day at the end of pike. thru
the streets. In many cases the heads |
of victims We're beaten to Jelly with !
stones A rioter seized a tive4year- old !
girl by the throat and held her at arms |
length until she strangled to death |
Little children seemed to take pleasure |
pointing out the hiding places Of jews |
Mutilated corpses. swarming with flies, |
We're left lying about the streets in |
some cases, for days. A badly injured |
Jewess in hospital, described the |
scenes. and said: Hell was within |
human beings, and they enacted the