Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
HUNDREDS MURDERED.

walls, make off again.
HUNDREDS MURDERED.
Nobody In the building dares go to
see why such screams are coming from
LAS" room, for the fear of terrorists
exceeds any feelings OF humanity. The
ruffians walk down the common stair
case in broad daylight and coolly dis
perse in the street, to meet again later
in the day and get their blood money
from the Black Band. "A's" case is
that of hundreds of honest working
men who have perished in LODI dur
ing the last year or so and still are
perishing daily.
Even when he is dead the Black
Band has not vented all it's hatred up
on him. If he has been an ardent
anti-Socialist they win not even let
= his body rest in peace. 1t is;torn out
of its grave and thrown on the ground
hard by. Bodies in the LODI ceme-
terIos have been thus desecrated three
times, till military guard has been
set by the grave 10 prevent a repoti-
ton of such hidcous scenes. :.ome-
times the bodies disappear altogether,
and only the Black Band know what
has become of them.
Often II happens that n man whom
they have shot at and wounded in the
street is taken to the hospital by an
intrepid policeman or passing patrol,
and In that case the Black Band sends
its ruffians to finish their work at his
bedside. II Is not often that such "A
victim gets off as easily as one Michael
Michta did the other day, for only
lucky chance saved his life while In
hospital.
SHOT IN HOSPITAL
He and his friend. Andrew Blaoha---
both strong anti Socialists--were shot
at by order OF the Black Band, because
they voted against q strike at "A work.
mems meeting. Tf.y We're both
wounded Blacha seriously, and Mich
IA lightly, ana taken by n patrol 10
the hospital. Blacha had to be chloro-
formed, and after the operation was
carried Into ward No, 8. Michta had
been put into ward No. !. and feeling
fairly well one evening. put on "a hos
pital dressing gown ana went 10 see
how his friend Blacha was getting
on. They were chatting together
when a band Of men rushed into the
ward. went straight 20 Blacha's bed
and killed him with six or seven re-
yolver shots Mlchtn, who stood by
Jetriflod with fear heard them say,
''Now let's go TO ward No, and polish
of that rogue MIchta." Happily they
did not recognize him In his bandages
and drcsslng-gown, and ran off TO his
ward while he hid under his dead
friends bed TIL the hospital WAS rid
of his would-be murdorers, They ex-
pressed great surprise at not nndlng
MIohta IN ward No. Z. and looked un-
der all the beds In tho room Then
they left, promising 20 come another
time. And they ala not fall 10 crack
few Jokes with the other patients as
IL they had come on a natural and
praiseworthy errand.
ACTS OF sAVAGERY,
Their conduct was the more daring
because the hospital stands between
the cossacks' barracks and a prison,
which Is guarded by strong patrol
Mohta WAS Immediately removed 10
the prison hospital ana begs TO be
allowed 10 stay there, AZ he says ha IL
sure 10 be shot as soon as he goes out.
His friends are trying 10 get him over
the frontier. and thence 10 America;
nut his wife ana family will have Ia be
left behind FOR want OF funds Very
often the ter0llats try man 0ffhand