The evening world., 1914-10-02
francesca Gallegcs Declares
He Saw Them Shoot Men,
Women and Children.
SAMPLE OF FIRE STICK.
Victor Bogaert, Kentucklan,
Robbed as Well as Arrested,
Brings Home One.

Ing that held the town Tor TWO TOR.
ribie days in August-were passsn-
gers aboard the White Star liner
Cedric, In to-day from LIVERPOOL with
l.sos refugees In her three CLASSES.
Francisco Gallagos. ono OF the twain.
10 q native OF San Salvador. q former
studont at the University Of Louvain.
which was destroyed. and one cal
cu,ateA 10 give an unprecedented 20.
count of the city's sacking. The
other narrator was Victor BoEasrt.
q Bcigian by birth but an American
citizen for many ysars and resident
Of Lexington. KY.
"rne bombardment Of the town BY
thu advancing Germans did little
damaes," said oallegos. There was
no evidence that tho Germans had
any intention to wreck tho city by
their shells, but only to drive the
Beirians out. Before the Beigians
retreated tho Chief of Stan ordered
Al, citisens Of Louvain to give up
their arms for tho protection OF the
town. Searching parties even were
sent through the oity to Insure
against the secretion Of any arms
which might be used by civilians
against the Germans and 20 invite
reprisals by the enemy. I believe
that this search was thorough and
that not q single non-combatant In
Louvain possessed oven 20 much a.
a pistol after the Belgian army COM
pleted its evacuation.
''Ths conauering Germans. whom
they went away. left about 900 men
TO hold the town and to guard the
supply trains. The battalion was made
up Of Prussians and Bavarians. They
looted the wine shops. saw German
oficers passing bottles Of wine to their
non and taking the stock from to-
bacoo stores to distribute among their
troops. Soon there were many drunk
en- Germans on tho streets. Then
they became ugly. lighting amons
and trying to pick quar-
rels with the citizens. They searched
tho town for weapons, even stopping
and taking their pocket
knives from them. They found no
other weapons.
'On the night OF Aug. rs the drunk
en- orgy turned to savagery and shoot.
Ing began. ! am firmly convinced
that the citisens did not begin II, fol
they had no arms. was In my board
Ing place near tho university whom
I heard the shots. saw men In gray
uniforms running through the streets
with torches In their hands. I saw
them set fire to houses and shoot men.
women and children as they ran int,
tho streets-some in their night
clothes The shotoing was done in cold
blood.
"The whole sky that night was red
with fire. and the next day the burn
ing continued. I saw my university
tho beautiful old University Of Lou
In flames. saw the
bodies OF old men and women lyins
In the streets where they had been
shot. I spent a whole day hiding In
. cellar. Finally. on Aug. 20. I man.
aged to mako my way out of the
city. more than half OF which was
then lying in smoking ruins. !
walked a. ono of q long stream OF
pitif,ll refugees. bound for 0hent and
the safe some beyond. In that ter.
ribis procession were many who
pushed. little carts bearing tho bodies
OF their dead or seriously wounded.
Finally I reached ostend and found
a way TO set TO England.
n can explain the burning Of Lou
vain no better than to ssy Il was the
result Of . drunken Orgy"
Mr.. Bogaert said. Il went first to
I.ouvain on Aug. 20 to see q friend.
Louis Won Leeuw. The Germans were
In possession of the town aud every
thing was orderly. l returned to
Brussels and then. thinkin that at
Louvain might get a passport from
the Germans to permit mo I, 20 TO
Liege. where my brother lived, I re-
turned to Louvain. All the Ger
mans had gone except some compa-
MES OF Prussian and Bavarlan troops
and they we're rapidly getting drunk.
Somehow the report spread through
the companies of the Bavarians that
the French were coming. and early
In the evening of Aug. 20 they began
firing Unfortunately. 1 heard them
Tho French are hcre!' The
Prussisns, In another section OF town,
heard tho firing and thought 1t was
coming from the civilians. So they
ran from house to house. summoning
the residents out on the streets. shoot
Ing them and firing their houses.
THE daughter OF my friend Van
Leeuw was married to the son of q
rich man, Edward Van Ertryck. That
night this young woman and her hus-
band were at the home of the old
folks. A knock came ut the front
door. Both Van Ertryck and his SON.
lnelAw went 20 ~ DEER ne. O..