The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-25
Details Leaking Out of Extra
ordinary Event Engineered
by Germans
Several Hundred
Lost Their Lives
Wireless Brought English
French, Russians and laps
to Rescue-.Voluntccrs Made
Splendid Defense

Chicago, April ga special
correspondence letter to the
Daily News from its London cor
respondent says.
Sufficient details OF the recent
Singapore riot are beginning To
leak through To Indicate that it
was the most extraordinary ma
tive outbreak n Lritish colony
has experienced since the Indian
mutiny. Dramatic censored de-
tails are given in "a letter ] have
seen. just received by Mr..
lloyd. OF Kirby, Essex, from hts
son. q. j. Lloyd, stationed at Jo-
horc
The Singa pore affair. he writes,
has been very terrible The local
newspa pers were not allowed 30 pe
sent out Of the place, and We have
depended on wandering Chinese for
scraps Of information. A friend OF
mine returned last night. however. Tie
Went through II and knows all about
IL.
a" 'Thirty-three names Of dead Eu-
ropeans have been published. seven Of
whom were civilians. but the latter
are only 4 Csc who were in no volun
teer regimental associations of any
kind Really the majority OF the
killed were civilians. clerks or husi-
ness men belonging 10 local corps
Any number under hundred may he
dead as n matter nf fact, while the
rebels killed may no 800 to 500 The
rnutiny had been coming for n Ions
time. II was probably finally Matched
hy tae Turks In Singapore. who com
parattvely are really very few.
Mohammedan Troops Wild.
The Fifth Light Infantry. Moham
medan Indian Troops. broke out from
two different barracks simultaneous
IL and simply ran Wild. One bar
ra ok is next 10 the golf course Whe-
the mu,ineers had rushed out on &c
II the players merely thought a sham
fight was on and went on with their
game until some Of them were shot
down Two Of these shot dead with
their golf clubs In their hands were
a major and captain in the RoyaI
garrison artillery
Then on i1to the road rushed the
mutiueers. firing AT every white mar
and woman In sight. \ doctor and
his wife were shot in their motor
car. The doctor was killed outright
His wounded wife escaped death by
feigning 1t after staggering TO ditch
and fiinEirg herself dowz there
Another man and his wife were muir
dered in their automobiles and hor
rihiv mutilated with rifle butts. Out.
lying BUNGALOWS were attacked, this
Chinese servants being passed over
and Europeans searched for. NJ,
friend found three killed IL one bun.
calow. the bodies had lain there tive
days. NJ 4
Let Prisoners Out.
Meanwhile. at the other barracks
two of the British officers were muir
dered. The ynutineers guarding thu
German prisoners shot down thei,
loyal fellow sentries of the Singapore
Fifth rifles, and. opening the gates
let all the prisoners out. arming sorne
believe. There was pitched hat
tie IN defense of Government House
Sixty volunteer civilians p1uckil,
charged nearly three hundred mutt.
neer soldiers. who fred into then
and turned tail AT the point OF IN,
bayonet these civilians chased then
up the middle of the main road clear
of town.
" 4 should have said that ut the
first outbreak every white civilian WA
called up and armed. The Japan
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