New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-04
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bed there" she continued. "ihey
we're hidden beneath comfort. !
asked her for part OF NJ. but she sara
there was not enough for both Of US.
How old were your children the
chairman asked.
The Oldest was. four; ne would nave
been five Yesterday the witness re
piled. as tears Hlled her eyes IL
would have been his birthday. ne
ot.ers were t~o and a half and SIX
months.
after got in the cellar | told Mrs
Costa that the tents were being burned,
but after about ten minutes ! became
unconscious. That was about = 2'clock'
md remained that way ali night IN
I'll about $50 the next morning.
Didn't Know Children's Fate.
On April p, the following day, Mrs;
Petrucci went on. she looked out and
saw that few tents. five or slN, had
ro.' been burned. Guards were coming
from them. She then ran to the depot:
When she reached it safely she asked
woman to look for her children. but
thew we're not alive then. All this
time Mrs. Petrucci declared she was
partly dszed.
"As went up the road. acted like
drunken person. | suffered terribly
when ! regained consciousness. After
7 had got 20 the station, some one paid
for nv ticket to Trinidad. | still felt
bad when ! reached that place. Then
| went to bed with pneumonia for nine
days"
commissioner Walsh asked if she
knew her children were dead when she
vas taken from the cellar.
NO" she answered with a sigh, as
sbo Thought OF the events OF that single
Tho witness said she first told her
story 20 Mrs. Champion in Denver
When she went to Washington for the
congressional Commission 1t was her
first trip out Of Colorado. But be
cause of her condition she wss unable
TO take the stand then,
Questioned by Commissioner ven
stock. the witness could not explain
how the fire started. She knew, now
ever. that her tent was the first TO 60
and that the blaze had been set from
tho outside while she was IN It with
her children. the smallest in her lap.
Mrs. Petrucci said that because OF
her condition, her semi-consclousness
and inability TO think clearly she
made no attempt to find her cnildreh
herself before leaving for Trinidad
Another woman and L. she con-
tinued, in answer to question from
Commissioner Garretson. were the
only ones. except some children, to get
out of the cellar alive. She regalned
consciousness first.
Mrs. Dominiski's Story.
Mrs. Dominiski's story Of the events
of April 20, 1914. was no less graphic
than her companions She was asked
20 90 more in detail in certain events,
and she related all the facts IN
steady voice. her eyes roaming from
the Commissioners to the WINDOWS III
front Of her as she spoke.
She relied almost entirely on snort,
,implc words. and even an occasional
grammatical error did not de;rae' from
the forcefulness Of her testimony.
She stated that she was llving III
Ludlow last April, and was Of the Dali
game the day before the so-called mas
sacre. ,,..
while We were there some militia
came along and pointed their guns nj
the men on the field. Three of them
were on foot and there was iourth
man on horseback. 4 man near me said
We can watch this game all right I;
there is no need Of guarding u.s.. Sew
eral women began joking about using
firearms. and one Of the militia replied !:
60 ahead and have your laugh to-day !;
tomorrow you'll get your roast
AT 10 o'clock the next morning We
learned that the 'milish' had come
again. NV hubbard was at the office
camp and was getting ready 20 wash.
They came up 70 MIR. 1iEas, the Greek
leader, and demanded that he produce
certain man within half an hour. lie
said that was impossible, as the man
WAS not then in the camp. Then they
threatened 20 search the camp.
81 was standing near by she went
on. looking straight at Chairman
Walsh; 81 went. TO neighbor's house
20 get some postal cards: Ihere was a
tolenhone call for Mr.. Tikas TO 20 70
the military camp. lie hnally started
20, tho depot, and ! set out for home"
Mrs. Dominiski went on TO tell how
che heard the music made By the
Creeks celebrating their holiday, She
hen heard n woman say, We mad bet
fIr Get out of here; the militia . com
ING" A little while after that she
leaked out toward the military camp
and heard a bomb fired.
Women and Children Slain.
The militia was then going toward
Water Tank Hill. and after Mrs. Dom
;niski found a woman 10 take her chill,
Jrsu 10 the pump station she started
for the Office TO see her husband VINO
vas checking up his time.
"Ther | saw Tikas, with handher-
chief in each hand. come running up
,be road. lie said: Get back and scat
,gr, Then another bomb was fired and
/ hurried TO the pump station and went
into the WELL. ...5
The witness described how she found
.u,o of her children in the big cavern
u,;,b two landings in il. II was about
eighteen feet wide. and was then oocu-
MED by sixty or eighty persons.
~ grabbed my other child. she con.
timed. "and ran 10 a barn, after ] had
been warned that we'd be shot II We
STAYED in the we'll. Later my little girl
started for the barn; she was shot o.
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