Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-30
Chicago Tribune'S War Cor
respondent Sends Grue-
some Story From Petrograd
of Cruelty by Germans,
PRISONERS EAR is
SLICED WITH SHEARS
BarbariSm Ordered by One of.
kaiser'S High Officers and.
MutiIation Is Perpetrated by|
Lieutenant,
by ROBERT II. MCCORMICK.

tCopyrlght; 1910: BY The Chicago Tribune.1
Petrograd, May 4-The following
story of the torture by German off
GERS of Russian peasant in civilian
clothes was told TO me. through an
Interpreter, by the victim himself.
He told me that almost all of his
right ear was cut off with a pair of
shears. A photograph of him showing
the mutilated ear was secured.
The interview with the peasant took
place in the library of the Prince of
Oldenberg's hospital yesterday Mon
day. May 800, beginning at 3 p. m
Franklin A. Gaylord and f. NJ. Course
translated my questions into Russian
and the answers into English. Donald
c. Thompson. the Tribune photogra-
pher, was another person present at
the interview
The victim was Porfirl Panasuk
sergeant of the One Hundred and For
ty-first Russian infantry. He was act
ing as a scout in civil' (spy) when
arrested by the Germans. At the con-
clusion Of my interview with him his
answers were again read TO Panasuk
in Russian, verified and sworn to by
him.
Story Further Verified.
The truth of Panasuk's story is fur
ther atteste by an affidavit which
follows at the end of this story, signed
by members of the bureau of inquiry
of the Russian army staff, and by
Lieutenant Dieterie of the German
army, who was present when Panasuk
gave his testimony before the bu-
READ of inquiry at Lonia.
| obtained Panasuks story by
method IF questions and answers. His
story as told in that form to me is as
follows
"Q.-Your name? A.-Porfiri Ge-
rasimovitch Panasuk.
"Q.-Born? Achievement Kief,
county Taraschanse.
"Q.-Age? A.-26.
"Q.-Rank? A-Sergeant, One
Hundred and Forty-first infantry.
"Q.-What doing when captured?
A-Scout in civil, arrested by lieu
tenant and four soldiers.
"Q.-Where taken? A.-Headquar-
ters cavalry regiment at Rosoki
"Q.--When? A.-l5 March CRus-
sian), between s and p. m.
"Q.-What was the first thing they
did? A.--Offered money for infor-
nation.
"Q.-What questions asked2 A.
They asked whereabouts various reei-
ments: First Siberian army corps,
Second Turkestan corps, Second Cau-
casian corps. Fifth army corps, Nine
teenth army corps, Fourth army
corps, Siberian.
"Q.--Were these corps near there
A.--They were near there.
"Q.-What answer did he give
A.-iHe said he knew nothing about ii
and was not soldier
Would Torture Him to Death.
"Q.-Then what did they do? a,
They told him that il he told them
they would release him: if not they
would torture him TO death.
"Q.--Who were present? Al
An officer in epauets whom the SOL
diers treated with great delerence'
with white shoulder belt and regl-
mental number seven on round epau-
let's. lieutenant of the general stan =
Ten lieutenants of the Seventh reel-
ment 3. Red Cross officer with
number SIS on his epaulets. A. TWO
soldiers with guns.
"Q.-Who did the talking. Al
First under officers who spoke IN
Polish. When he refused to answer
they spoke in Russian. Second,
lieutenant colonel called him a spy
"Q-What happened next? A--He
said they had a right to treat MN as
a spy, but that neither Russians nor
Germans had a right to torture prs
oner Then the officer of high RANK
ordered in German that SCISSORS DC
brought. young officer took tneill
from among the papers on the tapie'
(Panasuk demonstrated that the sels-
sors were a little longer than ms III
dex finger,) They said, Tell re re-