The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03

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wise guilty. That rnpine ana murder
and arson have been essential feat
mrs Of the Russian campaign IN
Eastern Prussia Poor Martha parhu
luts case Is merely typical
Martha PaCkulat's Story.
"Nv father owned IL large farm nj
saltcn. she said. IN her clear, irnd'I
voice "Hc (. dead My brother Is n
oIdier lived there with my mother
Iurrpr eleven weeks of the Russian
occupancy
Al first Russian patrols drove OH
tho farm stock Then came Christmas
Eve The two women were alone ih
the house Two Cossacks came lhry
knocked the women down with cIuh
bed sabres They dragged the nan
unconscious girl to an outbulldlis
one stood guard nt the door
Fox and turned awny our eyes
We could not look Mt this innocent glrl
AS she spoke-lunocent and virginia. IN
.plte " her PROCLAMATION Her voice
became a low monotone, devoir Of any
! infection. The gaps In her narrative
we're p%rrgnant with tragic meaning
"On January was visiting a
near BY farm. she continued, hf'lcNS
y when three regular soldiers cane
.rhpv knocked me down aud carried
mo 10 the barn. one remained al the
door with his rifle ready The other
tvo-I fought-but they were too
strong"
She did all that a pure aud fearless
woman could do She went TO the
Russian headquarters and asked the
staff officers there 10 see that her
nssailants were punished. As she
mlked To MI offlCer-gray headed,
masterful, with the badge Of a colonel
upon his Shoulders one OF her three
/ yiolators passed by.
There" she cried, pointing, that IS
enc Of the men "
Il don't know him" said the colonel
carelessly. Hes no man OF mine
Let me round out this CHASTITY tale
bv the narrative Of a greater sufferer
II may 20 to show that such things
happened everywhere-almost dur
Ing the Russian domination Of East.
cru Prussia.
Fox and | have made inquiries, and
we have yet to hear OF any Russian
soldier who was punished. They were
mere c~ommonplAces in every village
held by Russia, with the exception OF
two or three towns. We did not hear
of a single case OF p%rovocation by the
Germans. Remember that the Ger
mans-knowlng the Russ Of old-1ed
before the invasion. Only those who
we're unable to 20 or who we're fool
Ishly brave remained. We learned
these things because we were almost
on the heels Of the vanishing horde.
Mrs. Elizabeth Galitski's Story.
The Cossacks came to Jucknisch-
ken IN November" said Mrs. Eliza
beth Galitsh.
She IL a very ignorant woman, The
cabin In which she lives IL the abode
Of s%dualor. Lot that be admitted. She
Is twenty-eight years old, and Is by
no means devoid OF natural intelli-
gence. Her husband Is at the war.
Three children cluster around her
knees. She could not take them with
her II she had tried TO escape. She
preferred to suffer rather than aban-
don them.
The first day they came to Juck-
nischen two Cossacks found me In the
ward" said she, In the fiat, low voice
that every one OF those martyrsd won
on employ. They knocked me down.
Nv little children were there"
Her narrative Ia too dreadful-too
revolting-to be followed in detail. Let
II only be said that Oossacks swarmed
through this little village-two rows
OF rude houses upon muddy lanes
aud that no men remained. Hardly
a day passed that two or three OF
these greasy degenerates did not have
their will Of her. She fought. To her
everlasting credit let II be recorded
that she fought. Her shapeless, frag'
lie, weakened little body is covered
with the scars she won by this futile
bravery.
"she always fought" said her moth
erin-law, tears running down her
withered cheeks. II shall tell my son
when he comes back from the war
that abe always fought l saw l
know"
The woman had shown no sign Of
emotion. Then came the chance CUES
tion that let loose the floodgates OF
agony. Some one aaid, casually -
rather with intent to relieve the
strain Of the moment
we thought you had four chill
drenr'
"He IN dead" she said, suddenly.
Her voice frightened In an awful de-
spair. The swinel The dogsl They
dragged mi from my baby's bed when
he was dying-at the very moment
that he wal dying"
Tears burst from her eyes. She turn
ed silently and went into another
room OF the little hut The grand.
mother looked up at rs, piteously
twisting her gnarled old hands.
II was here" said she. "She held
on TO the bed, and they beat her
hands with clubs TO make her let 20.
They knocked her down--here. IN this
room. And the baby was dying. She
had been praying by his he'd"
Tales Of Horror Can Be Proved.
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