Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-13
SUFFERING or JEWS
IN RUSSIAN POLAND
HAS BEEN IMMENSE
Correspondent Of The Associated
Press Visits Cities Scourged
BY Hand of War; Instances
of Extreme Cruelty.

appear to have suffered, prior to the
Russian retirement, more than the nor
NAL amount of hardships imposed by
war An investigation by a cores
Ipondent of the Associated Press dis
closes that there was rather pro
miscuous execution by the Russians
/ of Jews accused of espionage, that
many persons we're subjected to phys
ical assaults of greater or less VIC
lence, committed with knouts or fats
Of swords, and that in many places,
chiefly out of the way villages and
rural districts. there was some plum
dering OF Jewish shops and houses by
the Russian soldiery.
The correspondent visited the two
chief cities of this district, LODI and
Piotrokow His proposal to visit 9th
/ er cities-Kielce and Radon were
named particularly-wa met by the
statement of Jews consulted that
nothing much happened in the cities,
and that the proposed trip would not
be worth while He questioned some
Jews from the districts around LODI
and Piotrokow, but was not able to
visit the small villages and the rural
districts generally, where, the Jews
allege most of the massacres, plum
behring's, violations, etc, occurred. The
outstanding feature, however, Of every
case investigated was that, in the
words of one Jewish scholar nothing
happened to the Jews without a pre-
vious denunciation" In some instances
this feature of the case was immedi-
ately admitted i'm others it was
brought to light by further inquiry
A typical case of the latter sort was
that of a Jew named Kozlowski a
storekeeper at Nalinitz, a village near
Piotrokow The story first told to the
Associated Press representative was
his: When the Russians came to
Malinitz in November, they were
angry because it had come to their
ears that some Jew of the village had
boosted that the Germans would make
short work of the Russians The Rus
SLAMS lined up all the male inhabitants
of the town and threatened 10 shoot
or hang them unless the man respon-
sible for the words complained of We're
delivered up. Thereupon Koslowski
stepped forward assumed responsible
fly for the words in question. and was
hanged.
The correspondent finally succeeded
i'm having a talk with Koslowskis son
md his father. both of whom witness
ed the affair. When the Russians first
entered the village they asked for Koz-
lowski He had been hidden by a
friend. but was eventually found. He
managed, however, to escape from the
soldiers guarding him, and the com
mander of the Russian regiment there
upon had an male Jews drawn up in
line and announced that all would
be killed unless Kozlowski was deliv
, cred up Kozlowski informed of the
threat. presented himself He was
taken away by a squad of soldiers and
p shot
But how did the Russians know
there was a Kozlowski in town and
why did they want him?" asked the
- correspondent
/ "A rival in business had sent WORD
TO the Russians that Kozlowski was q
spy and that he was storing up goods
! for the Germans, was the answer.
- Accepting as true the story Of the
manner Of the execution, as it was told
by the father and son of the victim
l. it was marked by a specific cruelty
e which frequently marked executions
during the Russian raid into Eas
Prussia last October The Associate,
Press correspondent at that tim,
81 found many instances in which The
victims were stood against walls and
instead of being killed by volley fire
p as is usual i'm such executions, wer
lowsH appears to have been eXecui
ed in the same manner, after hayin
s. been bound to a tree.
q Polish denunciations, according O
4 witnesses were responsible for tn
only three cases of trocity or cruelt
e found in LODI itself Russian soldier
came to the home Of Abram Kocha
on the Baluter Market I'm Novembe
and took him away His wife was pre-
y vented from following him. This wa
~ on a Friday The mans body wa
i, found outside the city on the follow
ing Tuesday. He had been. shot
~ Israel Blockmann, an old man, tol
Id how the Russians took his son froi
of the house on a Wednesday, and no
the body was found two days late
e outside the city. He had been she
nj and bayoneted.
o. Meilach Eilenberg, man of abol
49, got into trouble with the LODI al
tborities in November by making an
ly selling cigarettes without a licens
no. An official visited him and EilenbeT
paid % roubles as hush money. Th
following day soldiers, who, EienbeI
be said, had been informed of the anal
also appeared aud wanted money II
REFUSED their demands, was arreste
vi and brought TO the Russian milital
commander in the Grand Hotel tn
commander, who had not time to he,
d the case through, told Eilenberg
ri, consider himself under arrest, to 4
ffurn IN his home and nrqeeuf him a