The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
Whole Villages Said to Have Been
Depopulated--.F 1eartrending Scenes
Described BY Special Investigates

aud tortured the refugees mercilessIy'
The unfortunate rate or the jewish
women snail not attempt 10 picture
mere |
In order to render the condition of
the eAilcd population more critica!
and In order to give the hordes u
officers ana soldiers noerty,
the higher authorities issued a COM
mand ordering the refugees 10 oe
forpidden To approach "lthln SIX
Nersts or the railroad INES ana the
highways used by the soldiers since
the soldiers pass over all the
tnerc was nothing left Tor the Jews
TO do VI TO nee along deserted ana
waste pypaths through woods and
scattered Nliiages' Anu there scenes
were enacted HE beggar descrip-
tloh-eNen me ordinary rear rus
sian style dispIayed IN the hishineH
~ ,"n poS.o '
'"s ~
snali oniy attempt mere 10 uescrioe
one oil the many inciuents which nave
''," Wv
lhcre ~ III tne region ! am oeserlp-
ing d town cailed Sreuhikl mo near ny
ABOUT zen "' ."eNe .'ls's uIs'a"', u
town ca''ed .NrfhehlshKI' "heh 'he
Germans haue 'h'ir auNahce upon
IN" Northwestern resIoh tneE caPtureu
'ne '""" S''u.'n'' but IL uiu hot re-
hi'In III lncn minus NeIs ions' NUS
siah so''ierS sooh reVap'ureu IT,
Ii has been definitely established
to-uaS '"a' "n"e u ".'I.ans "r'
:" '''9 'o"h Nv ""o'e Jews" popu-
,a,'o" Nv y N','u'' uio" we '''e''s
II ai'n.rIH 'nuil'e'eu anu peupie
W.. w ~ "'eN'" ''',. wv,
nnc'e', Wmen !. is'M"n uei'a''u !
,ha ,o,n .o,;, ,ho. arros,o1 tho (
whole tov,s, nonul,,ior y, ono
knew or urdors,nnd uba, ,his ,,is-
fortn,e mean, hu, ,h.y wcro n,,
, Ionc ,ef, IN iyrora,ce Tho so,diors
fall upo, rho Ious ava b.,ar ,o hon,
,bem with knou,s and GINS CRYING.
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A.. ~ y ~
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,'ur ~ NV. "'e WV So'
VIZ '' 7''" )" S"''
inc jews soon realzed NAT 'he
soldiers savage b'utahty would not
No satisiied with less than their
at the feet OF the of~s. hut the lat
tcr dc''dr'd hrnlN ana decisiNeIN that
All the nineteen Jews IN the
ltE would ne shot ana their fanlllles
should bld them farewell without de-
lay ana leaNe II they w.shcd To save
'"'' own lives |
The unfortunr,e men who mad been -,
arbitrarily sentenced to death without
q chance II Grove their innocence F,
We're stationed in "A row, n opposite
them. face 10 face. nineteen soldiers
with levc.led guns,
well soon Won will all hr shot "
the soldiers tainted the Jews vhile
they waited for the command of their
! superior officer. Rut he did NOT show |
any haste. WHY indeed should he
hurry? Nineteen Jews would ho
killed Al one time at a single COM
maud. He could afford 10 prolong
. their suspense.
In such a CONDITION tho nineteen
Jews remained for several hours.
Then the office decided upon another
course. The lows should mo-, he sbn,
50 soon. They should loo ordc Cd 10
ruu-uot to march. but to rln 10 tho
Z town Of \~rmcnishki. The soldier. be-
B Ean To beat them with knouis :, sr,r
them ON To- run more quickly.
when the refugees reached Armou-
ishki. tho soldiers who We're stotinn.d
! there began to hca, and torture them
anow. CRYING: :
sec. there arc orr traitors"
Tho Jews were all locked i'm a col
lar. where several died.
When the Jews were released from
tho cellar they were driven again
back 10 Srodniki and were forced 10
run all the way The yourr nine
te~en-year-old Melnik lof, the hand
ful Of tortured Jews and took a sldo
road, hoping To avoid the blows of tho
soldiers and to reach SredniLI along
a dineren, route. An officer moi him
on the road and shot him In ono rc-
. spect. however. he Jared hcttcr than
tho rest. this Jewish MARTYR. no was
, spared the sight or tho dao,b nf hts
! nfty-six-year-old father whom tho
soldiers murdereI vhile thav u,-c
chasing him along tho .o,d from Ar
menishki Ia Sreduiki
ON tho Journey back tho nr,rt,,iopcr
kaplan met his death Tbc hInv. and
the running wcre hoyord his s,r.rrth
When he tried Ia rcs, a snlIior r,r
M to him and ordered him tn MAJ,
on. B,t he cn,,ld M, ruu an, inv