The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-07
Her chlId Saved

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 Her Child Saved
 "Then," she said, ito protect my boy. l threw myself over him. The soldiers butted me with their rifles md left me, bleeding, by the roadside My child was saved"
 There is a report of German oi' Icial who relates how Russian cav alrymen. headed by Q Rittmeister en- tered a little village and demanded what was stin left of the people come to the market place forthwith. The order. of course, was promptly obeyed and the people were told to kneeL This they did. Through an interpre- ter the Rittmeister informed the very much frightened people that becau-s they had attacked a Russian patrol is 1t passed through their village the lay before those who were left in the town would be shot dead.
 The village priest then stepped tc The front and explained that there had been no arms or ammunition in .he village and that, therefore, there could have been no shooting and that in fact, it was absolutely false that Russian soldiers had been attacked.
 Finally. after much pleading, the Rittmeistor said he would spare the priest. as well as the women and the children. but that every sixth man would suffer punishment. Around the neck of every sixth man a strong cord was placed. and after the upper cloth ng had been removed, two soldiers were detailed to fog each man while the Russian officer counted the blows counting in many instances up to twenty.
 The rest were compelled to form circle around those who were thus being treated. After the task had been accomplished the rest of the men were told they would be shot The next morning at sunrise, and the good priest was kept busy all night giving sacrament to the condemned, But the women and children pleaded 90 hard with the Russian officer that he finally decided not to have the death penalty carried out
 Girl Killed Russian
 An eighteon-year old girl tells how a Russian soldier entered the house in which she was hiding and attack ad her. She managed Go get hold Of his revolver and with it shot and kill. ad him.
 There is also the affidavit of a re- servist. Bruno Ebersberger of Com pany Six of the Twenty.flrst regi- ment of reservists. He tells how he and a soldier named Kroft, belonging to the Landwehr, were sent by Haupt- mann Kunze to a nearby village to get some horses.
 "While we were thus engaged" " de- clared Ebersberger Eve were captur. ed by squadron Of Russians and locked in a dark cellar. During the night two other soldiers were brought to the same cellar. One was the re- servist Richard Jurochnik. from the seventh company Of my regiment. On the third day after our capture, we were taken before Russian officer who had three stars on each of his shoulder straps We were told we must tell him how strong our forces were. and what positions they occu- pied. When we an refused to betray our people tho Russian ordered that Jurochnik-the Inst one they had cap .ured-be led forward.
 "A firing squad was summoned, and before our eyes our comrade was shot lead. Wo were then told that we would be given two days to think the natter over and # at the expiration ,f that time we still refused to give he desired information we too would ie shot On the fifth day after our .apturo we were fortunate enough 10 ! ie freed by our own troops, who on hat day had succeeded in capturing be villaee.'