The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-12-27

finuaily shouted ssehweinehnnde
sehwelndehnnde. as they killed AMI
captured. a paralyzed man WAS burned
20 death when his home was fired A
bedFlddeu man, aged eighty-fiye, val
thrown into the street and died Ia hos
pital next day. A policeman who fYiee
~ DO something 10 save his own hons
was fhFown into the fire and burned 4
death. Women were frghtfully NAL
lFeated.
a Veritabls Dance Of Death.
The havoc continued until dawn,
Then, as day broke, heavy German guns
stationed ~ the state house swept the
stseefe on al sides 81 that square, com.
pleting the destruction. At six o'clock
Hovern0f Gapper. Mayor House, and
several other Of the hostages we're
marched about the city and forced to
announce la various quarters that If
any mere shooting AZ German soldiers
Was done the horrors Of the night before
would Be red0ubted There weFe ap-
prossmately six hundred prisoners az
tAe siate'heuse square. the women and
children hfFded apart from the men. or
these, one hundred we're shot The Ger
mans shot three Catholic priests. elaim.
ing the priests had melted the popn,
laee % riot. Three Methodist ministers.
nn kpiseopnlian and 4 Baptist minister
were also killed The men Mere piae
81 - foMs. az the state house square,
ard each fifth man taken out and kill
~. The men we're arranged - each
fiffh man VAS young mnn--fhat Il
II The fifth man was very old and the
sixth man 10 the row was younger, the
sikih man was killed. Soldiers continual
N passed 90 and down the streets.
shouting; Mas hst geaehossens Z nud
shooting indiseFininatelY 81 any per
spns no ~efe ~ aight.
Tbs prisoners had Increased In num
Der BY The night ~ che twenty sixth,
uHfil there were several Thousand under
9Hafa These we're divided into squads
anA driven sat inio the surrounding
eaantry. many aiong Kansas Avenue
snd North Kansas Asenne. sad eompeli
~ 10 dig graves for their dead neigh
h0ss. a large nDmhss were marched /
60 the Suburbs and told they mnst pot
Fetafns under peealsy Of death. These
wefe mosily WOmea nnd childFen, and 4
20 fncd Mas provided foF them. Nomen /
and thiidfea died Each man idrniiftea /
So ~ She defending rpmfeay Ia the risy /
- ire tFHt arrival - the 6ermnns oas
executed. on she moFning - he faen'
y setenth a nns annoaased that To
feha mns g BE- destroyed rempietclf,
and the people aefr ordered % assemble
forthwith as the stats house square. Ten
Sc twelve thoasand men. uemrn and {
rhiislrra gathered there. frrrpflaed aad
hastily clad. Ihfy aeTc foFmed in
rn@fsaies - four o. five hundred nnd
beafsn and urged b. bayonet pFirks %
BE open country outside she city, IheFe
lhp Germans left fhem unoer guard,
aish 10 feed ard 20 SHELTER.
Tbs piiiagine of the rity wns fesnm
a. The hanks ard stores we're ran
'asksd. An churches we're destroyed.
sAoeKins ~ she citlfgna nna taelatiasf
Il fhs ~psuen rqntineed. on ~eriems
seE FIRES, sftef nefe snan hals = Tore
Is had bsfn DESTROYED and seHssaesan
y more then pne hundred citizens ktli
q ~ ~ Germans. 9 rfe.clnsant.cn $40
a&fed ufderine he Tor<ka1e, Nho we're
aisfing as best they could on the flat
aansfy. % FcteFn 10 che rity. help clean
I ~. buff the dead sid Resume bns'
nvse. Eleten hundred and twenty
Ipnses and buildings had been burnea,
urladlnG she hniidinKs 81 Kansas Ave-
|ue, thr Santa - offices, ne santa re
here. she library, he churches end To
ehoola. The state hQsae @aa Dot De.
aF0yed. hsF i took weeks q rid y -
Ne fifth - 4.
Mesufimc he American Army Was
sing programmed and re fofmed ~ has
e 81 ihe wrst and north. Preparations
gerr bsing mndc for a. Amerieaa -. /,
aHre with troops gathered ~ Newten; 7
Kansas. AZ Grand Island Nebrnekn, and .
sFthef east e Lincoln and Vn4nn - g
o1ac eAat and seath 70 attack the Ter
aan Invaders The Americans were 81
9 preparing - advance from the esutn'
Stag Oklahoma CITY ~ bass, News
Z this eamc % the Vefmans ~ uH@a,
unrierA ~ hAneaa Sityi and me troops
3 Topeka and y Lawrence were q
cred g retire g ksn.as citys there q
aasa themselves vita me base troops te
odd thht Efpuna.
The tsnoie e l.aNtcnse uestFegea
BE university Fuildlngs oesofe icy
aft, and faked Lawrence. ne topeNa
oniingrHt lett thnt section q nc eeNh'
~ e the Lawrence intAaefs, sno ~
lfed ~ longer route, Gea1f sn,esf"
forth tepekat Mesaen, taiA.y aaas'
seFfonttlie. tuiaminks ana aten ls.... I,
20 proceeding thenee so hansas ~, !
"a Fort i'eatssMotthi when ~ 49, 80" 49,
hanaoned ~ tee AAn = .'' - W ~
lls. invasion q ne stefinsnn.
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