Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-27


to the secretary Of state. Minister
Whitlock has much to tell Of the pol
Icy Of frightfulness. The following
passages refer to the subject Of mas
sacres:
Summary executions took place (at
Dinant) without the least semblance
of judgment. The names and number
Of the victims are not known. but they
must be numerous. / have been un-
able to obtain precise details In this
respect and the number Of persons
who have fed Is unknown. Among the
persons who were shot are: Mr.. De-
foin. mayor Of Dinant: Sasserath,
first alderman; Nimmer, aged seven
ty: Consul for the Argentine Republic
Victor Poncelet, who was executed In
the presence Of his wife and seven
children; Wasseige and his two sons |;
Messrs. Gustave and Leon Nicaise.
two very old men; Jules Monin and
others all shot In the cellar Of their
brewery: Mr.. Camille Pistte and son,
aged seventeen; Phillippart Piedfort.
his wife and daughter; Miss Marsig,
ny. During the execnhon, Of about
forty inhabitants Of Dinant the Ger
mans placed before; the condemred
their wives and children. It Ii thus
that Madam Albin who: had ,jtst' given
birth to q child. three days previously.
was brought on q mattress by German
soldiers to witneis the execution Of
her husband; her cries and supplica-
lions were 20 pressing that her hus-
bands Life was spared"
Feresd % Wlsnese Ereeutlena
.On the 26th Of August German SOL
diers entered various! streets lot Lou
vain) and ordered the inhabitaptst tof
the houses to proceed to the Place az
In Station. whers the bodies Of nearly
q dozen assassinated persons were y.
ing. Women and children were. Sepa:
rated ftum the man and forced to'rea
main on the Place de In Station dur
ing the. whole day. They had to ~.
ness the execution Of many Of their
fellow citizens. who were for the most
part shot at the side Of the square.
near the house Of Mr.. Hemaide. The
women and children, after having re-
manned on the square for more than
Is hours, were allowed to depart The
Gardes Ctviques Of Louvain were also
taken prisoners and sent to Germany.
to the camp Of Munster, where they
were held for several weeks.
ION Thursday, August n, order was
given to the inhabitants to leave Lou
vain because the city was to be bonn
barded. Old men. women, children.
the sick, priests, nuns, were driven on
the roads like cattle. More than TO-
900 Of the Inhabitants were driven 81
far a. Tirlemont, nearly II miles frem
Louvain.
Infants Shot In Msthsrs' Arns.
zone Of the most sorely tried com
munities was that Of the little village
Of Tamines, down in what is known
a. the Borinage, the coal fields neal
Charleroi. Tamines II mining VII.
lage In the sambre; 1t is . collection
Of small cottages sheltering about D..
600 Inhabitants, mostly all poor labor
ers.
'.The little graveyard In which the
church stands bears Its mute tesi'
mony to the horror Of the event. There
are hundreds Of new-made graves, each
with its small wooden cross and tta
bit Of flowers; the crosses are SO close
ly huddled that there 10 scarcely room
to walk between them. The crosses
are alike and all bear the same date
the sinister date Of August 22, 1914"
But whether their hands were cut
OF or not, whether they were impaled
on bayonets or not, children were shot
down, by military order. in cold blood
In the awful crime Of the Rock Of Bay
ard, there overlooking the Meuse be
low Dinant, infants in their mothers
arms were shot down without mercy
The deed, never surpassed in cruelty
by any band Of savages, is described
by the bishop Of Namur himself:
"'One scene surpasses in horror aal
others; 1t is the fusillade Of the
Rocher Bayard near Dinant. It ap
pears to have been ordered by Colonel
Meister. This fusillade made many
victims among the nearby parishes
especially those Of des Rivages and
Neffe. It caused the death Of nearly
30 persons, without distinction Of ags
orssex. Among the victims were ba'
bies in arms, boys and girls, fathers
and mothers Of families. even old
men.
Dead Children In Pile 81 Dedles.
ait was there that IL children under
the.age Of six perished from the ire
Of the executioners. six Of them a.
they lay In their mothers' arms:
"The child Fievst, three weeks old.
Maurice Betsms, eleven months
old.
".Nelly Pollet. eleven months old.
zelda Genon. eighteen months old.
'Gilda Marchot, TWO ysars old.
"'Clara struvay. two years and siz
months.