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

hands and feet.
Typical German Atrocities
The entire countryside was laid
waste. Houses were burned indiseFim.
ihAteiy, and without reason. There was
no uung on the Germans AS they passed
through these places, for the inhabi,
tents who had remained had been warn,
90 BY the oufraeee AT Topeka, where the
Germans claimed their atrocities were
based solely on the determination 10
punish the Topeka people for firing on
them, which, after the initial defense.
WAS not done except IN isolated instane.
Is.
As the Germans passed the farm 81
Charles Hrayeiy, near Cummings. a
small seousiag party Of Americans fired
upon them from the barns and retired
The Germans came into the farm, and
immediately killed GraTely and two
boys. There we're eleven women and
children AZ this place, gathered from
neighborine farms. These were shot
down half an hour later. They were
heFded together ii the BARNARD and
fired upon from an sides By the Ger
mans AIRS. Graeely was holding her
youngest baby in her arms. The bullet
broke she child = arm, mnngled Is face
and then fore the mother lip and de-
stkoyed one 0f her eyes. Another Wo.
man who nas not killed WAS spattered
with the brains 81 her fourteen yoar-old
SON. whom she nas holding by the hand
Five u these died The eldest was
eighteen and the Youngest was two
years and Q half Three were severely
wounded Gals TIRES on that farm
were left without injury Of some SORT
The
that march from Topeka 10 Kansas
City, bv nay II Atehison. That city
was piilaged and partly burned. After
the Germans HAD reached Kansas CITY
and eneamped there and the remaining
Inhabitants took toll II the damage
done duriag this march. and 90 Topeka
4 Was found that 24fi houses were
burned, 1929 piandered 15i civilians
killed, including more than q hundred
women end children. and 81 women
and ehildfer taken niong with fhe
Germans. Ia most distressing firenm
Stances for nka a. hostages, screens and
other vicious purposes
While these things Mere happening
q the West she Germans. la force. had
accomplished 4 ianding On the south
shore y Long Island 81 the neigh
horheod ~ Sagap0nnrk They esiah.
|ished headquarters in Brideehampfor
ard spread oFef The surrounding coun
Try Ia small drfarhmenfe One OF these
iriaeAmepfs, Numbering about a hun,
ired men, and with three Officers.
reached & large country house Is ihs
iirlHifY - Southampton. The officers
halted fhe soldiers IL the grounds 81
.his country house and came 81 the
fanf entrance themselves They spoke
lnHcr ~ che house said he had none. /
luf che butler threatened 81 a pistol
n the hand 81 one ~ The officers. pro,
laced she key ~ the wine cellar. The
inflnnn Officers ofdened the butler and ,
NO other servants 70 fetch all the
bampagne there WIS 60 the large haii J
o She first floor ~ the house. There ,
we're shout eight dozen hofties, which
,efe faneed ~ fpwf along fhc wall 80. Z
.rfhef with she other minFs and liquors
bat were b he uinr cellar The but
81 nne told thAt hr inusf 10 this uifhin (
ar ~ hoaf ~ ~ killed The owner g
4 thr hNase retired 80 she second floor. {
.hrfe Sis wife WIS hiding n
Then the Hrfman Officers ordered she I
estansk to load ail she wine. niih the
RECEPTION ~ ten bottles. 90 e wagon {
be- soldiers hsd wish them. Tho e3fie q
- went into the drawing room. and the 9
N bottles Nefe brought IN % them. 4
hey broke chs necks Of the bottles 3
~ drank ihr winc from the bottles q
Then they had finished the ten bottles q
iey ordered more wine. and invited :
rserai other Officers. Who had arrived :
B drink wlih thrm. They drank many y
otties ~ wine and became very drunk. 4
prnseufly. after they bad bsoken
90 IL a
"a ahof the mirrors and lampa nnd uin. e
nne into aplinters with their pistols, g
d officer nho ranked the others De. q
ianded that he owner q the house &
ri bis wife sheuid b. brought TO the y
,am whore they were cnroueing. The &
xner and HE wife came downstairs. n
Ne Woman vas frightened and did not e
ant 20 enter she room. Her husband 9
IA her 70 e. Ia with him, ~ he did a
og think Is wise 90 dieohey the intrn p
era. A. soon a. he woman entered she &
lnni one ~ tho officers. who WIS sit y
nu on the floor. singing, staggered g &
Ia feet. put his revolver 70 The No.
ian = head and shot her. She fell 20 -
~ floor. dead The others II the room 4
lntinurd drinking and singing and &
AID no attention rs The shooting. Then q
ie officer who had killed the woman !,
rdcred her husband to dig a grave and ~
nry his wife. Tho butler Interviewed 4
nd asked fhnt hc be permitted g dag Is
ie grave. Tho officer refused. He q
id her husband must dig the grave. 4
ia Ne forced che man "a carry his dead y
ife 70 thc garden, stood over him With v
revolver nnfii the husband had made Il
shallow trench ia which he put the 4
ody ~ bis wife. and where he covered 81
~ with the earth he had taken from ~
,e trench The officers remained ia 4
le house ~ that night. Next morning q
hen they left they ordered the sol. q
Icfs. who had campcd near by, 60 3
arm the house The soldiers had zyr q
Irea filled with infiamablc liquid and
iginklcd the woodwork with that Il q
ala. They set this afife, and the al
.use was consumed That afternoon e,
- village Of southampton WAS burned. Al
hr officers claimed that the inhnbi- q,
lntA had fired on them.
Wholesale Slaughter q
As the German soldiers had passed Ia
rough the various villages ia this sec "
ia II Long Island they gathered q
nah parties 81 residents, men and NO. r
en-. and took thom with them. These a
rieonefs were taken to place outside ts
( nfianehampson ard held Ia groups. A
l.St. t..,sfn fnrend IL march with their "