South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02

Revolutionary soldiers dividing up black bread
tanned from lootng public buildings
auto trucks Sometimes there we're as many as six
of these guns truck
Wherever shooting occurred by the ~Oice. from
the various parts of the city and the trained
on the snipers, Kidding the buildings After the
shooting from the roofs had been senced the build
ings were rapidly surrounded by soldiers and
10 room search made.
Sometimes the police not discovered Then
the building was promptly set on fire and thus its
victims driven forth, often being forced Jump
three and four stories to be dashed 70 pieces the
pavement below, or, If they still showed signs OF
life. they trampled death.
The police held out stubborny fighting the finish
as they had been informed they would receive rein
forcements from the front
Troops rushed back from the front, but they
either turned back refusing fire on the people or
else they mutnied and with the revolution
lists. Fighting alone, the odds great for the
police Had it not been for this stubborn resistance,
there would have been very little blood shed.
When the crowd got the upper hand of the police.
this great surging mass of humanity hurled itself
against the prisons avalanche of hatred and
geance Keys were taken from the officials. Off
Gals if any remained, killed Going from cell
to cell, the revoutonists liberated each prisoner.
Doth criminal and political In their haste they did
not take time to distinguish and. in their of
frenzy, did not whom they liberated. This
same mob spirit spread 10 the remote regions OF ST
IBERIA. Today there bands criminals rowing a
large the plains of Siberia Everybody has a
clear slate" in Russia On my way out of Russia
it necessary o have guards stationed on the
TrensSiberan Express in order that the passengers
would receive protection against these rowing
After the prisoners Lad been released and
free Of the building, the jas set fire While
this in progress all police records such iden
ificatiOn slips finger marks, etc. piled by
the tons in the streets and burned In their
excitement to destroy all evidence, they only
destroyed all police records but also Wills deeds and
many other valuable legal documents and archives.
Today resident of PetrOgrad will have great diff
hculty in proving the ownership OF his property.
When order restored proclamation
from the dUma to the effect that political pris-
oners need return and give themselves up. But if
IN
only one-half of their former sentence. Needless
few availed themselves of this generous offer
CLOTHING Is CONF1SCATED.
After the prisoners had been released, the crowd
marched the various homes of the ministers of the
old regime, broke into the houses and there they
found tons of provisions and clothing stored away
These promptly taken in charge and sent to
trail stOre-hOuses, where they distributed
poor. Then these homes destroyed
The headquarters of the reactiOnary organization,
THE Black Hundreds" raided by soldiers who
found immense quantity Of provocative" liter
ature well The literature was thrown
out of the windows and burned in the street
apartments Dubrovin,
the old union Of the Russian people searched. All
the archives and affairs. forming guam
tity, brought the TaUride palace.
About p m. Feb 2Sth, the admiralty where