Evening journal., 1918-01-17

Az Rebais. on Sept. :, the Germans
IS they entered, shot down several
British troopers who were retiring be-
iore their advance The Englishmen lay
IN the street and one OF them, pinned
iown by his dead horse. lifted his arm
n token OF distress. A German onlcer
same ND and shot HIM through the
aesd. A second Engllshman had got
10 his feet and raised poth arms IN
surrender. but a German private felled
him with his rifc-butt and finished
him OF with repeated blows. Three
lines states a witness. - heard
him CRY for mercy" After this. the
Germans gave themselves up to pillage.
They pillaved a jewelers. shop IN the
usual way. loading its contents on a
vason az the door "Then they bored
holes In the walls and the floor, and,
an instant later. the neighbors saw
that the shop was on ilre They noticed
the soldiers throwing in gren0des to
make the FIRE catch quicker saw
one soldier states another witness.
set are tn three houses in succession.
he broke the window-panes and threw
In blazinc straw" The pillage and ar
son Were accompanied by extreme per-
sonai violence An old man Of seventy
nine was hit repeatedly over the head,
had his watch stolen from him and
500 francs, and was shot 40 win a rc-
vniver-the bullet grazed his forehead
A woman was beaten over the head
and sbout the body. stripped naked
and kept for an hour and a half IN this
condition in the middle of a crowd Of
German soldiers Finally" she states
"they bound me 90 my counter and sig
nifled their intention OF shooting me.
There were quite O number Of officers
amonC them. At the moment when
without doubt they were going q
carry thei- threat out they were called
away 60 another house They lcft me
IN charge OF a soldier VINO told me DE
was an Alsatan. This soldier unbound
me. and escaped The next day, sept
8 they hsneed a woman because she
resisted their attempts 90 violate her
fafter l0otine her shop MY feet.
she states. were already about twenty
inches from the ground when ] man
aged to get my penKnne out Of my
pocket open il. and cut the cord.
fell to the ground, and my assailants
BEGAN 10 belabor me with blows An
VLHLtIr ANANAANN az aNAAANNAAN HtAfN Ats.N
seen what was going on, ordered them
to go away. They obeyed, but came
back before long, and trled-unsuccess-
fully--tO break open my shutters"
In a village between Rehais and
Coulommiers the body Of woman was
found by the British troops. "She had
been stabbed between the breasts
states a British corporal, "and was
quite dead. The priest said she hac
been outraged The Germans had,
think, left the village the night before
The house and all the other houses
had been .ansacked and turned upside
down" At -Denis-les-R -Rebais. too
a woman was violated by an Uhlan
but was not killed.
AT Coulommiers, on the Gram
NORM, a German ofilcer arrested Oh
Prooureur de la Republique. The Pru
cureur had not known where oat
were to be found In the town. and the
had now been found by the German
themselves. The Ofilcer broke out int
abuse: "fou are a llar you pig. '-"Iol
pig, you shall be shot"-"lOu pig shu
your mouth "-"lf you have not foun
more oats within an hour, you shal
be shot."-'We know the town Is rlcn
million francs. two millions, coul,
be exacsed here; II tomorrow morning
by 8 O'Clock. you have not collected