Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14

neighboring village, where his regiment
was stationed. shrieking that the guard
at the castle was trying to murder him.
| Tie soldiers comrades at once seized
| their rifles and surrounded the castle
of Prince Saugushko. They began to
| fire, and the Dragons or guard re-
turned their fire. All the time the Of
| ticers and the members OF the r2Si-
mental committee were appealing to
| the insurgent soldiers TO obey orders
and TO cease firing.
Suddenly they gave way, only stip-
ulating that n deputntion from the reg
, imertal committee should search the
castle. as they were convinced that the
old Prince had stored machine guns
for use in the cause Of the counter
revolution. OF course. there We're no
machine guns and all that was found
was a few sporting guns and reNolvcrS.
Just as suddenly as the crowd ot
soldiers. standing In the courtyard 3
the castle, had yielded TO the appeal Of
their officers. came new uproar and
in an instant t,,ey had overpowered tho
guard. and rushed into the castle.
Neither threats nor appeals had the
slightest effect on them. They destroy
that they could lay hands on. PiCtur $,
furniture. statues. draOcrics were de-
stroyed bl!ndly, uthlesSly. The Nen-
cradle Polish magnatn and his two
nieces the young and beautiful Count
rSScS RZsSZrZcWski. fled 10 one Of the
attics. hoping that, If their home was
10 he ruined. at least their lives might
be saved From early in tho morniny.
H., ,hnir nj ark
until five O'Clock in the afternoon. the
sacking o: the castle went on. Then
the soldiers retired TO the courtyard.
What about the Prince p cried one
Of them
And the lovely CountesSes"' added
another
Back into the castle rushed a band
OF soldiers. and began to search for the
cwrer Al last Ne was found and
Lrag gcd into the COURTYARD among the
dsrisINc yelIs OF the soldiers waiting
for their victim. They decided to take
him to The village where they We're
stationed, ard dragged the old n1aa
along for he was too Old to walk al the
pace they desired on the way they
finally lost the last shred of seli-Con-
troll. let the Prince drop half scnseless
on the ground and then a score of men
thrust their bayonets into his body. So
died Prince Sarsushao. His murder
ers. like savage beasts tore his body In
pieces.
The fate OF his nisces, the two
CounteSses Rz%sZczCwski, was more
terrible than that of the Prince. They
had managed to escape by back way
and had got TO the market place OF the
town There they were recognized. and
soldiers at once seized them Those
two youthful ccuutesses, whose cX1uis-
ite lovliness had made them the center
of all ewes in the salons OF the palaces
Of Warsaw and whose goodness ana
sweetness had made them beloved by
:he people of Slavu.a. were defended
for a time by the Catholic priest OF
Slavuta who had known them from
childhood and prepared them for hrs'
Communion. But the soldiers refused H.!
to be deprived OF their victims and
showered blows with the butt ends Of |
their rifles on the courageous priest !
who fell and was beaten to death. Il |
is perhaps we'll that the sufferiHgs OF
the two countesses ended in death.
The day ended with the soldiers |
running amuck in the town. numbering |
and maltreatiag peaceful inhabitants, |
While the scene was lit up by the |
flames Or The tlazing castle Of the San
guShko.