Evening journal., 1918-02-09


,sXve exp srienced real horror state
fbc French A Commission, 'when we
found ourselves before the lamentahle
r,,ir= 81 Noneny. With the exception
~ some fcw houses which sim stood
ncar The railway station In spot sep
orated nv tho seillc from the principal
croup Of buildings. there remains or
fhis little town only succession or
broken and blackened walls In the
nid.t Of ruins In which may be seen
here and there The bones OF q iew
animals parily charred ami the carbon
ieod remains Of human bodies Ihe
rage OF maddened soldieiy has been
unloosed there without pity
.Nomeny. on acccunt OF its proXim-
4v 10 me frontier. received from the
berinning OF the war The visits OF
cerruan troopers from time TO time.
slirnishes took place i'm rs neigh
horhood. and on Aug. IA, in the court
cord of The farm. dc la Bordc. which
is i little distance on, o German soldier
killed bv rife shot without amy mo-
tive the young farm servant Nicholas
Michel. aged ~.
ION Aug. 20, when The inhabitants
soucht refuge in the cellars from the
hombardmenf. the Germans came mp
afler having fired upon each other hy
mistake. and entered the town ovards
midday.
According 20 the account given by
one OF the inhabitants The German Of
ncers asserted that The French were
torturlnc Che wounded 10y cutting OF
their limbs and plucNng out their
ewes They were then in state of
terrible excitement That day and part
of the next the German soldiers save
themselves over 90 the most obomin-
able exccsses. sacking burning. and
massaerinr as they went After they
had carried of from The houses every
thing which seemed worth taking away
and after they had despatched 90 Metz
The booty of their pillage. they sel iire
10 ihe houses with torches pasiilles 4
of compressed powder and petrol.
which they carried In roccpiacles
nIaced on little carts Rinc shots were
arrd on every sides the unhappy in
habifanfs who had been driven from
me cellars before The flring, were shot
down like game-some in their dwell
iacs and others IN The public streets.
NM samson. pierson, Lallemand'
Adam Ieanpierre. Meunier. schneider,
Ravmond. Duponcel and ilazotle father
and son. wore killed by rifle shots in /
the streets M hllian. seeing him elf /
threatened by a sabre stroke, protected !
his neck with his hand Tie had three
fingers cut on and his throat gashed. I
An old man. aged Sc, NJ. Petitiean, who /
was seated in his armchair had his
skull smashed by a German shot. a
soldier showed the corpse to Nine. /
Bertrand. saying 10 you see that pig
ihereg NJ Chardin town councillor
VINO was aciing-mayor. was required
TO furnish a horse and carriage. lie had
nromised TO do am he could TO obey, /
when he was Killed by a rifle shot. NJ /
preyot. seeing the Bayarians breaking
into chemists shop of which he was
carefaker. told them that he was the
chemist anl that he would give them
ANYTHING they wanted. nut three rifle
shots rang out and he fell, with one
deep sigh. TWO women who were with [
him ran away and were pursued TO I
the neighborhood of The railway sta
tion. being beaten an the way with the
butts Of rifles, and they saw many
bodies heaped together IN The station
garden and on The road,
"Between 3 and q in The afternoon
the Germans entered the butchers shop
OF Nine. Francois She was then coming
api of her cellar with her boy Stub
and an emp0ye named Contal As soon
a. stub reached the threshold Of the .
entrance 90 the door he fell severely
wounded hy a rifle shot Then Contol,
who rushed into the street. was imme-
diately murdered. Five minutes after
wards, as Stub was still groaning. a
soldier ieant over him and finished him
on with a blow of a haichet on The
back
"The most tragic incident In this hor-
rihle scene occurred IN the house of ~ /
Vase. who had collected a number of /
people in his cellar in the Faubourg .
de Nancy Towards o'clock about 80 .
soldiers rushed into the house. neat in .
the door and windows, and set IL on .
fire. The refugees then made an effort I
10 flee, but they were struck down one /
after the other as they came out. NJ 4
Menire was murdered first; then his .
son Leon fen with his little sister aged .
g. in his arms. AS he was NOT Killed .
outright. the muzzle OF a rlc-barrel .
was thrust against his head and his
brains blown out. Then 70 was the turn .
OF the kiefer family. The mother was
wounded In the arm and shoulder THE /
father and a little boy aged ten and a
little girl aged three were shot. The /
murderers went on firing on them ai-
ter they had fallen. Kiener stretched /
on the ground. received another bullet