Evening journal., 1918-02-13

ION the same day soldiers came TO
summon NJ. Steiner, who had hidden
in his cellar His wife. fearing some
misfortune. tried TO keep him back. As
she held him in her arms she received
a bullet in the neck. A few moments
after. Steiner having obeyed the order
which had been given to him, fell
mortally wounded In his garden.
VI. Kahn was also murdered in his gar
den. His mother. aged 90, whose body
was burnt In the con1agration, had
frst been killed In her bed by a
bayonet thrust. according to the ac-
count Of an individual who acted as
interpreter to the enemy. NJ Binder,
who was coming out 10 escape The
flames was also struck down The Ger
man by whom he was killed realised
that he had shot him without any mo-
tive. at the moment when the un-
fortunate man was standing quietly be-
fore a door. NJ. Nernler suffered the
same fate as Binder.
Towards three o'clock the Germans
broke into a house in which were
Nine. Dujon. her daughter. aged three,
her two sons. and NJ. Gaumier, by
breaking the windows and firing shots.
The little girl was nearly killed, her
face was burnt by a shot. At this mo-
ment Nine. Duion, seeing her young
est son, Lucien, "A years old. stretched
on the ground asked him 10 get up
and escape with her She then saw that
his intestlnes were protruding from O.
wound, and that he was holding them
in. The house was on fire; the poor
boy was burnt as well as NJ. Gaumier
who had not been able 10 escape.
m. Wingerstmann and his grand
son, aged ~, who had gone out TO pull
potatoes a little way from Luneville,
at the place called Les Mossus in
the district Of ChanteheuX, were un-
fortunate enough TO meet Germans.
The latter placed them both against
wall and shot them.
Finally, towards i've In the evening.
soldiers entered the house Of the
woman Sibille, in the same place, and
without any reason seized upon her
son, led him 200 metres from the house
and murdered him there. together with
w. Vallon. 30 whose body they had
fastened him. A witness, who had seen
the murderers at the moment when
they were dragging their victim along,
saw them return without him and no
ticed that their saw-edged bayonets
were covered with blood and bits OF
flesh.
ION the same day a hospital atten-
dant named Monteils who was look
ing after a wounded enemy officer at
The Hospital Of Luneville, was struck
down by bullet In the forehead while
ne was looking through window az
German soldier who was firing.
a.Hrsf.- NTarsn an
md his son. aged q, were arrested in
heir own house and dragged out by "a
band Of soldiers who had entered by
breaking down the door. The father
was beaten numerically; as for the
Young man. as he tried to struggle, a
non-commissloned officer blew out his
brains with a revolver shot
AT one In the afternoon ". Riklin. a
hemisi. having been informed that a
man had fallen about 30 metres from
his shop. went 10 the spot indicated
md recoenlzed in The victim his
biother-in-law. NJ. Colin. aged 6s, who
lad been struck I'm the stomach by a
bullet. The Germans alleged that this
old man had fired upon them. NJ. Rik-
lin denied this statement Colin. we are
told. was a harmless person. absolute
lv incapable Of an aggressive act anu
completely ignorant Of the means Of
using a flrearm.
1T appeared TO us desirable to deal
also az Luneville with acts which are
less grave, but which throw o pecu-
lar light on the habits Of thought Of
ihe invader. on Aug p VI. Lenoir, o.
Years OF axe. and with him his wife.
we're led into the fields with their
hands tied behind their backs. After
moth had been cruelty ill-treated, a
non-commissioned officer took posses
sion OF 1900 francs In gold which VI,
Jenoir carried on him As we have
already stated, the most impudent
fhieving seems 10 have formed part of
The customs Of the German Army, who
uractised Il publicly. The following Is
1n interesting example:
During the burning OF a house be
longing TO Nine Leclerc, the safes OF
Two inhabitants resisted the names
One, belOnging 20 NJ George. SuD-ln-
.pector of Waters and Forests. mad
fallen into the ruins, the other SAFE
belonging TO NJ. Goudchau, general
aealer. remained fixed TO a wall at the
height Of the second story. The non
commissioned officer Weiss, who was
we'll acquainted with the town, where
used 10 come before the war 10 carry
On his business as a hop merchant
went with the soldiers 20 the place
ordered that the piece OF wall which
remained standing should be blown M
with dynamite and saw that the two
.afes were taken 20 the station, where
ihey were placed on a truck destined
for Germany. This Weiss was particu'
larlv trusted and esteemed by The per
sons I'm command. II was he who IN
stalled at Headquarters, was given lli'
duty OF administering the commune IL
some sense and was. In charge OF inc
requlsitionlng.
AFTER having committed numerous
acts Of pillage at Luneville, after nay
ing burnt about 20 houses WIN
touches petrol. and various incendiar!
machines, and after having massacr,e,,o
peaceful inhabitants, the German mlll,
iary authorities thought it well TO pul
mp the following proclamation, ll