The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-10

In his report of September -, 1917,
to the secretary Of state, Minister
Whitlock has much to tell Of the pol
icy Of frlghtfulncss. The following
passages refer to the subject OF mas
sHcrcs:
SUMMARY executions Took place Int
Dinnnt) without the least scmblnncc
Of Judgment. The names and number
of the victims are not known. but they
must be numerous. | have been IN.
able to obtain precise details In this
respect and the number of persons
who have fed Is unknown. Among the
persons who were shot are: Mr.. De-
fOin, mayor OF biEnnt Snsscrath,
first alderman Nimmer, aged seven
~ Consul for the Argentine Republic
Victor ponCrlct. who was executed In
the presence OF his wife and seven
children; WaSSeigc and his two sons;
McSsrs. GuStaVc and Leon NiCHiSc,
two very old men; Jules tionln and
others all shot IN the cellar Of their
brewery Mr.. Camille pisttc and son,
aged seventeen; phillippart Picdfort,
his wife and daughter; Miss MarSig-
ny. During the execution of about
forty inhabitants of Dinant the Ger
mans placed before the condemned
their wives and children. 1t Is thus
that Madam Albin who had just given
birth 10 Il child, three days previously,
was brought on n mattress by German
soldiers to witness the execution OF
her husband her cries and suppllcn-
lions were SO pressing that her huS-
bands life was spared"
Forced to Witness Executions.
"On the Goth of August German sol.
dicrs entered various streets (of Lou
vain) and ordered the inhabitants Of
the houses to proceed to the Place de
In Station, where the bodies Of nearly
II dozen usSasSinated persons were ~
ing. Women and children were sepa-
rated from the men and forced to re-
main on the Place de la Station dur
ing the whole day. They had to wit
ness the execution Of many OF their
fellow citizens. who were for the most
IiIl Nll'l Ut wv Sl'lt w ~ SIu'' -
near the house Of Mr.. Hemaidc. The
women and children. after having re-
manned on the square for more than
II hours, were allowed To depart. The
GardcS Civiqucs Of Louvain were also
taken prisoners and sent to Germany.
to the camp of Munster, where they
were held for several weeks.
"On Thursday, August -, order was
given To the inhabitants to leave Lou
vain because III" city was to be bonn
bardcd. old men, wOmcn children,
the sick, priests, nuns, were driven on
the roads like cattle. More than TO-
600 of the inhabitants were driven as
fur as Tirlcmont, nearly II miles from
Luuvain.
Infants Shot in Mothers Arms.
zone of the most sorcly tried com
muniticS was that of the little villug,
of Tanincs, down In what is known
Ms the Burinag", III" coal fields neal
Churlcrui. Tumincs is II mining vii
lngC In the SUmhr"; it is II collecti0!
of small cottages shcltrring about ,,
OOO inhabitants, mostly ull poor labor
CrS.
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ARE hundreds Of ncw-mudC graves, caCl
with us small wooden cross and it'
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l.. r,,,I,.l ,ra, ,h,r, :, .corcoIr roam
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mr.. ollE. and uIl hear the same date
rho sinister dane Of Aurlst %. 1914"
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