Gunnison news-champion., 1918-01-04

foin, mayor Of Dinant: Sasserath.
first alderman: SImmer. aged seven
ty: Consul for the Argentine Republic
Victor Poncelet. who was executed In
the presence Of his wife and seven
children; Wasseige and his two sons:
Messrs- Gustaye and Leon Nicaise.
two very old men: Jules Monin and
others all shot in the cellar OF their
brewery: Mr. Camille Pistte and son,
aged seventeen; PhiIlippart Piedfort.
his wife and daughter: Miss Marsig-
nv During the execution OF about
forty inhabitants of Dinant the Ger
mans placed before the condemned
their wives and children. II is thus
that Madam AIbln who had just given
birth 10 a child. three days previously,
was brought on a mattress by Germ. a
soldiers to witness the execution of
her husband; her cries and supplica-
ions were so pressing that her hus-
aHds life was spared"
"On the 2Gth OF Angus, German sol
dicrs entered various streets (of Lou
yain) and ordered the inhabitants OF
the houses TO proceed To the Place de
=
dozen assassinated persons We're ly-
ing. Women and children were sepa-
~ated 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
GLOW citizens, who were for the most
art shot at the side ot the square.
near the house of Mr.. Hemaide. The
omen and children. after having re-
aimed ON the square for more tlinn
.t hours, were allowed To depart. The
';IrGcs CivIques OF Louyain were also
.aken prisoners and sent 10 Germany,
20 the camp Of Munster. where they
wcrr held for several weeks.
''On Thursday, August y, order was
.ivcn TO the inhabitants 10 leave Lou
vain because the city was TO be bonn
parded. Old men, women, children.
he sick, priests, nuns, were driven on
the roads like cattle. More than TO-
40 Of the inhabitants were driven ms
far uS TirlemOnt. nearly l. miles from
Louyain.
Infants Shot in hothers' Arms.
one OF the most sorely tried com
.Iunitios was that OF the little village
Of TamInes. down In what Is known
as the BorinaGe. the coal fields near
Charlcroi. Tamines is mining VII
age in the Sambre: IL Is a collection
Of small cottages sheltering about D.
900 inhabitants, mostly all poor labor
srs.
The little graveyard In which the
church stands bears its mute testi-
nony to the horror OF the event. There
are hundreds of new-mude graves, eacl
with its small wooden cross and its
bit Of flowers the crosses are so close
" huddled that there is scarcely room
20 walk between them, The crosses
IRE alike and all bear the same date,
ne sinister date of August % 1914"
'But whether their hands were cut
If or not. whether they were impaled
IN bayonets or not, children were shot
iown, by military order, In cold blood.
in the awful crime OF the Rock Of Bag
ard, there overlooking the Meuse be
low DInant. infants In their mothers
arms We're shot down without mercy.
Ihe deed. never surpassed In cruelty
by any band of savages, is described
by the bishop of Namur himself:
"'One scene surpasses in horror all
others; IL is the fusillade of the
itocher Bayard near Dinant. II APP
,ears to have been ordered by Colonel
aIelster This fusillade made many
victims among the nearby parishes.
especially those of des Rivages and
Neffe. II caused the death Of nearly
30 persons, without distinction of age
or sex. Among the victims were ba-
liies in arms, boys and girls, fathers
and mothers of families. even old
men.
Dead Children in Pile Of Bodies.
lit was there that II children under
the age of six perished from the fire
of the executioners, six Of them us
.hey lay in their mothers arms:
The child Fievet, three weeks old.
"'Iaurice Betems, eleven months
old.
".Nelly Pollet. eleven months old.
zelda Genon. eighteen months old.
"Gilda Marchot, two years old.
"Clara Struvay, two years and six
months.
The pile Of bodies comprised also
many children from six to fourteen
years. Eight large families have en-
tirely disappeared. -Four have but one
survivor. Those men that escaped
-death-and. many Of whom were rid
died with bullets-were obliged to
bury in a summary and hasty fashion
their fathers. mothers. brothers or sis
ters: then after having been relieved
Of their money and being placed In
chains they were sent to Cassel (Prus-
sia).'"
| Mr.. Hugh Gibson. the secretary of
our legation In Belgium, visited LOU