Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15

The Germans Immediately seized O
number OF civilians and drove them
Town the Rue de la Republique as
screen. Il was acting as interpreter be-
tween NJ. Dupuis and the Germans"
,lates one woman, not far from my
house. The Germans dragged me of.
Ny little daughter Claire. five years
Old. saw me IN the middle Of them and
came running up. / asked permission
to take her back to the house the Ger
mans refused. If we are not. fired on
they said, you shall be released Then
they made us walk down ihr middle of
The road. while they themselves kept
10 the side. At a certain moment a shot
came from a Window saw a black
face. The house was instantly riddled
with bullets. Opposite the hospital.
while we were still walking in the mid
die Of the lGerman) troops, the Nloroc-
cans opened a fusillade. The Germans
replied. and my child was wounded by
bullet in the thigh-ihe wound Is not
healed yeti was taken along 90 the
neighborhood Of the hospital" states
another inhabitant, ''wth various other
civilians, and when the black troops
fred on the Germans, the latter ex-
posed us TO the bullets and compelled
ms TO walk in the middle of The road
Meanwhile the Germans were setting
The town on fire. 1.-THE enemy" states
NJ. de Psrseval, one Of the Mayors As
SCISSORS, were furious at meeting with
resistance. and, pretending that Il was
civilians who had fired on them, DELHI
orately started CONGREGATIONS In two
districts Of the town. A hundred and
five houses were burnt on Sept and
The following day. '-"On sept and {"
states a gardener, u was constantly
about In the streets, keeping an eye
% the premises under my charge.
saw the Germans In the act Of settling
fire to several houses. They came up
in column, and, at a whistle from an
officer. certain OF them stepped out
from the ranks TO break in the doors
md house-frOnts with axes. Others
hen came and set the house on fire.
After that, patrols came round 70 see
il the fire had caught properly ana
shot into any houses where the flames
were not spreading quickly enough.
They all shouted like savages while
they were at work. To start the fire,
the iucendiaries used tubes, fuses and
grenades."
Incendiarism was accompanied by
murder ave were exposed 20 the
French bullets" states one Of a group
u four men who were driven In the
civilian screen. II Immediately saw
Leymsrie fall MORALLY wounded, and
az was propping him against wall
I was struck myself by a bullet above
he knee. Levssseur was killed next.
At this moment a German of1cer ap-
peared, made me get up. ordered me
10 show him my wound, and proceed
ed to fire a bullet point-blank into my
shoulder My fourth companion was
also wounded by a German -Four
other men went to look at a granary
which the Germans had set on fire.
They were shot at by a patrol Of Uh-
lans, and took refuge In a stable, but
when they ventured out again they
were received with another v0lley. One
was killed outright; a second had three
fingers carried away and was wounded
I'm the groin-he died i'm hospital after
week. A bar-keeper, whose premises
the Germans were looting, was dragged
out and shot dead on his threshold for
raising his hand. A householder, whose
door had been broken in and who was
bringing the Germans wine on their
demand, was found by his wife, Few
minutes afterwards, lying dead on the
stairs. with a bullet wound through his
chest. A feeble-mlnded person lying in
bed in the hospital was shot dead by
a German officer who forced MS way
thither in a state Of frenzy. Ten civil
lians altogether were murdered here
and there IN Senlis on sept. by indi-
Vidual German soldiers and officers The
German Higher Command completed
the work by the massacre OF The Mayor
and six other citizens In the Commune
OF Claimant, outside the town.
I'VE were led next TO the hamlet Of
poteau," states an inhabitant Of sen
lis who had survived the ordeal IN the
Rue de la Republque Here we found
Tho Mayor, VI. Odent, who was a prison
rr. and were taken along with him TO
thamant. The Mayor was brutally. NAL
ireated by German soldiers on the way.
They snatched his gloves from him
md threw them IN his face; lhoy struck
him violently over the head with his
cane. At Claimant two officers took
command Of our guards. Then third
arrived. and walked mp TO NJ. Odent.
Twice over he charged him with .haN-
ing fred. or melted others TO Gre, ON
The German troops, and then informed
him, IN spite Of his protestations oi
innocence, that he was going to be-
shot The Mayor then asked permission
10 bid US farewell Il was granted him.
md he came and shook our hands, say
ing: I am going to be shot Goodbye.
lie was Immediately led away to a dis
lance Of about a dozen yards, and two
soldiers were ordered TO fire on him
He fell without a cry, and was buried
Immediately" He advanced very
bravely TO the spot," adds another wit
ness; "it was eleven O'Clock OF might"
The six other victims had already
been massacred. "On Sept i2," states
the municipal clerk Of the works. 81
went 70 Claimant TO see TO the disinter-
ment OF NJ Odent's BODY. J also had
the bodies Of six other persons who
had been shot by The Germans disin
terred. All We're perfectly well
recognized and identified by members Of
their families. Some Of them had
wounds in the chest. others in the
head"