The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16


taken of her, and she got through,
little the worse for her adventure.
Cap Shot off My Head
By that time the city had the ap-
pearance of being in a state of siege. |
The momentary lull in the firing near
US was just ending, and barricades |
were being thrown up by the comba- |
tants all around the house. We were
right in the thick of it, and the rat
tie Of machine gun fire and musketry
was continuous. Outside combatants
and non-combatants alike were suf-
fering, and through the celler graf
ing we could hear the groans of woun-
ded men and women.
| Miss Fraser insisted on going out
to see what she could do. I went with
/ her, while her father got ready ban
dages and surgical implements to be
ready with aid for the sufferers. No
sooner did we open the door than a
/ perfect storm of bullets swept along
| the street and the swish from them
swept my cap off my head. Bullets
| ''pinged" viciousiy against the walls
of the house, and doors, and shut
ters.
Out in the street there was a scene
of carnage more terrible than any
thing l have seen in warfare. Dead
and wounded were lying everywhere.
We heard the groans coming from
a huddled heap near US, and rush
ing forward found a young girl of
the tailoring type so common among
Russian Jews. She had been hit in
two places, and was bleeding profuse-
ly. We carried her down into the Gel
lar, and DR.: Frazer gave her atten-
ton. He said if aid had been delay
ed another minute the patient would
. have bled to death.
Leninites Triumph
Miss Fraser went out into the thick
|, rof it again. This time she got to the
l side of a boy who had been wound
ed and was lying in the roadway. Just
then the machine guns started sweep
ing the streets once more, and 1 shout
: ed to Miss Fraser to lie down full
length in the roadway.
She was just in time.
The boy she was trying to aid was
incautious enough to try to get into
a sitting posture, and was shot
through the head.
The fire became so fierce after that
that we had to make for shelter, hold
ing on to the walls, and springing
forward yard or two at time, we
managed to get back into the house,
The loyal troops were gradually push
n ed back and the Leninite revolutions
lists were in possession of the streets
n for about two miles around the house
= Machine gun posts were established al
n different points, and these were re-
: lentlessly turned on soldiers and civil.
= ians alike.
: Man-Hunt for Kerensky
- After about five hours in this dis
" trict, l started back in the company
of Doctor and Miss Fraser.
Things seemed to have quoted dowr
), in that neighborhood, and 1 had very
little distance to go. They were taking
:. leave of me in sight of a. private hos
- pital where 1 was staying, when heavy
" firing broke out close by. We haC
barely time to get under the shelter
of an arcade, when a band of revo
lutionists appeared, and began to scru
tinize houses in the Immediate neigh
lie brohood.
h, I heard they had learned that Ker
lie ensky had taken refuge in the hous
ly of sympathizer in that district, an,
as they were searching for him.
Id One house was singled out for at
to tack, and was quickly surrounded b
of the mob with flaming torches whicl
at they tried to set the house alight with
ny At one of the windows an old ma
er appeared, and tried to call somethin
i'd to the crowd, but his voice was drown
e. ed in the tumult. In the background
saw the scared faces of two womer
lis Kerensky Appears
The mob became more menacin
70 every minute, and started to fire g
i'o the windows. The door was broke
down, and the crowd surged in.
"a Just when they were crowding j
the hallway some soldiers appeare
~ from the back part of the house, an
% opened fire. The attack was so vi
~ expected and so effective, that pan
laid hold of the attacking party, WI
-, now scattered in all directions, traml
~ ling each other in their eagerness
'o0 get away. From behind the hou
more soldiers came, and a furious Fl
sillade was opened on the arme
mob, which now became more al
lad more terrified.
ter At one of the windows appeared
young, understood and sallow-fac,
re- man. DIR. Fraser caught hold of n
ade arm. eff you want to SEQ Kerensky
he he exclaimed, now is your chanc
npt That is the man"
an 1t was indeed the Dictator himse
re- and he looked as cool as man cou
en- look, regardless of the fact that t.
yed house in which he was sheltering W
was partly ablaze, and outside there W
it an agry mob thirsting for his bloc
AXE The loyal troops were few in nun
ur- Der, but what they lacked in quanti
gh- they had in quality. The streets il
age, mediately surrounded the district we
ing, quickly cleared, and later NJ. Kerens
give appeared in person, accompanied
an escort of two mounted officers a
the eight men, with whom he rode rap
nks ly away making for the bridge o1
the the Neva and the northern suburbs
her the city.
the The revolutionists knew by now Il
the that prey was at hand, and they ma
was desperate efforts to set the maste