Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-15
DRUNKEN TROOPS
MURDER PRINCE
CHASTITY Details Of Staying of Russ
NObleman and His Two Daugh-
tiers Just Revealed.

London-(Correspondence Of the AS
ISOLATED Press. "A graphic story OF
the murder by drunken Russian SOL
diers of Prince Sangushko, Polish
noble, and Of his two daughters, the
Countesses Rzysczcwski, is related by
the Petrograd correspondent of Lloyd's
News.
Before the war the tragedy lately
enacted at Slavuta would have sent
thrill Of horror throughout Europe"
says the correspondent. LAS it is. the
bare fact that the venerable Prince
Sangushko, 80 years old, had been
murdered, has been announced, but
the CHASTITY details of the crime have
only just been revealed
The castle of Slavuta, built when
the district of Southwestern Russia,
where it stands, belonged to the king
of Poland, lies on the outskirts Of
little manufacturing town of the same
name Owing to the unsettled state
of the country, which is infested by de-
serters from the army, the military
authorities had sent guard of dra-
goops to the castle, which contains
priceless historical treasures accum-
ulated by the Sangushko family in the
course of the centuries.
"One of these dragons caught a
soldier from a neighboring village
cutting down a tree in the forest sur
rounding the castle and tackled him.
The thief was slightly wounded, but
not severely enough to prevent him
running to the neighboring village,
where his regiment was stationed,
shrieking that the guard at the castle
was trying to murder him. The SOL
dier's comrades at once seized their
rifles and surrounded the castle of
Prince Sangushko. They began to
fire, and the dragons on guard re-
turned their fire All the time the
officers and members of the regimen
tai committee were appealing to the
insurgent soldiers to obey orders and
to cease firing
Suddenly they gave way, only stip-
ulating that a deputation from the
.. regimental committee should search
the castle, as they were convinced
that the old prince had stored ma
chine guns for use in the cause OF the
counter revolution. OF course, there
were no machine guns, and all that
was found were few sporting guns
and revolvers.
Just as suddenly as the crowd OF
soldiers, standing in the courtyard Of
the castle, had yielded to the appea
of their officers, came a new uproar
and, in an instant, they had overpow
: cred the guard and rushed into the
castle Neither threats nor appeal:
had the slightest effect on them. The!
destroyed, in fit Of maniacical fury
everything that they could lay hands
on. Pictures, furniture, statues, dra
peries were destroyed blindly, ruth
: lessly. The venerable Polish mag
, nate and his two daughters, the youn,
and beautiful Countesses Rzyszczw
ski, fed to one of the attics, hopinl
that, if their home was to be. ruined
!, at least their lives might be saved
i From early in the morning, when tn
;; marauders began their attack, unit
j 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the sack
: ing of the castle went on. Then tn
soldiers retired to the courtyard.
What about the prince?' cried on
: OF them.
".And the lovely countesses?' add
: ed another.
o Back into the castle rushed ban
of soldiers and began to search TO
the owner. At last he was found an
dragged into the courtyard among tn
, derisive yells of the soldiers waitin
for their victim. They decided to TAX
him to the village where they wer
: stationed, and dragged the old ma
S along, for he was too old to walk