Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-21

on inqulring what that large bulldlnq
was which was on Gre, and learning
that 1t was the Christian Brothers tenn
porary hospital, said That is STUPID
They marched the Christian Brothers
to Somzee. more than % Kilometres
away They beat them and tore their
clothes"
The witness himself was seized nc n
hostage early on the morning NJ Ang
%. They charged me with not teen-
ing the population Ia order, and said I
was responsible for civilians firing on
the soldiers. replied that had told
everyone not to fire on the soldiers. and
mat was sue that they had not done
so. / explained that 10 was the French
VINO had fred, and po ntcd out the 20
sltlon Of their machine-gins An officer
SAID II was the Ga,de Cividue.' They
had been disbanded on the Friday night.
but had not time to tell him so. An
their riiles were in the Hotel-de-Ville
Ihe Germans themselves had found
them there and destroyed them, and
set the Hotel-de-Vlle on FIRE The officer
said he would destroy the whole town
with big guns
III was about an hour later when
they took three men from among the
hostages and shot them. Il was said
that these three had been found hid
den in a cellar, and that there had been
a revolver found In a chest OF drawers
on the first floor. There was no trial Of
any sort When they shot them
they told them TO march forward, and
then said: Halt Right about turn and
shot them the moment they turned
Next day they put up a notice that all
persons found with arms would be shot
and their houses burnt"
After these executions, the witness
and the rest of the hostages were
marched about the countryside all day
As they started. they were harangued
by the German officer In command: If
we are fired at In the villages we are
going through. you will all be shot. II
we are not fred at. you will be set
at liberty tomorrow" At their evening
halt one Of the hostages, a feeble-mind-
ed boy. tried 10 escape. He was shot
In the thigh, and left 10 bleed 10 death.
THE officer came up upon hearing the
shots He repeatedly struck the five
men who were nearest the one who had
tried to escape, with clenched fists. and
banged their heads against the wall be
hind. Then he ordered the soldiers 10
shoot them They led them away
little distance and ! heard the shots
He was In such a rage he could hardly
speak"
Next morning the witness was re-
leased, and returned to Montlgny with
a pass. Il visited the hospital" he
states. land saw twenty-seven lyine
dead. Several Of them had been
killed in the presence Of their wives"
At Bounloulx, on Aug. p. ten civil
llans were killed-three OF them beins
over sixty years OF age. Il saw a man
lying dead in the street." states a wit
ness, shot through the chest about so
yards from his house. He was an old
man OF 65. in his ordinary clothes His
brother-in-law told me. next day. that
he had been dragged out Of his house
when he was alone there with his
wife In Bou1loulx about one
third Of the houses were burnt down.
and they tried to burn many othors.
met one Of my workmen sitting on
his doorstep crying because they had
burnt everything Of his. ! saw a friend
dead in his house in the Chaussee
dAcoz lie had been shot In the chest,
and his throat was cut AZ Les Tien-
mes the same witness saw twenty-five
cottages burning He saw two men shot
by The Germans as they tried TO get
out Of q cellar, through the grating. to
escape from the flames. In a hospital
DE saw. a man and his wifc--the man
had been shot in the chest while get
tins out Of his cellar; the woman could
not get out and was found there after
wards, terribly burnt She died in hos
pital Of her injuries.