The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-30

| nunQre0 ana nifty marks; q kilO
gramme of sugar one hundred marks
etc. Also Finland tried to get rid OF
so many people she had to feed, and
as the bolsheviki who come up to g
kilometers from R had been re.
pulsed by the Finn troops, which had
ut the last moment come in aid to the
Let's and to the vOlontaire corps of
Balthes-Germans, the Firms then or.
dered all fugitives to leave the country
| within six days. However, we re-
ceived, on account of my husbands bad
condition, permission to stay until he
would get better.
Going back was an impossbility,
the situation being still very grave; a
second expedition was no longer pos
slble for the strength of my poor has
band; moreover, we had nothing left.
Our large city house was taken and
turned into hospital by a Russian
volontaire corps. NJ devastated
and plundered! First by the bolshe-
Wiki, then by the Esths, whom the
Germans left unpublished; then by the
white troops and the Firms, who were
lighting the reds, German properties
being left unmolested.
Family Lost Everything.
Last year our estate had suffered,
but our magnificent castle with all it's
dependencies had been respected. Now
all have pillaged it. The Films being
more civilized stole the most beautiful
things-paintings bronzes, antiques,
etc. Finally the SO masters rooms and
the Ill servants rooms were plundered.
What they could not take away they
smashed or burned. We lost every
thing. Not sheet, not a plate or
glass exist, and when our intendant
complained to the minister of state Ca
Thesthe), he answered him that nat
urally in war time everybody wanted
to have some souvenirs. The whites
pillaged, as l hear, 80 estates and they
were supposed to be our defenders
"Friends here obtained for us the
permission to come to K, where we
found two rooms in family. We
hope soon to find some occupation, and
sell some furs that / could take with
me, for unfortunately my beautiful
laces are also in Petrograd.
II do not know whether you have an
idea Of what the bolsheviki have done
everywhere whenever they had to re-
tire. At W they killed 80 people;
we have lost friends, acquaintance
and our excellent and noble doctor. AL
most all were tortured before being put
to death. Before shooting Doctor L
they broke his two legs. To the old
Baroness H., seventy-two years DID,
after having opened her stomach,
snatched out her intestines while alive.
They killed priests, doctors. mobiles,
merchants, women, children and peas
ints. They made several persons dig
heir own graves, forcing them to un-
iress; carriage was waiting to take
away their clothes. Then they tor
ured every one, breaking arms and
egs, crushing the limbs, snatching the
ntestines, gougi1g out the eyes. scar
ing the cheeks. and they even burned |
wo persons alive.
''There were three large pits. they |
ossed .rell nell in one of them the
living and the dead, and then these
Monsters jumped into the pit and |
rampled under foot the unfortunates |
ntil they were lifeless.
''Twelve persons were so crushed
nd disfigured that they could not be
And all that is true!
AFTER the c0rpses had been ex-
umed the doctors and the officers of
he state took photographs of each. af-
er having examined everyone of them.
Russia Awaiting the Allies
AT D, at W, ETC., whenever
ne Reds were repulsed-note. l pray
on, that say 'everywhere'-the same
,rtures were inflicted to the unfortu.
ate ones. shall not try to describe
he horrors of other places for it has
cen the same everywhere.
"At D.. hundreds have been
lrown under the ice of the river. vet
clement death compared with the
hers.
Thousands die from hunger in all
ussia bOlsheyism reigns everywhere.
e had hoped to be delivered by the
errans, and they having failed we
,ped for the allies; now, as an Off
r who has escaped from Petrnyrad
as telling, we do not hope any longer.
g die!
Russia is anxiously awaiting the
lp of the allies. for she alone canno.
nQuer the terrorizing bolsheviki."