Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-11-27
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.nUnCnbAck CAUSE
Of MANY DEATHS
Rlnqleader Of Murder Band That
Operated Under Bella Kun
IN Hungary.
INGENIOUS HORROR \ CHAMBER
corvln Responsible for Dsath 81 $40
Political Suspects and Active Agent
/, In Torturinp Of Ten Times %
Many More.

K
London.-O Otto Corvin, hunchback.
was the ringleader Of the murder ana
torture band that operated under Bella
Kun in Hungary. according to Lucien
Jones, writing 10 The Daily News. OF
London, from Budapest. Jones says
of COrvIn:
Had not examined the police mtn-
(. utes taken after the preliminary ex.
animation of Corvin and his associates.
and had not questioned Corvin my.
self. I should not have believed such
fiendish practices to be possible In the
twentieth century. 1t appears from
the police minutes and statements Cor
win has made that he himself was re-
sponslble for the death Of Ave hundred
political suspects and was an active
agent in tOrturiEg ten times as many
more.
Under his auspices an elaborate tor.
ture chamber, with all modern and an.
Gent devices, was fitted out in the cell
lars Of the new parliament buildings
and In basement under the palace OF
Count BakOnye, h'ch Is situated In
the main thurougi.tare of Budapest.
The luckless suspects would he dragged
out Of their beds and taken to one
of the places at dead Of night.
One Of the favorte methods Of tor
ture was to fix gag in the mouth Of
the prisoner so that his Jaws remained
wide open, while lighted match wal
held In the mouth until the victim
either confessed knowledge Of counter
revolutionary plans or agreed to pa!
q large sum Of money.
A Dagger In the Throat
Another form Of torture was y
thrust dagger down the throat Of thu
prisoner until he assented to their de
mands. The sfavorlte method, how
ever, was to bring prisoner into
room where various portions Of TIL
human body, such as noses. eyes, lipl
ears which had been cut OF previOu
, victims. were lyin. az. table. He wa
then given a choice, Of form Of dis
memberment II no confession OF none
, was forthcoming.
Many died under ~ IRE rather tina
yield, and every ,',.at cart Gale
. around for CORPSE which, lQ0sel
I strung together, ''rv weighted an
t slung into the Dahali'e.
!. It is interesting ia mole that Corvt
: admits that as Icing as q year az
}. plans for this terrorism were laid
Moscow, with the active help of Lenil
and Trotzky. .
r Another of the leading terroris
captured is Gahor schon, formerly
sub.lieutenant in the Chinese, corr
: formed by the bolsheviki. He WI
brought into the police station or
morning from the country where |
had been found in hiding by peasant
!. He had been terribly beaten and d
;. figured. Nearly $4,000 in British al
= French notes was found on him, and
]. number Of blank forms for the inmet
ate execution of any who were pOlt'
cal suspects under the old regime.
Schon was noted for his extren
= avarice, and confesses to a number
). cases in which, under his orders, q
: gold-fllled teeth Of wealthy residents
!, Budapest were pulled out with pincel
:, and without IN anesthetlc.
- Accused % Murder.
re have also examined the dOcumen
Is relating to one Emery Harangozo,
er pale-faced, evil-looking little man, 4
merly a shoemaker, but under I
u, communist government chairman
Or the executive committee Of soviets
is Macy Gerencs, few miles from But
ls pest.
Harangozo is accused of the murd
Of four Roman Catholic priests. ]
fore they were shot Harangozo tapp
ne them on the shoulder and said: "Gl
my greetings to your White Go
r; Hrrangozo, like Schon was found b
ing In forest.
ut A large crowd is assembled Onts
." the police station and 1t is with d
en- Guilty that the bolshevist prisoners
saved from being lynched. So bit
ID Is the feeling that one might say
*. white terror is slowly taking
place Of the red terror. though
police are taking active steps to ma