The Denver Jewish news., 1919-10-22

tfhsmoLanuun says
''Rq'za Stein was shos because she pro-
tested against her husbands arrest. s.
Steinman was shot during the search in
his house. Pink was shot because he
refused TO give up money which the SOL
iiers found on him. Among the MUIR
dered Jews there was n large percentage
Of old men. Yankel Shifran. s.xty-eight
years old: Murdueh Levitt. sixty-seven;
Daniel Trasonsxy.. slxty-three. Leib
one; EIiczer IiaIperstein ann Mordche
HiIels, fiftv-eight: Samuel Toibman.
fifty-one. There were almost children
among the murdered Jews. such as Phil
inovsky. sixteen years old: Sora Shochot.
fifteen wears old Among tho others who
were killed Mt Wilma were Eth Sheimuk. !.
i,a Waisbord. Lazar Hurwitz. Moisey
Epstein. Necham Kushtz. Lima Walks,
Samuel Shepkovsky Moisey Asch. David
lS'rski. Abram Rontal. Abram Aisepstein.
Huvin Shapiro Chain Fisherman. Gdala
KaiyanskI. Esther Shepsols, Chain Ko-
varski. -four unidentified Jews. Joseph
'Renkazishek. Leib Rer. Peisach Judele-
, vitch Arin Yak Novsha Nota Golburg.
Lager Rosin. Victor 1vyanski. Potashnik
ITishkovitch. the eminent writer A.
Waiter. Devenishski. Lazar Rabin. Keel
Kaufman. joel Kasutski and his son Der.
Meyer SteTnn.sn Leib CHAT. Hirsh Kap-
IAN. Joseph Ptimpvnnski. Zalmen chaikin
and Joichonop Shweids.
Not One OF slain Armed.
Not one of these was armed. Some OF
them were shot the spot where they
were taken. Some of those arrested in
their homes and in the city were taken
to I.ipnvka o. 10 other places and shot
there without trial. Many were beaten
and disficured before they were shot
THE number of those who were beaten
cannot be estimated. Z; was very great.
THE arrested Jews. led to Lipuvka. were
keep, there for tweuty-four hours in the
knowledge that they were condemned to
idea hv shooting. They were placed sew
erai times against the wall. with guns and
ma chine guns aimed al them. forced to
lsay their last prayers
THE entire party of go Jews taken to
Ida were also informed that they would
he executed and We're kept thus for three
days, Their trip in the train defies de-
iscription. They Were tortured beaten and
Knocked. They were without food four
days. The troops forced the Jews to lie
down m top of one another In the cars.
DraxEcd BY Running Horse.
CHAIN varnyan was tied TO the horse
of one of the leeionnaires. and was thus
dragged through the streets of the city. .
Moses Flaks was subjected to a similar
torture meas the estate of I-eonishki, and
\ Isahin otltz near the estate of Dolni
1.-The seventy-year-old 'AreRcvitz. dtheS.
Isixty-y-ar-oid Eatx and the fifty-nve-
lyear-old Rabbi Chodes. arrested In Land
varov. near Wilma. were driven into the
IrttN. Ci1n IN rags Jne leSiOnnalreS tcre !
lnnd burnt their boards. trampied them
Iiinder foot and robbed them i"
The. official memorandum submitted to
the Polish government contains list Of
thousands of Jews who were plundered
and attacked
went TO Lipuvka. in wilma, where .
number of Jews had been shot during the
three pogrom days. April 10. 20 and q.
I spoke to some of the men and women
who witnessed the murders. I asked them
10 tell what. thew had seen
In little one storied house an old. Jew
and his wife told me in detail how they
saw several Jews shot As they were tell
ing me what they experienced during the
nosrom days n number Of people entered
the room. silently and surrounded US.
There were old men and young men. wom-
en- and children-ali witnesses of the hor-
rors of Polish pogrom
1t was n scene shall never forget. Each
one wanted to tell what he or she had
seen. They frequently interrupted one an
other to add a detail to relate an episode
that other witnesses may have failed to
mention A Jew of about forty. speaking 4
slowly and without emotion. said:- y
Several officers and soldiers came into
dig a grave for Jews they were going to
shoot They carried guns. and. knew
that there was nothing else for me to do
but obey their command. I heard shots
near my house. and then was told to go
out and dig the graves I buried several
bodies little distance away from here
Inc DDuitS are sun ti1tTe Inc au-
tEorties re used to have the bodies trans
ferred to the Jewish cemetery. When I
-et,irned to this room found II full of
Polish officers. They were seated around
this table. dividing a large SUI of money i.
among themselves. First 1 heard them
count the money which Trey put upon
1t among all the officers and men in uni
form-on this very table''-
Saw jew shot.
A little boy of about ten. dark complex
iored. pale faced. with huge eyes. came
forward and spoke rapidly
II saw from the window OF our house
now Jewish young man was, shot. He
wanted to show them a papcr-his pass
port, he said. He begged them not to
shoot. He fell down on his knees and
heRged and begged, Don't shoot mel Here,
you can see who I ari.' he cried. They
told him to get up and then they shot hiri
Then they dragged him near the door of
OIL. house. l saw how one of the soldiers
took off the dead mans shoes-they were
very nice brown shoes-and the soldier
came into our house and tried to put on
these shoes. nut they were too small, so
he cursed and cursed"
An old woman wrapped in a shawl, sup
PRESSING sobs, tears streaming down her
face. said
las we looked out of our window VIC saw
The oil. sexton together with several other
Jews led by soldiers. I heard the sexton
exclaim. We are led to be slaughtered!'
I saw how two Jews were shot in front Of
our house. And Polish women looked ON
ond' laughed. Wien they heard that the
soldiers wanted to have the Jews buried
near by they said. We don't want those
dogs buried here near DIR houses. Bury
them near the Jewish houses
one of the men present told me that
while he was digging a grave for some of
the murdered Jews an officer shouted to
him ~
Make that grave larger and deeper. We
aili put yoii there. together with your
brother. You look like one of them. You
are also dark. You look exactly me his
brother :
II cried that | was not his brother. but
lie officer said lie knew better Onley when