Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-18
WORK OFlhOB INBERL'lN

Liebknccht Also killed-Remains o
Woman Thrown Into Canal-Wav
Of Terrorism in German Capital.
Berlin, Jan. 18.-The frail body o
Rose Luxembourg, horribly mutilatet
by the marks of a lynching mob
floats somewhere in the murky wa
ters of the Landwehr Canal. Th'
corpse of her soul mate, master ant
comrade in terrorist warfare, DR.
lCarl Liebknecht, lies at some obscure
morgue in darkest Berlin, heavily
guarded by government troops for the
wrath of the mob is as yet unstilled
The murder of these two lead
ers is not to be credited for the gov
ernment's account; they were the
victims Of lynch law, of the fury of
mobs who saw in them the deliber-
ate and wanton Instructors of what
is left of the wreck of the empire.
But the unreasoning masses will
blame the government, nevertheless.
The aggravating circumstance is
that both were in the custody of gov
ernment squads, and both on the way
to prison when mobs snatched them
from the midst Of the heavy guards
and took the law into their hands.
After sensational escapes which
for time wiped out traces-Lieb-
knecht had fled over dozen roofs
the two rejoined yesterday at the
home of Siegfried Marcusson, at 43
Mannheimer street. \ telephone
conversation had clipped" the gov
ernment as to their rendezvous.
"Auf wiedersehen at Marcusson's,"
was the message heard by the wire
tappers.
Rosa managed to escape from Mar
cusson's home when the troops arrived
to arrest her and Liebknecht. But
her flight ended at the Hotel Eden,
were a fate so brutal and bloody as
to recall the killing of witches" in
the middle ages overlook her.
Die Rote Rosa" was the cry that
spread like wildfire through the
streets of western Berlin, bringing
mob of thousands to the hostelry
where the woman tried to hide, Gov
err r1ent soldiers with drawn revolvers
placed her under arrest. As they ap-
ueared on the threshold thousand
arms reached out and within a few
seconds she was the prey of multi
tude of men and women become
beasts.
Shots were fired at her, canes, clubs,
hatpins, fingernails and even women's
teeth were used in the orgy of mad
ness. She was literally beaten to
death. Blood streamed from scores
of wounds, but it was hardly distln-
ruishable from the brilliant crimson
of her blouse.
Death did not satisfy the lynchers
A couple of men threw her body into
a machine and whizzed her off. they
didn't get beyond block. The street
was thick with people and they threw
themselves into the automobiles path
some to have a morbid look at Red
Rosa" but most of them to do FUR
ther violence to the corpse.
Men and women reached into the
car and kept on dealing smashing
blows to the dead woman, already
mutilated beyond recognition. Un-
mercifully they kept up their bar
barous work. A hoodlum jumped
on the sideboard, climbed on top OF
Tho machine and fired revolver shots
into the body. Then they dragged 1t
out of the car and threw it into the
Landwehr Canal.
Meanwhile Liebknecht was meet
mo similar end, but far less grue-
some. Unlike his frail, deformed wo-
man lieutenant who never once denied
her identity or her cause, the power
fuIlv built former soldier tried to the
l,st TO masquerade. At Marcusson's
house he told the troops he was not
rhe man they were seeking. This tali-
ID TO save him. Unmistakable marks
Of recognition were identified and ne
ras carried off toward Moabit prison
IN = machine. In the geological gar
dons the automobile broke down. Inc
Marty got out to wait for another car
uare L;ebknecht saw his last chance
He started to run. For this the sol
diers guarding him had been waiting
Half a dozen revolvers were tiret
simultaneously. Three bullets struet
him one resulting in instant death.
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