The Washington times., 1919-04-20
TELLS HOW YANKS
ENTERED BERLIN
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jumped on the running board and
dealt Liebknecht several blows on
the head and body. Then as the ma
chine gained headway and drew away
blood was seen to be streaming from
his face.
The writer, who saw all this, was
informed at the time by one of the
German secret police that the des-
tination of Liebknecht and his guards
was the Moabit prison.
The End Of LIebkneeht.
While passing through the Thier-
garten the car broke down. The
chauffeur, on being asked by the SOL
diers guarding Liebknecht how long
It would take to repair the machine,
said that 1t would require some time
and suggested that they walk to
Charlottenburgerstr where they
could find another auto at taxi sta
ton to complete the journey. Lieb-
knecht was asked If he had enough
strength to walk and said he had.
After walking about fifty yards
quietly, regardless of his weakened
condition, he made a dash for lib
erty. The guards shouted Halt,
but he continued to run, and, at fifty
yards range they opened fire. Lieb-
knecht fell dead with bullets between
the shoulders and neck. The body
was taken to the geological gardens
where IL was kept until a proper
vehicle could be brought to take it
away.
There exists in Mexico today a
policy known as the fugitive law,
which says that il a man can make
good his escape while in the custody
Of guards, it is permissible, providing
! he is willing to take the chance OF
being shot TO death attempting to
| escape.
Apparently this was the policy that
the government decided upon as the
best means to rid themselves of Lieb-
knecht without trial. for had he gone
to prison they would not have been
able to convict him of any crime for
which they could have shot him. Lieb-
knecht's physical condition at the
! time he started to run was such that
| IL the guards would have chased him.
they would have caught him in
hundred yards, but. with their usual
"kultur" and their unwillingness for
fair play, they shot him.
At the time Liebknecht was being
taken away. Rosa Luxembourg was
! Icing held in the hotel The soldiers,
realizing the danger that existed If
| they took her out the same way they
/ had Liebknecht. instead OF using a
! side street. attempted to avoid the
collected crowd by leading the pfis-
| Cner out through the main entrance.
| The street was deserted except for
one man, who Immediately ran around
| into the side street where the crowd
was and shouted:
Rosa is getting. away
Thousands rushed around 10 where
the car was, surrounded it and stopped
| it, threatening the occupants with re-
voIvers.
Rosa Luxembourg Beaten TO Death.
The guards Offering no opposition,
both men and women in the mob beat
the small body of Rosa Luxembourg
\ numerically. dealing terrific blows.
| Not far away was a bridge between
| Kurfurstendam and HeitZig streets.
When the mob stopped raining blows
on the woman they dragged her, a
corpse now. from the car and made
way with the body. 1t is generally
supposed that il was thrown into the
/ Landwehr canal. but all the canals were
dragged later and it was not found.
/ Perhaps its spot of eternal repose will
never be determined.
At the time Of the tragic end of the
| Spartacan leaders. it was thought that
| their deaths would cause a revival OF
| the trouble that had been going on
| for the past week in Berlin, but, as
| NOske, the new war minister, by this
| time had the city militarily occupied
| by 10000 picked troops from the front
with field equipment, field guns at
every main crossing, and with every
approach held by troops with machine