The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-01
CREATURE Of Bella KUN
REvtlLEO N TORTURE
Hunchback Dragged Victims to Cham
her OF Horrors, Where 500 Were
Killed and 5000 Tortured

Otto Corvin. aunchback, was the
:ingleader of the murder and torture
hand that operated under Bella Kun
in Hungary, according to Lucien
Jones, writing to The Daily News"
of London, from Budapest. Jones
says of Corvin:
Had | not examined the police min
ctes taken after the preliminary cx-
animation of Corvin and his associates
and had ] not questioned Corivn my
self. | should not have believed such
hendish practices to be possible in the
twentieth century. 1t appears from
the police minutes and statements
Corvin has made that he himself was
responsible for the death of five hun
dred political suspects and was an ac-
i've agent in torturing ten times as
many more.
Under hes auspices an elaborate
torture chamber, with all modern and
ancient devices, was fitted out in the
cellars OF the new parliament build.
ings and in basement under the
palace of Count Rakonye. which is
situated In the main thoroughfare Of
budapest. The suspects would
oe dragged out of their beds and
taken TO one of these places at dead
of night
one OF the favorite methods of tor
ture was to fix a gag In the mouth of
inc prisoner so hat his jaws remained
"iae open. while a lighted match was
hela In his mouth until the victim
either confessed knowledge of count
er-revoiutionary plans or agreed 10
pay large sum OF money.
A Dagger In the Throat
Another form Of torture was TO
the prisoner untii he consented to
their demands. The favorita method
however. was 10 bring n prisoner into
"a room where various portions of the
human body such as noses, ewes. Inns
ears which had ben cut off previo,,s
victims. were laying on the table. He
was then given a choice of a form OF
ACKNOWLEDGMENT If 70 confession of
money was forthcoming
Many died under torture rather
than yield, and every night a art
called around for corpses. which.
loosely strung together, were weighted
and slung into the Danube
IL Is interesting to note that Corvin
admits that as long as "A year ago
plans for this terrorism were laid in.
Moscow, with the active help of
Lenine and Trotzky.
Another of the leading terroists
Il
sub-lieutenant in the Chinese corps
formed by the Boisheviki He was
brought into the police station this
morning from the country where he
had been found in hiding by peasants.
He had been terribly beaten and
disffgured. Nearly ST 600 in British
and French notes was found on him.
and number Of HANK forms for the
immediate execution of any who were
T.N1f ~ 4
regime.
Schon was noted for his extreme
avarice. and confesses to n number of
cases in which, under his orders. the
goid-filled teeth of wealthy residents
Of Budapest were pulled out with
pinehers, and without an aneasthetic.
He is also presumed guilty Of the
death ef-twef4ty persons hy murder.
Accused of Murder
| have also examined the documents
relating to one Emery Harangozo, a
pale-faced eyil-looking little man, for
merly a shoemaker, but under the
communist governm ent chairman of
the executive committee of soviets at
Macy Gerencs, a few miles from Ruta-
pest
Herangozo Is accused OF the murder
of four Roman Catholic priests Be-
fore they were shot Harangozo tapped
then, on the shoulders and said. t'Csive
my greetings to your white God"
Haran goZo. like Sehon, was found
hidden in a forest.
A large crowd Is assembled outside
the police station and IL ia with diff
Guilty that the Bolshevikf prisoners are
s1ved from being lynched. So bitter
is the feeling that one might say a
Wolfe" terror is slowly taking too
place of the Red terror, though the
police are taking active steps to main
tain order,