The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-04


VI sAs kosvsn~ and ~ sAey sASw -
s~~sAs II ~hat they have ssac shr
they w~s ths verdict.
Wsmse Mssssss In xsrss.
In ihss cNy ~ ets~~h mere. Svsorsi
are daily ccs~lns In conserninx To
manner IN wAicA women sre hcinI
treated, scsh When undsscsuw cram
lnstton NJ aha poilee and By tho sci
ds~rs Ia she villages, ~ Maskore. I
snAil town IN wcs~unx eounsy. s~s
young married ~cmsa xrrs ATTACHES
nv soldiers. A xcca ~ they eouss
escape they vent personally 10 th.
ncare@s geMdarme station for iAe par
Ixs2e a scehnx r~lr~~s and rrci~ssso
fcs The fasure. The official in chArxs
stated that Il WAS imsossshie fer hlu
~ Aeceps their Dssision. A. II s~s im.
Ipsslbie 10 identlfy she soldiers or
~has corps sbey belonged to ~ said
that II MAS isnpossihle for him TO h~ir
ihen. and that Il would BE- l,esser tcs
'hem 10 leave the station as soon -
pvsssble Osher cases of slniisr ns
tare we're repoxted By people who have
no reason In mAklng false staismsnts
Typical of the sayaxrry u she JslAn.
ose soldiers when dealing with tho
unarmed Koreans Is the follo~in. ac /.
ccun, of an eyewitness of what csr
carrd st AndaHs In Aarii. Japan
es- soldier killed kcrcsn. ana hls
~ife. frsnlic with grief. threw herself
% his dead body, When she did 30.
~he had ~ n lh~ KOREAN method VI
carry Ing children. baby strapped 10
her back Fov no reason. wha iseeyer,
except out of sheer cruelty. the jap
anesc soldier stepped forward aud
bayonetsed the mother and child 10
death.
On another occasion. the eyewitness
states. = wounded Korean lying on the
gnound gasping for hrsath. ~as din.
emhoweled BY passing Jag&ne e
soldier. usber brutals,ies of similar
nature were repcrtod ta mo, but the
above s~e INSTANCES are Sufficient
particularly ~ they are from an eye.
witness whom can sruss-,o give III.
pnblic an idea of What w happening
and has happened la Korea
In she mountains the soldiers APP
pear 10 have had the liberty TO shoot
the people down at random. and AZ
foreigner are not allowed 80 visit
saese places u w impossible 10 essi y
mate the number Of Killed and wound
ed II was told IN good authoriiy that
ai place called iIapehun. seventy
Koreans we're shcs and nearly double
that number were wounded
Are rorturss ia prIsor.
Al the korcansew5sh whom ! came
into contact dwclt On the iorsur.s
hey bad undergone and those now In
'rison were undergoing. II was IN.
efcrtinw 70 learn that they ~csa al
4 we orinlon that fhs greatest cruel.
y and brutal forms OF torture were
arrIed out In the foliee sisaions be-
ore their trials and while being croea
xsmtned. When they had received
ent"nce and were srnt 10 the main
'rlson conditions there. whslc terrible.
fsrc much better In Talku. tho re-
eased prisoners spoke of being beat
n by splinsered bamboo aud the old |
'orean paddle, The japanese anlnse
aemseives. according 10 shese mnn. BY |
isclng a key between the tha Fingers 1
the prisoner. and then. hoIding the
nds ~ The fingers tight. they turn
~ key, Tho awful pain of thls can
0 imagined. Women have. told of
asing their hands Tied behind shcir
Acks and then being pulled np BY
spe and pulley and iefs there to hang
,r an hour or more,
One of he most cruel 'oE-ures com.
|alned Of by che Koreans In Taiku "
,e insnfficiency Of water. They ssid
,at they are on'y allowed fifteen min
its tn eat their rice from the time
'e bell rings Thix they admit ls
:en'y Of time. provided that they
ave bqnid TO waHb II down. but thc
CO is boiled dry and 4 sticks In their
'roots AMI rhckan them.
The iuspofeibilIty of the prisoners
ing able to sleep On account Of the
'owded condition a the cells they
". h sinscai maddcning. The Jap
acsc force them 10 81 or rather kneei
Japanese style. Az this IN posi-
on 10 whirh the Koreans are nos used
causes them great agoay. should
~ Of them try 10 ease themselves
using 2 different position they are
ken out and stick placed bctwcrnl
y toiDte Of thcir kDe<~ ard they arr
reed 10 keep this position for a cyrf
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