Arizona republican., 1919-12-09

governor which was one of "ChereZ yer |
Chicas" and though we had noticed a
very peculiar smell ever since we ar
rived. it became stronger as we came
nearer. We soon tied our handker-
chiefs over our noses and I'll never
forget that smell as long as | live.
1t had once been a beautiful resi-
dence but now it is only a shell. Boil
shevic records are strewn knee deep
on the floors. The furniture is broken
and wrecked. the mirrors shattered
fragments: the pictures cut out OF
their frames and in their places notices
of an unprintable nature or a picture
of Trotsky or Lenin; the walls full of
bullet holes; the tapestry and hang
ings long gone; taken to make dresses
for bolshevic prostitutes the corners
of the rooms in such filthy condition
a pig wouldn't or couldn't live in
them; tables, chairs, cabinets. settees
overturned and broken to fragments,
the little chapel and altar used for
toilet, stripped of its hangings; the
pictures of Christ, Mary and the Saints
torn from their frames and cut to rib
bons lying on the floor; the crosses
| bent and twisted with other such en-
| blems thrown in corner Oh, ! can't
| describe it as it's too filthy Upon
mounting to the next floor the condi-
ton was the same, but worse. Here
lived the "Comisars" and high of
ficials. Here it was difficult to move
about through the bottles which had
once contained almost every kind of
liquor and, strange to say. almost
The Hand Of. Germany
| every one had a German label Here
must stop TO say that much of the
printed matter and records were IT
German and in fact the master hand
Of Germany was visible everywhere
Even today, quite by accident We
learned of and obtained the address
of a German mission still operating
and it didn't take us long to inform
the military authorities who are nov
investigating, though l do not know
the result as yet. No. % University
street is the number, not over ten
minutes walk from where our car IS
placed. We are told this German com
mission operated "ChereZ yer chica''
Of all their own all during the boil
shevic occupation and quHe on the
same scale as the Others
But to go back to the palace. Next
we went to the ground floor where
were located the cells and prisons.
Here room after room with iron graf
ings were found, as it is a very large
house where were kept the prisoners
until they were brought to trial o,
murdered. There were about five rooms
where the women were kept and while
they were prisoners they srved for
other purposes indescribable. The
filth In these rooms was terrible.
There was the same great quantity of
empty bottles, the upholstery torn
from all the furniture and filth indie
scribable in the corners as they were
only allowed to leave their cells fot
five minutes each II hours, As many
as ten and fifteen women were kept In
room twenty feet square for months
at time. Large dark blotches OF
dried blood were everywhere. Furth
er down the hall were the rooms usel
for imprisoning the men, some eight
or ten of these and as many as forty
men kept in some of the larger ones
which we would consider only capable
of taking care of ten or twelve. Some
of the rooms had boards nailed over
the windows, making dark cells In
which they sat for months at a time
never being allowed to go out What
suffering there must have been.
e We were not allowed TO go into Ger
tain rooms and in the cellar said to he
full of bombs or internal devices ana
were cautioned not to touch or handle
metal ornaments, cylinder shaped
pieces of metal. or in fact. any such
things as they might avplode
The Garden Of Death
And now for the terrible part. The
entire house and garden "a garden o,
about two acres in extent, l would
say) were surrounded by a high brici
wall as well as were the smaller build
ings, such as stables, carriage house
etc, and twas here the orgies Of tor
, ture and murder were held At first
/ am told, executions were made in tn,
garden, but later transferred to tn,
stable which was prepared in prope
. shape for a human slaughter house
; In the garden was tennis court, o
what was left of one. An electric ligh
pole and light vas put up to throg
, plenty of light al night Here tn
: victims, hands tied, were forced t
kneel ana fac the firing squad an,
-. ui~ht}v thee~ e~ocptiors took place. q
: told the old care-taker, and in tn
=, morning he Lad to get fresh sand an
!, cover up the bloody places. The fac
= that the shooting caused no excitemen
was that the people all were ordered i
by eight O'Clock at night and it wa
necessary to close the windows an
.. blinds. All did not obey and shootin
and shots in the streets at night Wer
" so common nobody paid any attentio
=, to them. I can't explain and it doesn
" seem reasonable hut this is the cor
, dition which has existed since Fehruar
7. A Human Slaughter House
= As this method OF murder did nc
- prove as successful or as efficient a
NJ was required and, necessitated | pre-
Il sumo by the lack of proper facilitie
y the stable was prepared for a huma
If slaughter house A cement floor wa
N laid which slope to the middle and
= trench was constructed in the center t
If the sewer so that the floor might NJ
IT get too messy and the blood would |
carried away without further troubl
Here was done the greater share
Il torture murder. Devices of differer
s. kinds were installed and God knows
RI cannot understand how human being
/, could do what they did. The wal
10 are splattered with brains and tt
whole inside is covered with bloc
g. One favorite way was to tie the viz
time hand and foot, place him on II
N floor face up looking at a heay
h weight suspended from the ceilin
l. There he or she would lie for sever
lie hourse awaiting the moment when II
70 weight would drop and crush the
in heads. In other instances the ey,
T. were removed from the sockets, IL
is limbs cut off and in some cases Il
N head severed from the body. The
IL were other methods of torture prat
= ticed on meen. too terrible to mentic
~ and still others for women, far worl
than death.
ct The Blood Still Fresh
While the last big killing was fiji
ne nights ago just before they evacuatt
IL | The city Il ic almost tr,nranSeihla To I