El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-30

White Guards and bourgeoiaies this
terror IS not an actual fact
brutal Murder Ordered.
AN end must be put TO this state
OF things. Slackness and sentlmen-
tally must be abolished All moderate
Social Revolutonaries known % !ocat
soviets must be arrested without
more ado. An imposing number OF
hostages must be taken from Officers
and bourgeols.
eat the sIiEhtent attempt At
opposition, or the fainfeat move
ment among the reactionariess
general executions must be car
ried out and without exceptions
No. the slightest hesitation nor
the fainfeat indecinion In the hp-
pleation OF General terror
one important set OF documents
whose authenticity is clear, because
they are Of Bolshevist origin, were
seized IN Tsaritzin after the Boishev-
ist retreat last year.
They show that the Inhabitants
OF the town protested 10 the de-
pnrtmenf OF coutrol, Organized b.
the commiHgurint OF justice, whose
business was to examine con-
plants OF Illegal procedure that
the Extraordinary commission
was arreHting and executing peo-
PIE on nrefeIfn 80 that the terror
list agents could cOnfiEcute the
property Of the condemned.
This was what happened under the
Spanish Inqulsition, and the cause OF
the eventual dissolution Of that body.
These complaints against the Extra
ordinary Commission were In effect
an appeal 70 the regular judiciary
branch OF the government
Investigation is Murdered.
The executive COMMITTEES Of the de-
partment Of control rashly responded
by conducting an inquiry into the
affairs Of the Extraordinary Commits
sion under the presidency Of cour-
ageeous and honest communist named
Borman- Evidence was given show
ing that the conflscated goods had
been divided among the officials OF
the Extraordinary Commission ac-
cording TO their rank. While the in
qulry was in progress Il was stopped
by Instructions from the central au-
thorities
Bormnn was executed By order
OF the committee OF the Coumun-
igt party In TzarltEfns and the
Extraordinary CommisHion recon-
menced its murder0uH career with
rcdoubled zeal
In Kharkov, a youth Of twenty
seven. commandant Stefan S1eukos
was the arch devil Of the inquisitors.
He began life as a carpenter, then
became a clerk In a court, Ultimately
a detective and finally a communist.
He had charge OF the prison IN Khar-
kov during the terror, was accused
by many witnesses Of diabolical tor
lures, and one deposition states that
he was heard TO remark after a
butchery: 7 have shot S. men to-
day How pleasant lie Is"
Torture for PriEoners-
A survivor Of the Extraordinary
Commissions jan states that one
night when be was in a cell. Saenlzos
accompanied by an Austrian captain.
appeared there. He was either drunk
or under the influence OF drugs, the
witness stated, and he picked out
three prisoners TO be tortured This
appears 80 have been his cauy amuse-
ment.
he had them taken ont into
the yard and stripped. then, with
the AuEtrinns commenced 20 prod
them with n knife, beginning at
the legs and working uuwurd1-
snenko later appeared IN the cell
covered with blood according to
the witness and nunOuncedf @Eou
see this bloodf IL win be the
sane for everyone who reEi1tg me-
or the party OF Peasants and
Workmens7
He then dragged out another pris-
oner whom he had been torturlnE IN
the morning into the yard 70 make
him look az one OF the men he had
been cutting, who was still alive.
Saenko finished the latter victim of
with a revolver bullet.
Prisons Are Filled.
At kherkoV. the Denikin commits
sion found. the municipal prisons be-
tween January 9 and June - last
year contained 55l2 persons unlaw-
fully confined the Extraordinary
Commission had something like four
thousand more under restraint else
where, while no registration was kept
Of people who were arrested for a
few days and then released
AltoEefheE between eight and
nine thousand residents IN the
khnrkoV district were arrested IN
fhia time fer political reasons.
The number OF those executed q
is impossible 10 accurately deter
mine.
During the lie Of Torqusmada IN
Spain. the Spanish Inquisition exc
cuted approximately four thousand
heretics; probably as many "bour-
gsois" were murdered IN south Russia
alone in the single year 1919.-Copy-