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the Germans began TO run, some
Of them dropping beneath the storm
OF bullets. Most OF the victims
were from the group on the wall
that faced the garage entrances.
Some Of the wounded were bay.
onetted by the French. The Inter-
national News Service correspondent
saw one man whose head had been
completely tEansfixed by bayOnst
blade which entered the right temple
and emerged from the right side Of
the throat.
YOUNGEST BOY, Is.
The youngest victim was boy 81
fifteen, who was shot In the stomach.
It was estimated that about 5000
workers quit when the French ems
tered the garage. For q time they
were orderly. Two representatives
of the workers council repeatedly
ATTEMPTED to approach the garage,
asking the French to take down the
machine gun which had been mount
ed at the main doorway. They
offered the soldiers safe conduct
through the crowd. But the French.
badly scared BY the size of the crowd,
threatened to shoot the Germans *
they did NOT fall back.
The international News Service
correspondent left the crowd two
minutes before the sh0Otang began
sound OF firing recalled him ON the
run.
He was told that just before the
firing began someone threw q stick
toward the garage doorWayg which
landed fifty feet away from the
French. At the same time someone
on the other side threw 9 lump Of
coke.
Then the French methodicaIly
opened fire. The terrific havoc
wrought by the bullets showed the
careful aim had been taken. A wave
OF panic followed.
Many Germans fell In the flight
and were trampled under foot.
Some Germans claimed that the
missiles had been thrown by French
agents pYovocateur, who circulated In
the crowd awaiting an opportunity to
precipitate disorders 80 the French
could shoot.
DIR. Ostermann, chief surgeon Of
the Krupp medical staff, told In
Iternational News Service that at
least six Of the Germans had been
shot In the back while running
away.
French officers said that the at
tack was provoked. They claimed
the Germans directed streams Of
hot water against the French and
pelted them with bricks and sticks.
To the international News SerV.
Ice correspondent, who was an eye
witness Of the attack, it appeared
that the French. after being sur
rounded by q hoOting, angry mob,
grew fearful that they were to be
attacked. They opened fire under
the stress Of excitement.
During the two hours that the
French were I'm the garage the
building was surrounded by Ger.
mans who threatened by word and
gesture. Some of them climbed
upon motor trucks and kept the
sirens shrieking, making such q
din that It was little wonder the
French. became unnerved.
The French soldiers evidently ex-
pected reinforcements. They sailed
forth after giving up hope that as
sfstance was coming. A peculiar
circumstance Of the affair was that
the French commandment of Essen
did not send troops to drive off the
Germans as the tumult could be
heard for a mile or more.
NON-COM IN CHARGE.
The French detail that opened
fire was commanded by a young
nOn-commissioned officer.
In one ward of the Krupp plant
hospital this afternoon doctors
treated two French engineers and
French chauffeur. who had been
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hour after the shooting and beaten
up by a German crowd. Their in
juries were not serious, and they
were able to leave for their quarters
after getting first aid. All were in
civilian clothing.
Among those who helped to dress
the wounds of the victims was
Alfred Ney, Swiss, who repre-
scented the American Red Cross in
Germany to care for American war
prisoners.
This was. the first time the
French had actually invaded the
sacred precincts" Of the great
Krupp plant. Hitherto they had
contented themselves with posting
military guards around the plant
and patrolling the nearby roadways
with sentinels and armored cars.
AS soon as the shooting was over
Bertha Krupp, chief owner of the
plant, hurried to the hospital where
she assisted in caring for the
wounded. A great crowd of Ger
mans gathered about the morgHe
and hospital, made UP chiefly OF
members of the families Of the
men who had been killed or
wounded. They were in an angry.
dangerous mood. but too much
overcome by grief to undertake a
hostile demonstration.
Tho directorate OF Krupps held