The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-28

smashed and the inhabitants afraid to
show any signs Of life in the houses,
for it meant the invitation of burglars
and rioters. From afar could be heard
the raise Of gangs the mad barking
of dogs, and occasional shot, a scream,
a volley, and dead silence again for
awhile. And then squadron of dra-
goons would madly rush by, the hoofs
Of the horses gathering ON the cobble-
stones.
As the gang of rioters would move
nearer the noise turned into a roar.
By this time they were all drunk and
mad. Many saloons were broken into
and the contents freely passed around
during the day They were informed
Gas it was later proven at the triaD
that there will be no objection to rob-
berry. But the "damnable Jews" OBJ
jected to being robbed, the Jews who
killed the christian child the Jews
who. were using christian blood for
matzos!
COME of the gangs already saw
~ blood, and like the wild blood
thirsty animals they longed for more
In fact the gangs of rioters were a
horde of ferocious beasts under the
skillful leadership of the organized
power of the state. The police and sol
diers were also tired and mad. If any
resistance was shown they would fire
volleys into the building preparing
the attack and then the rioters would
rush in. Anyone found alive in such
/ a building was killed on the spot.
Women and children were attacked
and in many instances horribly tor
tured before being killed.
In one case, blacksmith was cruel
fed and his eyes gouged from his
head, in another, a pregnant woman
was outraged and after the abdomen
was cut open the baby was thrown
into the mire and the belly filled with
feathers. In one building baby was
thown out of third floor window and
then picked up by the frenzied crowd
and torn in two. There were many
other bestial atrocities.
In some of the raided buildings fires
were started before the rioters left
the place In the streets huge bon
fires were made of the furniture
strewn all over the streets and
squares. The glare of the bigger fires
lit up the darkened-sk throwing more
terror into the hearts Of the already
terrorized population. The firemen
were not allowed to extinguish the
fires, and even if given a chance they
would not be able to do it. There
were many fires and only one fire
fighting squad. Most of the streets
were closed.
When dawn came the first rays of
the sun looked down upon a miserable
world. The city presented view like
in mid-winter: everything was cover
ed white with feathers from the rip
ped bedding as if with snow. The
buildings, the trees, the fences, the
mud. everything was white Feathers
were floating in the air. The streets
were Uttered with broken furniture,
household goods, utensiles, torn cloth
ing. The yawning gaps Of the burned
buildings sadly looked upon the hun
CRY dogs that were fighting over the
corpses strewn in the mud here and
there.
THE calm that came just before
4 dawn was broken by the arrival
of the peasants from the nearby viii
lagos. They were informed that the
stores in the city are wide open and
that everybody can help himself to
anything he wants. They were not
robbers, nor murderers, just plain
poor, dark peasants. They were bad
ly in need, and when told that they
can take anything they want free of
charge, they did. They did not see
anything wrong about it. After all.
they were taking things from the
Jews, those people who were using
christian blood for matzos. They knew