The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-04

hills outside the city. Pariah dogs slunk into the streets to gnaw the mutilatcd bodies of men and beasts killed in the bandit orgy, which still lay in tho streets.
 New London Boy Helped
 The stan and attaches of the American legation, aided by the for- oigners refuged there, are standing guard by turn, with the reinforce ment of the four American navy wireless men under Walter E. Tam ner of New London, Conn. Mrs Engert and Tanner had narrow es- capes from injury by the stray bull lets.
 The personal servant of James Rohrbaugh, United Press staff cor' respondent, was attacked while rid- ing his motorcycle. Ho was shot through the leg and 8 tire of his machine was punctured, but he es- capped.
 Rohrbaugh and I maintained our headquarters at our own com" pound, near the government wire- less station, constantly subjected to bandit attacks, until yesterday Then, Q little while before dawn wo were compelled to abandon 1t under fire and seek tho shelter oi the American legation.
 Capital Ghastly Wreck
 The capital is Q ghastly wreck, From the American and other lega- tions, tho once prosperous for eigners look through rifle sits in barricaded dowS at the smouldering ruins of their busi- nesses. They arc impoverished men
 Tho post office, the entire retail business section, the tobacco mo- nopoiy headquarters, the customs house, tho triuinphal arches of the city are in ashes. Remains of muni- tons stores have been exploded.
 Tho center of the town Is Strewn with corpses.
 From the British legation on the eastern side of tho city, thick dust cloud was seen 30 miles to the north--the Italian vanguard.
 Will See First Entry
 The legation to which American women and children, and few men have been taken, is expected to sec first the Italian entry to the city The compound is on the imperial highway to Dessye, at the extreme eastern edge of the city. Inside the iron legation gates the compound slopes steeply upward through c eucalyptus grove to the legation building proper, 6 quarter of 8 mile away. Trenches have been dug around the building and barbed wire has been placed as further safeguard, in the thick shrubhery just below the building. Fire from the i've machine guns and the rifles of the 260 bearded Sikh troops from India can sweep all approaches, and q searchlight on top of tho buildings prevents Q surprise attack at night.
 Americans In Bad Spot
 The position of the American le- gation is not good. It is on the edge of the Arab quarter, surrounded by native huts. 4 few rifle slits have been made in the basement. It ia four miles from the British legation. The defenders have Q few Spring field service rifles and . few zb caI- iber service pistols.
 It is estimated that more than 500, 900 shots have been fired by na- tive bandits over the week end. So far as was known the only foreigner killed was Mrs. 4. R. 6tadin, Lona Linda, Callf., killed in her sleep ai dawn yesterday by c bullet which went through the galvanized iron roof of the seventh Day Adventist Mission.
 ned Crens Chief Shot
 Dr, Andre John Nelly, chleg ol the British Red CrOas missions, val shot through the lungs yesterday afternoon while he was dragging wounded natlves of the streets Taken to the British legation, hs wna glven Q blood trafafusion aSle it was believed ho would survive The situation remained q seFioln one and there is universal gHgrel among foreigners that the Italian advance could not have been speed ed.
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