Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-22
laps MerciIess
To All Enemies,
Ex-Capfivee Says

NEW YORK. April Il lNSl-
T. r. Powell, who knows as much
as any man alive Of japanese
brutality. declared today that #
il serves their ends the JapS will
not hesitate to xiii any number Of
captives 49, American, Chinese or
any other nationality,
Powell. former editor Of he
anti-JapaneSe China Weekly Re
view" who lost his 10 toes as the
result Of treatment given HIM
when he was taken as a prisoner
by the japanese in Shanghai, made
his statment shortly after the an
nouncement in Washington that
some Of the American fiers who
raided Japan have been executed.
THEY STOP AT NOTHING
Naturally" he said in an
interview with international
News Service. Americans are
hOrTineu On tDls HtNes
But they must remember
We must all remember-that the
Japanese will stop at nothing In
their mad lust 10 conquer. III
they think II will serve their
ends they will not hesitate OF
kill any number of captives,
American or Chinese or any
other nationality"
Powell said he had no personal
knowledge of what happened TO
the L. S. fiierS sitter their capture.
.But at least -ix---and per-
haps eight-of the American
fiiers," Powell related. "were
kept for a time In the Bridge
House In shanghai, where i my
self was held.
THE Bridge House Is hell
hole. NV first thought when j
saw Il was Of the black hole OF
Calcutta where In 1855 more
than 100 prisoners confined In
poorly ventilated room died
of suffocation.
NET TOXIC RAIDERS
a. friend of mine. a news
paperman named Furman who
later returned 10 the United
States, was In the Bridge House
when the American ffiers were
brought there. i recall expressly
that one Of the fiiers Identified
himself to Furman as Second 1t.
George Barr of Madison, Wis.
1t. Barr Is one of the men
named In the papers as known
10 have been taken prisoner by
the Japanese.
Bars name is the only one
/ can remember.
thurman told me that these
men all had been cOurt-mar-
tailed by the Japanese for their
part In the raid and given what
they called suspended death
sentences
"HOw long the fiiers were kept
in Bridge House--which i by
that time had left II don't
know. Some OF them, God help
them, may be there yet.
Bridge House prison con-
sisted, when l was there, of IL
cells, open on only one side and
enclosed with thick steel bars.
Many of us were crowded into
each cell, men and women alike.
There was no ventilation.
ALIVE WITH VERMIN
"The prison was alive with
vermin. There were no facilities
for washing. Toilet facilities
were the crudest possible and
had TO be shared by men and
women. The place was 80 Of
fensive IL was almost impossible
to 60 near it. All prisoners were
deprived of their shoes-that IL
what started the infection which
cost me my toes. There was no
heat"
Powell said he did not know
how the American airmen may
have been killed.
"Some prisoners were shot.
saw at least one Chinese beaten
10 death" Powell said, adding.
shocking as news of these
executions IN to America, we
must remember that these kill
ings are by no means isolated
ones. The Jap militarist stops
at nothing. He has made a prac-
tice of killing his Chinese pris-
oners whenever IL suited his
purpose. And the japanese do
not iscriminat between