Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-16 | Page 8 | Russian Describes German Tortures

iSSll DESCBIBES" GERMANJTORTURES Starvation, Exposures and Beatings Characterize Life in Prisons. U'ASH rNV;T'"'N. Hpr. I.. - Another r.hflptftr Ih addM fn tlift Hlnry of th tortures tor-tures nf rrmii prison crimps hy ft Ruh-mrin Ruh-mrin fiolrllpr who p.v ;i p-l l;y r unnHine; wlfh a knifft under ilm Hrrli ally-r.harKf-d f.n'rt ainn- tho A n t wr p-Uos'-n-1aal line. It hrm hncn fi-.rwanl.-rt to the Bin te depHTtrnent from TVt rojfrarl. Mrutil trftt.inient and po.r ;ind InHuffl-rlent InHuffl-rlent food hiivo cnl Ornuiny tho liifoor of thousand of prisoners, he, n.iys. One labor battalion on tho western front, ronulfitlnif of :;000 men, h;i been rr-rtm ed by sin rv'fit ion. exposure, hfft ' Intfs nntl death to leRM than f.u. The diiilv rat.loriH fr a prisoiH-r, hi ropor(d. ronnl.st cd of a m mki II amount of brnd iind turnip hoiii, tlm Koup iinrl'-ht'd o.'cii.ilonally by a Idt of horun meat. The unfit, Mm wounded nd Ihnoo who havfi Inst miMiibrH of llu-ir hrxly wre lI't In hmilU ramps until thy rlb-fl. but jica ep, be H.iys, i.-t iirtK-d to rampH In JtH'nmny, bt"-.nia! tlio officei'M in rom-iiiainl rom-iiiainl f.-ared the p v.Hi'hnlriKlrjil tiffm't upon tho people of tho niht of tho inalm-'d men, of ( en lit No inuro t ban a nl ma ted akelo- tOIIM, Hic.rn niul Implacable, methods were itseil to cftmp'l pi'iMoners to worK, Tn-KftiilotiN Tn-KftiilotiN tortures tlmt Glided only nhort of dt'ath ivcrn i nf I i t orl on Home, while fttherw were h!io outrlKht. I 'mi Ish men t s vnrled from enforced Hiandln attention atten-tion for n d;iy at a Mnio wllhonL food to bejiltnxs with rifle butts and to bourn Atf suspension In t lie air with ropes tied to tho wrists, while the prisoners' hands woim tied behind their bodies, the result belntf to throw the- weight on the until t urally twisted musHe, of the arms rnil shoulders. Siirh methods In bin own battalion, once, Uonn strong, bad reduced It to at the, time ha escaped.