Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-08-15 | Page 1 | Rumans are Accused by Pretty Girl

Rinnans Are i Accused by j Pretty Girl I By FARMER MURPHY. (Chicago Tribune Cable Copyright.) BUDAPEST, Aug. 14. One of the most flagrant instances of Rumanian Ru-manian brutality and looting was told by a pretty young woman at the Spanish consulate, where she came to make a complaint. She was Edith Bottlink, formerly of Chicago. Her family now is living in a town near Budapest. Rumanian soldiers came to her house, demanded entrance, en-trance, slapped the young woman, and yanked bracelets and rings from her wrists and bands and took 30,000 crowns. They also robbed her undo, taking his watch and 0,000 crowns. A large guard surroundod the houso i while seven soldiers looted the place, showing the thing to be deliberate. ! Neighboring families were so tern- j fied they hid in the wood3 all night. : Wholesale looting of farm machinery is going ou.