| Show I ATROCITIES COSSACKS BROUGHT OUT AT TRIAL Peasants Ao Beaten to Death Without With-out the Formality of a Trial Men Being Compelled to Beat Tholr Own Relatives Kerson Ninetyseven peasants were tried hero on Tiicadny on tho charge ot devastating tho estate of M Krlvoshcln formerly minister ot railroads Sixtythree were sentenced to Imprisonment whllo thirtyfour were acquitted rite trial brought out a recital of the horrible atrocities committed by the authorities upon the accused Tho chief of tho district dis-trict accompanied by n detachment of Cossacks reached the estate soon after tim devastation All tho peasants peas-ants on tho ground were at once gatherer gath-erer In No Investigation was made Tho chief Invited priests to administer adminis-ter tho last sacrament to the prisoners prison-ers and then ordered tho Cossacks to boat them all to death Tho butchery lasted for four hours The Cossacks then thoroughly tired out compelled the peasants to continue flogging each other and men had to beat their own brothers sons and fathers Tho victims vic-tims of this slaughter were Innocent those really guilty having escaped by flight In spite of thcso revelations tho court found sentences as related above |
