Eureka Reporter | 1908-08-28 | Page 4 | Revolutionists Slaughter Suspected Informers

entire family butchered because they were accused of reporting activities es of agitators st petersburg news has reached this city of a terrible vengeance tak en by the revolutionists of in province upon a jewish family named edelstein who were accused of giving information to the authorities regarding the ties of the agitators they went to the edelstein delstein IS house at threw two bombs through the window and opened fire on the members of the family with revolvers and shot to death the father a daughter a woman guest and her child the mother a son sort a son in law and two grandsons were severely wounded after this murderous onslaught the revolutionists temporarily retired and help for the wounded was summoned in the course of a couple of hours the victims who were still alive had been taken to a hospital not satisfied with their vengeance the revolution lets now a well armed band of about forty or fifty men marched upon the hospital overpowered the nurses and guards and shot to death the mother and son after which they made their escape