Saturday morning there came to us several armed men, led by the ataman Uvarov. They entered from the blind passage. In one of the apartments (belonging to neighbors) some soldiers arrested N. Krasnov and brought him to us. The family began to plead with Uvarov to let him go, to which Uvarov replied: "I am an intelligent man and shall do no harm to him. We shall simply verify some documents and let him go." The soldier conducting Krasnov, under the influence of the pleadings, began to waver, and turned to Uvarov: "Mr. Ataman, how about it?" "I said, take him along." At this time Uvarov, after a search and examination of another brother, a pharmacist, who was with difficulty saved by an acquaintance whom they took for a Christian, rested for several minutes and sat down at the table and drank some milk. They went out, taking Krasnov with them. They did not touch money or goods. Uvarov took Krasnov to the Executive Committee and there shot him with his own hand. This is narrated by the keeper of the courtyard of the Executive Committee. At the same time Fedorovsky brought in Garelik, Boguslavsky and Garnitzsky, and they also were shot at the same place. The keeper of the courtyard of the Executive Committee buried all four of them.
G. KRASNOV.
IX. Testimony of G. Ukrainskaia
On Saturday, May 17, at four A.M., a band of thirty men surrounded the house of those who were killed and began to knock at the doors, from the front gate and from the side towards the courtyard. The doors were opened. They started to search everyone and to take articles and money. Then they said to the old man: "Come along." They led him out to the front passage and shot him. From the other door they led out Brusilovsky, searched him, took all the things that he had on his person, and said to him: "Go in peace." But he had not had a chance to go two paces when they sent a bullet into his back, and he fell without a sound. Three hours later, bandits came to them again. The women who were left in the
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barn saw how the neighbors' servants were stealing their property. After a time they came out. The servants saw it and ran up to the bandits who were passing by, saying (in Ukrainian): "The Jewess saw us taking things; come and kill them, for if you go away they will put us in prison." The bandits rushed into the house looking for the women. Brusilovskaia ran into the garden; they ran after her. She started to plead with them: "Comrades, my husband has been killed; three orphans are left. I am in such a position — how can I hurt anyone? I beg you not to deprive my children of their mother." "They'll be all right, your Jew brats; shut upl" And they killed hej. The bandits found Ukrainskaia at the wicket-gate, led her to a wall and started to load their guns. It turned out there were no more bullets. All but one went for more bullets. The remaining one waited for a time for his comrades. They apparently were detained somewhere. The bandit got tired of waiting, swore, and went away.
G. UKRAINSKAIA.
X. Testimony of M. Narodnitzkaia
At 5 P.M. on May 16 the gangs began to break into the houses in this court. They came and went, demanded money, and stole goods. They took the men's clothes off. Then all those who lived in this court went into the yard of the Provincial Hospital, which bordered on their court. They had not had time to get into the yard when the same bands began to appear there. Apparently some of the Russian neighbors told them that Jews were hiding here. L. Narodnitzky and his wife saw the superintendent of the hospital and two sisters coming out of the hospital. They ran to them and implored them to hide them. They refused. At this time several bandits came up to L. Narodnitzky: "Come along to the station." His wife implored them to let him go. They quieted her: "It's all right, don't be afraid. We will just verify his documents and let him go right away." His wife went with him. All the way she kept beseeching them: "Let us go; take what you like. We live right near here. Come along with us, we will give you all our money." They replied to her: "You may go, but we will verify his documents and then let him go." Thus they led us to the small bridge near the Polish cemetery. There another band was waiting for them. "We are bringing a communist," they cried to them. (The man had never belonged to any party.) The wretches understood what was in store for them and again began to implore them to let them go. They fell on their knees
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