By 11 A.M. all the members of the Revolutionary Committee had disappeared somewhere or other. The military and political commissars also disappeared, without waiting for the arrival of the train. At 12 noon Marinevich, the assistant commissar of the district, rushed into the commissariat and insisted that his salary should be paid. When he received the money he ran out, crying: "It's all up, save yourselves," and started for the station. Running out on the streets we were overwhelmed by the sound of the signal bells of the surrounding churches, and we saw the armed rebels approaching. Being left without a government and without command, the Red soldiers also fled by various routes to the station, where under the fire of the rebels, who were hurrying up, fifty Red soldiers and three associates of the Revolutionary Committee got into a car and left for Voprianka. On the way, before we got to the station of Kirnasovka, we were fired upon at two places, and three of our comrades were wounded. At the station of Voprianka we found the military and political commissars, Kolesnikov and Orlov, and at their direction we all went to Vinnitza.
The Massacre and Pogrom. From Report of two Eye-witnesses of the Massacre, who went to Kiev as Representatives of more than 900 Widows and Orphans: former Lieutenant Sandier and Comrade Bogdansky.
After the train left with the Red soldiers, the usual pogrom scene was enacted in the city. Under the deafening noise of the signal bells, bands of peasants and rebels with weapons of all sorts ran in from all sides, making the air ring with cries of "Kill the Jews, destroy the c