HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.
CRUELTIES OF RUSSIAN FANATICS. KNEES LACERATED FROM PROLONGED KNEELINGL United Press Association —copyright ST. PETERSBURG, July 16. The police raided five Johannite dens, where they found 120 emaciated children between two and eleven years of age confined in darkness, the purpose being to- mortify their flesh so as to gain “salvation.” They were badly beaten, and their knees were lacerated from prolonged kneeling.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2557, 19 July 1909, Page 5
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67HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2557, 19 July 1909, Page 5
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