" Other prisoners were added, even women and
children, until there were more than 200. They were then taken toward
Malines, released, and told to go to that town together, and that those
who separated would be fired on. Other witnesses corroborate the events
described by the witness.
A woman employed by an old gentleman living in the Rue de la Station
tells the story of her master's death:
"We had supper as usual about 8, but two German officers, (who
were staying in the house,) did not come in to supper that
evening. My master went to bed at 8:15, and so did his son.
The servants went to bed at 9:30. Soon after I got to my
bedroom I saw out of my room flames from some burning house
near by. I roused my master and his son. As they came down the
stairs they were seized by German soldiers and both were tied
up and led out, my master being tied with a rope and his son
with a chain. They were dragged outside. I did not actually
see what happened outside, but heard subsequently that my
master was bayoneted and shot, and that his son was shot. I
heard shots from the kitchen, where I was, and was present at
the burial of my master and his son thirteen days later.
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