I know for certain that among the corpses lying in the station square there were several dressed in clerical garb. The examinations in the station square in Louvain were carried out very carefully. Each company had its portion of the town which it tried to clear of francs-tireurs. Persons found with a rifle in their hand were at once shot, but others who could not be at once convicted of the participation in the attack were led to the station building for a decision to be come to there regarding them. The witnesses accompanied them in order to give their testimony in the station square. Whatever priests were shot, were found guilty before the Court. I also made the acquaintance of the priest mentioned by Captain Hermansen at the end of his statement; he made an excellent impression on me also; he did not contradict me when I expressed my view that priests had stirred up the people and had taken part in the attacks. From my conversation with this priest I gained the impression that he did not approve of the behaviour of his colleagues in office.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: von Vethacke.
The witness was sworn according to regulations.
Proceedings closed.
Signed: Felgner. Signed: Becker.
D. App. 44.
Court of the Bavarian Landsturm Infantry Battalion Gunzenhausen.
Present:
President, Captain Hahn.
Secretary, Walz.
Vielsalen, February 4th, 1915.