By order of the Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment "Prinz Georg" No. 108 there
appeared Staff-Surgeon of Reserve Dr. Holey, who, having been warned to
speak the whole truth, made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Franz Alfred Holey. I was born on September
21st, 1878; Protestant; practising physician in civil life, during the
war, Staff-surgeon and battalion-surgeon with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle
(Fusilier) Regiment No. 108.
As to Case: On August 23rd, as we were proceeding to Dinant, my
attention was drawn by Major von der Pforte, a short distance from
Dinant, to the body of a German soldier, who had been fastened
with wire by the hands and feet to pegs which had been driven into
the ground. The body was almost completely carbonised, and to all
appearances some highly inflammable liquid had been poured over it.
According to the state of the existing lines of demarcation, the man
must have been burnt alive. By the remains of the uniform, particularly
the buttons, he was plainly to be recognised as a German soldier.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Dr. HOLEY, Staff-Surgeon of Reserve.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Further remark: The body lay in the neighbourhood of an estate near the
marble quarries.
Signed: LOSSOW, Lieutenant and Officer of the Court.
Signed: SCHUBERT, Acting-Sergeant-Major
and Clerk of the Military Court.