Richland beacon., 1873-11-15
TERRIBLE END.

II NEW YORK paper recently contained an
heconnt vi the conviction OF a Canadian, nam
ca henry r.. Davies. and several English
coniederates, a; ST. Petersburg where they
had broken into S.. lsaacs church and into
the museum Of the imperial winter palace.
stealing irom there large quanriry OF Pre-
sSns stones. Davies, formerly resident If
New York employed by a firm dealing in
hrc-proof safes, was sentenced to penal servi.
tnde for life ir the gold mines Of the Ural,
ana arrived a, Dirgoroy Stations. The gov
ernor of the penal colony told Davies thar
niscrnduct on his par, would be vigorously
pun'shrd with the no,zi (the terrible whip
with wh'ch Russian convcts are lashrd) Da.
vsas during the first week worked quietly in
the tnine However, II became apparent to
the keepers that an independent spirit began
To prevail amtng the members Of the gang,
aud one day during the half hour allowed for
dinner, oil Of them suddenly sprang TO their
feet aud broke their chains, which had been
previously filed through. and attacked rhrif
four keepers, Davies beirg their leader. The
keepers were taken evidently unawares, and
were overrowereG. Ia 4 few minutes they
had been beaten and stoned 10 death. aud
Zinc of the convicts armed thems-lvs with
their sabres. The mine was the mos, distant
from lfrgoroy, where halfa con pany OF in.
fantry was stationed. The victorious con.
ricts resolved TO steal cautiously 10 the next
mime and there raise a revolt They sue.
crrd-d there likewise, the keepers being over
powered and killed, being Sc, up'n by con-
vI,ts Ia front aud rear There were 20 con-
victs in this mine, and i, took some time be.
fore they were freed. Davies had row a,
his command upwards Of enc hundied men.
twelve of whom were armed with rcvolycrs
Tins desperate gang now rushed out Of the
mine towards the barracks hoping To surprise
the governor and the soldiers. The running
convicts ra,,.e near the first fence Of the bar.
rack, before the soldier noticed them. While
they were scaling il they were seen by the
sentinel, who Immediately fired off his gun
All the soldiers and The Gosernor rushed out
OF the building, and the Governor ordered the
soldiers To fire al the convicts But Davies
had expected this, and he ordered the men "a
lie down. Thus the first vOIIcy entirely
harmicss. The Governor then advanced;
and 4 desperate hand-to-hand struggle ensu-
ed Both sides fought like tigers, and the
ground was soon strewn with wounded men.
Finally only some forty of the couvlcts were
left on their feet, and notw outstanding Da lie :
frantic appeals TO fight on they took to their
heels, and Davies, who had fired off all the
barrels of his revolver, was compelled 10 fol-
low them. The fugitives took refuge i'm the
second mine. where they were soon shut up
rs in trap. The governor shouted 10 the
convicts to surrender, promising to spare their
lives in that event Abou, thirty of them
yielded and left the mines. Davies doggedly
refused TO surrender On the following day
oil the other convicts surrendered likewise.
and Davies was left alone. He was already
faint with hunger and thirst, but his tietian,
spirit did not give way. The governor eyi.
dently intended that he should perish in the
mine. He did not send any of his men INTO
it until the evening of the third day. They
found Davies dead. His face was terribly
distorted; having had nothing to DIR nix for
eighty hours his suferings must have been
frighiful. The convicts received each fifty
lashes. Nineteen ofihem were killed in the
first struggle The soldiers lost seven men.