, 1875-10-16
RUSSIA.

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81. lETEnsnuHd, Hcpt. 23.-A remarkable case
OF Judicial torture III reported frpm IIapea!, a
1aSotisc seaside resort near Royel, Which hns
eFeaty excited tho huhsian public, and haH
a3A'n trouEht u TIN separate rights Of the Baltic
provinces TO i'so9e tho neccBsity for speedy in-
tFodHcttou of iul'cial reform. The Gcrmau ar;y-
tocFacy Of Liyana aud Eethonia "fear lila
tfeeks crcn bearl,lg Ki:ls" and arc disuoaod to
con61ier thoE anti ,uatcd {uIlctai s7vton1 m ona
OF their tnaenatio privileges. Some months apo
tho lo"n-liall At Iiapatl vas entered In tho
night and N'x troken open, from which, was
stolen money Of the city amounting to 2o. nm
Foubioa, aud an almost e1ual sum belonging
70 The Eur:omceter and to nue Nuprus
hun'uel. tho Secretary OF tho Mar1a.
tracy. as in the Baltic Pfoy,nces H.,
investigation Of crime rests entirely with TN
1pilce. aud as kltnulei, besides being Ina Sn,rn
tary Of tho marihtraItB was alyu ae,,u, ns IN
Hce- hostef. le had iu lls own Ilauds liza tant;
Of nndtng those who had btoleu his ruouay.
snutted on by his personal lo4ses, he entered
"ltil zest on hls duties, and arrested right and
lc1t everybody OF whom was cast the hluutast
Suspicion VI taxing tho cash. Of heeplnr it.
Or OF knowing by whom it Ind been Htu!en'
lhe repose Of tho batherH and other vist,nrs d.
HApta! aoon began to be dsturbed at might by
efoahn and c11os issuing from the Tow,l-IIalj,
apparently frou pclHonn being whipped or tor
tufea' complaint was made, aud an inyestva-
tion waB had BIZ German Official from Esysl
hns nothing Has brought to Light. Subsequently,,
no"oros. Nero. ono Of the pftsonsrs died, and .Lo
Magistrate reported thtt death resulted from an
oplezy; but tho City Physician, On exatniun-
tion. discovered ttat he lad been stranclei or
caoked: and that hls back was covered With
r'asa Of bruises aud ulcers. public rulnor IN
s.s'ea s.l tAat Nero died during torture. e.-Rhici,
10 Keep hlm still While Lg WAS being whipped.
another investigation Was Inade and
sne most cruel practices we're dis
clesed, Not contant with hogBing the per-
Iown Hall, in order to ex:orf confessions from
them kutumol had oven takun man named
Gfnhshal to tue coinoter5, mud together with tue
lsat na.hisheer, h.d aogEed him severely on his
odess g.sv? With shoo's cut from tie nearest
10 Ind hidden The monet somewhere in
tno graveyard. Thls Harne Gzuothal,
whose back was found tAttooed with
pntsid Ulcers VAS fastsued to tho wall for
several weeks by an iron chaln, which was 20
short that lo could not lio down without l1ls
hands being strained Aboye him, Another
victim named Rosenberg had been subjected
to sort Of thumbacrew, and WAS benldcs
hung np BY h!a hands for whole night. The
vie Of Rosenberg, although IN condit.on that
SHOULD hafo saved her from molestatiou,
WA enormously tortured. Other prisoners
received no food OF drink for two or three days
A. tune. II ia perhaps singular that the KnB-
e" s. as"o4a eceu4 ~ A@se su soun loFGotten tl6
sostntes pEaenced some ycass sgo By
their own otlicas-that they arc so
shocked 1t the revelati0us from the Baltic Proy-
ince"; but 1t IL also curious fact that tho oply
Other case Of torture which has boon known ii
lt,sns.a siuce tue judicial reiorna-s|lat Of the
hlsRh!z III Sierny-WAa hkewise by German
Baron Grerenltz. Tho Goios, In long and Bit
ter article, calls attention 10 the facs that the
Courts Of the Baltic provinces krs controlled By
= class. and blaming the institutions as much ~
the possons directly 1t fault demands immediate
reform. hummol il to bs tsiod.