Connecticut western news., 1875-08-27
MOVE ON, YOUNG MAN.
Tho NIisadventures of a Man Without n
 Nationality or n Name.

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 Nationality or n Name.
 The Russian journals have lately beer
 much taken up with the troubles whicl
 have befallen young man in conse
 quence of his failure to establish his
 nationality. Thirty years aso a young
 woman, a native of Meme1, Prussia
 the acquaintance of Russian gentle
 man. She became the mother of Q boy, who was iii due course apprenticed to 6 shoemaker, by whom, however, he was ill treated and in consequence ran away. His mother then procured for him from the governor general of St. Petersburg q passport and he obtained employment upon 8 merchant ship trading ill the Bal | tic. In 1868 the vessel Was wrecked, and in the disaster young Nicholas--such was the boys name-lost his passport. He then returned to his mother, who again placed him witt the shoemaker, from whom he again ran away, and in consequence fell into the hands of the poics. He was kept i'll prison seven weeks. wheti, being sdiudged to be of the same nationality as his mother, he was sent over the frontier, and bidden to make his way to Memel, which he was told was his legal donlcile. On arriving in this town he presented himself to the mayor, who told him that he was no Prdsstah subject, and that he might go whither he chose. After frmtless en- deavor to obtain employmeht and a home, the young man at the end of 6 fortnight crossed the Russian frontier, and was arrssted at Kratingen, where, in answer to inquiries, lie gave as his name that of his father, and described himself as native of St. Petersburg. He was thereupon conveyed to the capital and imprisoned at Spask. After being de- tained here month he #hs second time sent off to Memel. where he fe- ceived the same information as before from the mayor, and was ordered to quit the town at cnee. Again, there fore, he crossed the frontier and made his way unchallenged to Libau, where he was arrested and consigned to prison. After detention of seven months he was once mofe escorted to St. Peters burg by the police and imprisoned at Spask. His friends at length succeeded in obtaining hiSrelease, but not till he had been tried and fined five roubles for asstiming name (his father's) to which he had no claim: They sttoVe in vain, however, to proctire Him a passport, and again the police escorted him to Memel, where he of, course met with the same reception as previously from the mayor. Under the circumstances, there fore, he had no other choice than to ven ture upon Russian territory once more, and was promptly apprehended at Kraten, reconducted to St. Petersburg, and again cSnsigned to the Spask prison for three months. At the cid of this time he was liberated and provided with passport. Here, however, his trouble did not end. Having obtained Q situa- tion on the Nicholas railway he fell ill of fever, and was sent to the Alexandra hospital. Here he alleged he was ill treated by the nurses, and, rendering himself troublesome to the hospital au- thorities by reason of ths loudness and publicity of his complaints, he was again handed over to the police, and was i'm mured for seven months in the Kazan prison. A fourth expedition to Memel followed, with results as before. For the fourth time he was arrested on the frontier and conveyed to prison at St. Petersburg. During his journey the unfortunate man, with the hope of being SouU GO N1DSI1a, COu1IANSu Go SAndS4 UAo window of shop, for the purpose, as he alleged, of committing theft. The expedient, however, failed, and for the fifth time he fotind himself on his way back to Memel. On seeing him appear once more, the mayor, Tn passion, had him thrust from the door, and ill 1874 Nicholas was again in the hands of the Russian police. The St. Petersburg Gazette, from which the above particu- lars are taken, has not patience to follow up the further peregrinations of the unfortunate young man, but says that they comprised two more involuntary visits to the mayor of Memel. Is it not strange, the Gazette continues, that this poor fellow, who is charged with no crime or offense, should be more severe ly punished than criminal, for the sole reason that no one will give himself the trouble to get to the bottom of his un- fortunate position, or to understand that these perpetual journeys from St. Peters burg to Memel, and from Memel to St. Petersburg, will in no way contribute to provide remedy for it 2