The New York herald., 1878-05-31
THE AFFAIR ZAssULITCH."


WHAT CAUSED THE FOLD VERA TO ATTEMPr
THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PREFEcr OF ST.
PETERSBURG WHY HER SWEETHEART WAS
FLocoED IN PRISON N-srArEMENr OF AN
OFFICIAL
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2, 1878
As the "aHar Zassultchn mas caused SO much ex-
element throughout the Russian Empire and wide
spread Comment IN all the leading journals Of Europe
have obtained the following statement from an
o1lcai connected with the regency government Of
this city. who 1t will be secn claims that the Preect
was perfectly justified by law applying The rod to
Bogoloubof This document will show why the cor
porai punishment inflicted. The writer WAS ut the
prison when the tsleute occurred, and has been en-
gagged in oil the proceedings to which 1t has given
rise:-
DEFENCE THE PRsvEcr
..sr. PETERSBURG, April 2s, 1878.
ION tho 18th OF July, 1877. while the Prefsct OF
st. Petersburg was making official visit 10 the
House OF Detention, he questioned with gross
impertinence by political prisoner named Bogol,ou-
bof rhe sweetheart Of Vera Zassulitch) ending with
open insult At sign from Bogolioubo the
other prisoners became extremely rebelons, shouted
ana clamored and broke the windows Of their cells IN
order TO hurl their pals and other utensils at the
Prefect. With the view Of restoring order and pre-
venting the of the scene the guilty parties
were subjected TO the severest penalties by order
of the Project. Tho principal and instigator Of
the trouble was punished with twenty-five strokes
from his bare back (Bogooubof died while
receiving this punishment Tor wnicn Vera Zassulitch
attempted the Prefcct Tnis measure,
applied TO Bogolloubot, was legal In the srictest
sense because the precise sentence OF the Senatorial
tribunal which condemned him had been delivered
the 9Th Of April previous. As the condemned did
appeal the sentence took effect from the 22d Of April
The sentence was confirmed May 10 by an imperial
concerning the trouble at the Place de Kazan
December g. 1876. On tho 2oth Of June, 1877, Or
DER No. s93, vas from the Deputy solicitor
General of the Department OF Cessation OF the Sena
toral Court, ordering tho Governor OF the House OF
Detention to place tho prisoners under con-
troll Of tho authorities tor tho govern
Of st. Petersburg, and designating Bogo-
lioubof and the others as individuals subject
banishment transportation with hard labor from
this date and enJonng him 10 soc tho sentence fully
carried into long Ihey remained under his
control ON goth OF june then, the prisoners wore
placed under control OF the Prefect and. the law
requires each . declaration in writing that his
sentence had been communicated TO him.
LEaAL PUNISHMENT.
"From tho foregoing Will not DO doubted for in
stant that 18th OF July, 1877 Bogo!ioubof be-
longed the category of those condemned to penal
servitude and It was as member Of this class ho
was reached by the penalties contained in the
law and suffered corporal punishment according
to the tenor Of article S07 OF volume IA OF
the Criminal Code which declares criminals OF this
category liable to the rod, n cases of rlfing
breaches OF discipline Tho text says plainly that in
all such cases these individuals may be, during tho
time OF their Imprisonment, punished by the prison
authorities to the extent OF 100 etrokes from rod
(rerge); the authorities may also employ'tbe cat-o
n,ne-tails. The circumstance that Bogolioubof found
himself still prisoner the House Of Detention did
not invadate tho right OF the authorities That right
is In this case as tho law authorizes tha chief
officer and also q deputy, TO in1ct slight corporal
punish mcnt convcts who may be insubordinate
during probationary imprsonment-i. g., while on
their way before arrival at tho place OF intern
menI II may not bo inappropriate to add that gov-
ernors OF PRISONS penitentiary keepers and others
have power to punish their prisoners with the rod.
though they have not deprived OF all their civil
rights. and less criminal than those condemned
to banshmcnt hard labor who lose all OWL privi
lecea