, 1880-12-23
NIlIILISNI.
The Extreme Audacity Of the
Russian RcvoIutionists.
Trial, Conviction, and Sentence
Of Sixtcen Of Tho1r
Number.
Inetlloienoy Of tho uthorities-Daring Of
tho Nihilist Women.

0T. lETE1a90uROt uec. l'-Of I'LL Lu9 pOllt-
ica trlnls tllat layc taken place In ilttss1a In
tho Inst few years, tho ono Just ended here Is
the most Important, being, rs 1t wore, tho
cul,ntnntlng point Of tho so-cn1led Nlllitlst
movement. This trial has fully Illustrated,
oil tho one hand, Tic oxtreno nudaclty Of tho
1suss!at, revoiutionists, and, on tho other, tho
remarkable tnefhcioncy Of tho Cznr's quad.
rtlple police.
Sixteen prisoners were brought before tile
military court Of st. Petersburg. They were
the noblcman Kvtatkovsky, n years oldi tia
peasant sl,Erlactf, 20 years old; tho burghcr
Anron Xui1delevitch, 70 yeurs old; the noble
NM, K0byllnnsky, 70 years old; the peasant
T1khonolt, 9s years old; tho burghor Oklads-
ky, . ycnrs old; tho burgher Presniakotf, "a
years old; n son Of Prtvy Council
lor Ducl,. 20 years old; tho MGR
chant ZuckeEnan, 90 years old: the
noblenan Alartynovsky, 81 years old; q
priests sen, Zubkoysky. Is yenrs old; the
zelnstvo physician Uultch, 81 years old; tic
nobleman DrigO, 30 ycars old; a Majors
daughter, Sophy 1yanoff, - years old; the
peasant girl Mnry GrinznofT, q years old;
end nobleman's daughter, Eugenie Flgnor,
10 tho usual questions MS to social stand-
ing, age, religion. md occupation. so'no Of
the prisoners
uAV1; l'EcuIrAR ANSWERS,
A. foil9ws i2;aaI z;clcyltf G H. haye s;o 9 re.
iisS"." 6k"sky a,a % Of i'ts t'e soe!ai:rov- SIf
oittionary religion" Nlartyhoysky: "Ihave
~ religion Wfatever." Zilcker1nan: - an
st catbSS ifG o3ss @ 1s i HioI1ys65 I n}ss:rs xaa am
TINT they were Of tlie orthplox religion.
lnE house" TIC .snmo occupation WIS ac.
klowledEel By Mlle9; 1ynnoff and Grlnznoa.
Russian revolutionary partyhnd been propa-
gatlrg Its ideas since 1874, and Ind NJ, organ
9f It's ow!,, tllS zcn.liG, . vollt I" Lnild md
either singly or iii separate krat5oks {groups);
they were not organized: III 1910, however,
SinE E e%ts% ; Na?o;;l'itkt ;l @ Sths psPq|ss Tiass:
exee %s1s lie s peona sn' a 1sFn Fo cza T' esSsr s t.
1nent, Mnd on Its ruins t. found a new social
SYSTEM that would rightly answer tho popu-
lar demands md needs. This wing was COM
pago - ero se wesd osc.s e Sy SS en 'ef e
central group Mt st. Petersburg. The VII
lage groups assumed tho task OF learning tho
real llecds Of the pcasantry, md Of sprcntilng
ey eroas ssoea He es acsvy s e SS rass as
money, procuring passes, recruiting now
members, and to literary work.
In 1873 still another wing made Its appear
ance,-
TIE TENlsoRtsrs.
These undertook tho actilal obstruction OF
tho Cars Government. 1t appears, thorc~
foro, tliat there was scl,tsm among tho Rus
Sim revolMtt1onsts. and they felt the eees-
| pose, IL 1871, they held two congresses; ono
IN Lipetzk, wl,uro tic TerrorIsts were Iii the
| minority, and another in ,Voronefe. where
.s a4nrty wns 81 the sIlo "f te Mr%
| tho two wings, and each went lts own why.
| The Terr0rista latl tho!r joltrnnl. the Nnrod-
M sfes st eonea 1s n Russa sns saae to
Prince Krapotlsino was sot and killed In
February, is;0 BY Go!den6srE, Jew, ~ ns.
murder was tic eruol treatment, Of tue po-
lltical prisoners by order OF tho Prince.
Go1denbcrg was subsequently arrested, but
he died i the l'elr"la',!ovsky Fo.t, flyo
Ing confession Of oil tho crime. committed
by hlnlself and his comrades. Though a.
Suloyfeif, who had made M attempt on tle
dSs IT, spsd S arns aX af sra ra ~
nks awny viii S he Z cz"r Thsso %sro
GOldeHberE,, whose services were refused on
pcss Of his tsat nSnE II s sT r Ypas:
Nflkllailoff. not, found; Xtckern,an, kylat-
kovsky, mid Solovietf. Tho services Of tho
latter were accepted, and he expiated his
1t tho Iipetzk Congress tho Terrorists had
decided that
ACTUAL. wA1. UPON THE GOVERNMENT
| ,yoa innorotivo for tho ancia,iet.rn~ol,,t3o,.
nv ms ,eas cni,i nnt he % ndvoutareu,.sIv nson.
mrntcT % wIto1't IT, #. Th% Terrorlsts ware suf,.
.fiviand intn tl,o 4 xt,1imixt rativa fommissinn %
"n' ~" ESocmtivn f'nn,utttee 1hn fnrmnr
nnastnnifW a tn Tcsdc IT St PntarshrT !,"d
10 Kmnw tyorythIne ~ m;rtninine M to liza royoli,-
tionnry mnyanicnt4 s md io nalso tise funds.
'a antuM aa NJ ~ ,vns on ctGva hndv
M tr nn,,t ~ ,,";,,t 1 ~ t
n,,iro @ haen,nn ys E.rrnrist I ~ n,nn n
=, H., r'.,,,,ScutoT H. iva nShers % a,,d ~ r.
10 nG ase1,1anGnnuu e,' s ut " ny" f @ nooIs wv 10
aeEeS @ ,ttns sUS W. -. etn,,ts ~
nrs, " VIZ thn rst nn the senn'i mToiiss ~,
~ Ky ~ a9 rat na a.et o i, tne, nen ~"
s', ,E,' " sq l., it, IL na t,o,i H.,
TX ro,iitoa - '"o oo'''''''o' ''' "0'' f'o ~
t''o ~o"''!..eseo' NV. -
THE MINING EXPERIMENTS
Of tho Nihitists have particularly mortified
tho public authorities here. 1t las come out
lI1tL HOT oHg pMt tHtto mines %elV allnu!-