Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-19

wealth az sacred deposit, OF which he was
b put t a. steward Ia conscience bound to hus.
Dahu IL Tor the furtherance OF 1.-THE good cause
allottlng to himself only the merest plttance
necessary Ior actually supporting life. So
ea10sfoughly oid he carry out his sternly planned
ssiI.denlal, that at the time of his death barely
Inllty thousand roubes could be found of his
oonsideraple patrimony. Repeatedly impli-
t uassa In political Vaccinations. and once al.
! gouo found 1t unsafe to remit the reostred
sums directly and In his own person to the re-
sspecIve agents, as also to attend himself to
/ the final liquidation OF his stih remaining es-
tates,-a measure which became deubly urgent
AFTER he was again and def1ntively arrested In
isIs. sometime before this event, he had placed
attorney, I'm the hands OF his neighbor and early
friend Vladimir Drigo and used to give him
private H directions as to the payment Of more or
h less considerable sums from one hundred rou,
at different times to sundry tndf-
yiduals VINO proved to be revolutionary
agents OF the deepest dye. Even from his
out to this 'A day. ya' and '' which Hn seem SEEM
correspondence In short notes with his polit-
lcal friends and DIigo, who continued to carry
out MS orders With respect TO further pay
nents out OF his property one Of these notes,
bearing the postscript pathetic in its sim
plclty, trust yOn," came into the hands OF
justice, and was shown to Lkogoub's two
brother Dirnitris handwriting. Diego, mean
while. urged by his friendship for the prisoner,
worked hald and anxiously to accomplish the
hnal liquidation, partly by e1ecting sales 10
his own name, partly by transferring large
sums into his own hands and those OF other
t sas IT TRENDS. as the only way OF securing
no more tragical issue OF his trial
being at first anticipated than rig
OF ga For judicial sentence
TO say. the condemned person is stripped of
his rank anA all civil rights and privileges
thereto pertaining. and disabled from holding
Is either contlscated to the crown or passes to
bis heirs as though he were dead, as the SEN
t ter ace. may be. The most ordinary mode of
eludlng This severe clause, which would leave
condemned prisoner penniess is by fictitious
mortgages and bills. the friendly holders of
which forclose at given moment, aud thus
IsScie the prisoners real estate or movables
ron the law and either apply the income to
MS needs or, by liquidation. secure for him
capital This operation Drgo was anxious to
accomplish In Lizogoubs behalf, but the fatal
termination OF his friends career rendered fur
tner EFFORTS unnecessary; and. besides. not much
or the fortune was left, as has been sesn.
From the moment OF Llzogoub's death, Drigo's
and none OF its members received from
him him any more pecuniary assistance.
II The tho latter Of fact was duly noticed
uating circumstances. He was only charged
with having supplied certain persons
with FUNDS. not his own indeed, but which he
6l Woulo he used for illegal purposes. The
case against him was very fairly stated thus:
ne person VINO gave the money might be
ignorant OF the medtated crimes for the peroe-
tratlon OF which 1t was raised, but 1t could not
oe unknown to him that the supplies which
passed through his hands were destined for
precautionary purposes" Drigo did not deny
lhe 1act OF having paid sums OF money to sun
order; but pleaded that placed as he was he
could not act differently; nor did he admit
havinG any knowledge whatever OF their Illegal
6 6aaraoSst. ne absolutely denied ever having
denial borne out by his antecedents, which
showed him to have been a model landlord.
looked up to by all his nelghbors, aud never
Implicated In any political troubles before he
consented to take on himself the fun manage
ment OF Lizogoub's property. 81 was guided
i IN my actions solely by my friendship to LIzo-
of1ence, In that case must plead guilty" with
these simple words he closed his brief defence.
Inc sentence passed against Drlgo was, I'm con-
s,ue[a1 n OF ms exceptional position and hon
oraOle character, as mild as could be eX pected-
degradation and simple Punishment to the gov.
eminent OF Tomsk. In western Siberia.
Mhen. after the Act Of Accusation had been
read, the prisoners were asked In the usual
iorm whether they pleaded guilty or not guilty.
they Old not attempt unaVailing denial; ali
VIII MIN ore exception pleaded guilty In the main
nice distinctions as to Details Standings OF
opinion or intention. Some, while aYoWing
lhat they belonged to the socialistic- revolu
tlonary party. denied all connection with that
traction Of it which advocated terroriza-
ZION. One said: 81 admit that I am q
socialist, but l am not revolution1st." 1
KviatToksky and one other allowed that
they mad taken part Id The socialisnc CON
vention at Lipetsk, but would not conceie that !
the ensuing attempts against the Cars person
had been there resolved upon, except theoreti-
cally and condttIonally: Should certain con
tlngences take place, 1t was to be done: saoul1
tney not, Ii might be left undone." 1T WAS
decided" explained his companion, "to repeat
tne attempts, should the government persist In
party and the people. But tae convention did
Lot discuss the question as to iO,r It was t. be
cone, Dy whom, ard under what circu instances:
SO mere was no talk Vi mining and dynamite
AZ tue preliminary examination the prisoners
nad mace confessions even more amoie than
thcy appeared willing TO tndorse before the
court. They may have been advised by their
co'lnsel not TO eliminate themselves u0yartly,
noF 10 make unnecessary admissions. stu on
the whole, denial was certainly not the line of
d ee which they adopted. among the Wit
them they knew that one was to be brought
forward whose deposition would be evidence
most damniDg and conclusive against them
a witness from the oead, as it were, aud one OF
their own number. Goldenberg, aged twenty
four, the murderer OF Prince KrapotkIn, did not
take MS place On the prisoners benches with
S + sixteen companions being shortly reported
July OF the present year." His act and
ms rate are notathe least striking feature OF
This extraordinary trial. He wrote and signed
a relation most full and elaborate not only of
his own doingS in the service Of the revolutions
airy party, but OF all those of his fellow. conspi.
rators. In which he had borne a part. or OF
winch ne had had knowledge; he laid bare all
tnaL was known 10 him OF the secret central
called 1.-THE directory aud the eX.
ecutive comnittees;' he left out no detail, con-
Cealed no name. Then-he committed suicide
were L not for this last circumstance be would
STAND branded as the blacklist Of traitors, and
we should DE disposed to yield but scanty ere.
deGce or sympathy TO the long preface In which
he expounds his motives and aims, even though
IL contains much Weighty reasoning, much
deep, apparently genuine feeling awakened by
the sorroWful retrospect and gloomy anticipa.
tlons natural to spirit sooered by long contiae.
lnent. AS II Is, we may at least suspend our
Judgment, give the unfortunate youth credit
Ior sincerity, and wish that the sad reflections
Wrung from him BY suffering and dependency
snould gain ground among his former associates
VINO would possibly cease from their murderous
machtnations with very WEAKNESS IL they could
put once become convinced that by per5isting
In them they only disgrace and undo the cause
which they seek to uphold.
GoldeDDerg begins by protesting himself q
member not only o. the socialtsClc-reyOlurto
airy party, but OF that fraction of the same
which, under the denomination of .dlsorgan-
neTs- or "terrorists." has undertaken to subvert
inc whole now subststing order of things, ana
10 compel the government, by sheer force OF
OF Pro