, 1881-04-17
Two Plague.Strisken Cities Gear Dagdad
Abandoned and Destroycl by
Fire.
The Powers DispIeased with the Tone
Of the Greek Note-fext OF
the Document.
The Sunday Budget Of News, Press
Comment, Gossip, and
Guesses.

DETAILS OF THE EXECUTION.

LONDON, April 1G-The following ad-
dltlonal details iof the execution Of the Mill
lists have been received: The execution took
place at O'Clock on Friday morning, on
Si1nonofsky Plain, the same spot on WHICH
Molodetsky was executed. The scatfold was
rough wooden structure, painted black,
consisting Of a high platform. upon which
were three posts. each with chain and
manacles, and one long horizontal beam,
with iron rings for ropes, supported by two
perpendicular posts. In front was low
platform for the officials. The large
plain around was covered with snow
and ice, which was melting in
the warm sunshine By o'clock many
thousands of people had collected around the
plain and swarmed in the various streets
leading to it.
TEN THOUSAND TROOPS
kept them back and formed two squares
around the gatlows. First were the Cos
sacks. with couched lances. and then detach-
massed in deep colums, leaving one side of
the inner square open for the passage Of
the condemned prisoners and escort.
THE coETEGE.
entered the eastern side Of the plain few
minutes before 9 o'clock, having passed
through some OF the principal streets
on the way from the fortress.
The condemned criminals were seated high
in the centre Of two-wheefed platforms,
tightly strapped to iron rods, With their
backs towards the horses, and having on
their breasts large car Is with the words,
'Tsareenbiest" or murderers Of tie
Carp in black and white. Surrounding
them was 4 strong escort Of CossacEs and
infantry, with drums and flies playing a
lively tune, and preceded By mounted
gendarn1es. The condemned persons were
dressed in black and wore sort Of black
hood covering their heads and shoulders.
On the first tumbriI sat
IoCssoKoF AND JELAuoFF.
both Of whose features were nearly cou-
cealed by heavy hoods. Jeliahoff.s dark,
piercing eyes seemed to shine with even in
tensjfed briliancy and defiance as he looked !
On the scene around him. On the second
tu1nbril we're seated Kbaltschitisch, Sophie
pieonsky, and Nichalloff, the woman occu- |
prinR the middte seat or these three the !
features of Sophie pieoffsky were alone dis |
timely visible, her extraordinarily high and !
broad forehead being unsl1roudcd by the |
hood Her s:ightfy~husted face betokened |
great mental excitement, but there was no
sign either Of fear Or remorse. Gen, BEGAN
of. with
ANTS,
were waiting under the scaFold. The con-
Gemned were unbound and led up the steps.
With the exception Of Roussokotf, who seemed |
very feeble, all showed remarkable fir,nness
and resignation Sophie Pieoffsky appeared
the .calnlest Of all the five prisoners. They
were then placed in front OF the three posts.
with their heads bare, the woman bling in
the middle While the Clerk OF the Senate
read tie sentences the civilians uncovered
md the officers saluted. During this formal
lty -.
FIVE PRIESTS IN PURPLE CAPS
mounted the seatfold and presented the cross.
which alt the condemned reyerently kissed,
The prisoners were allowed 10 kiss each
other. and word or two passed between
them, but the beating Of the drums, which
now began and lasted until the execution was
finished. drowned every other sound The
prisoners were then placed under the beam.
EACH prisoners head was covered with
white hood, attached to :, kind of sack.
Each one, beginning with RoussakofI, was
he'd to the top OF ! small stool with steps, the
rope was drawn around one Of the support
ng beams. and the culprlt was left to
;trang!e by the stool being withdrawn from
Under. All remalned firm and impertur-
'aoie until the last moment Roussakof alone
appeared to faint before the stool was taken
'way. The fornalitles and the execution
asted altogether
ABoCr TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES.
ine'o bodies remained hanging twenty min
a1es- and were then let down in Eve rough =:
'Aelis hfled with shavinss. and were exatn-
med by the doctors. They were then placed
ia1o tTo carts and token away under the cs-
'ort Of the cossacks, to be ig1lominlously :
'u11ed III remote part OF the suburbs of rho {