, 1881-05-03
ALExANDER's VENGEANCE.


Nf,p Turk Hsrss|h.
LONDON, April GA dlspatch from Paris
to tho Dnflp Nc,os says: ~ protnInont d.
plomntist ut st. Petersburg reports that tho
Car a1ltl Ills favOrlt coll,,sel0rS arc disposed
to atlopt rigorous rcpressve measures, hay
Ing no example, IN Russian history"
Tho prnnapt execution Of the late Czar's as-
sas!ns seems to 10 only the beginning Of OK
trel,,e measures against tho NlbilIsts. The
hanging of the five prisoners Is described by
eyc-wftncsscs to have been brutal, bung.
ling, strlngulatlon, which filled every one
with disgust. The London Times lIas tho
following description at the scene: "Wlloth-
or 1t WAS the exccuttO,lor, who solne said was
Intoxicated. or the ropes, which others said
mllst have beeM first burned with vttriol by
friends Of the prisoners, that were ut
fAult. 1t Is perhaps useless to Inquire.
III my case tho primitive arrangements
Of the scaifold, will, It's five ropes tied tn tho
supporting beu,ns, with no drop whatever,
md the careless bnngllne Of tho cxecutloner
nid his .ilva assistants, produced M !mpres.
slon o., those Wl,o witnessed the l!orrld spec
prox!mately, sp'nethlng like 100000 people,
Wills son,s or oOS sS troops @ q Ni' al tiis
Eunrd REGIMENTS must atso have bcon for1netl
Az S4AHbG tNMtA HNlltH6s Lluutlk uI9
officers md officials stanling 1n raised plat
form III frOnt Ut tho scnf0ld tho expressions
OF nnRer alld disgust ut tlH way IN which tbs
execution was ctlrr!e1 o.. Wern loud and gen
cral. The ropo wlllcll held MlcllniloH, phys
prisoners, sl'appetl. twice and lot tho Wrltll-
lng wretch down nn the ilo0r OF tho scaiiOltl.
Tho lirst t!mo lle stool llp ngntt OIL his legs,
which were tied toRatller above the knees;
grsater e socE Gi1ht tU nhn,t ~ fo,r 1e M a ro tot
ind iay iinlf str,nElod. .The i've criminal
volunteers who llnu bacn brought from tha
Hrlsn' TO asslst tlie excciltloner tllon mounted
the scafioitl and !e!d up tho lnl!t llfcless body
trunk. eacli otle, after passing through tho
rings Oh the crOss-benn, being mule fnAt
with great difficulty rntlnd tile two support
tng beams on each sltu OF the prisoners.
Of steps for Al the prIsoAsrs IL facilitate tis
adjustment OF tho rOp0 fixed round their
!lecks. II bolng covered with tho white
lloo!!. eactl was led up separately to tho top
9f Fl the steps; ttle cord was then. tixsd aGtt
beams, and tiiali tic stops Yure drawn away,
leaving the h0tltes swinging. The nuaslalii
M!ode OF hanging Is p,iruly sttangulatlon.
The execut[oner bnnRlca. terribly IN even
slipped over tngcll!ns of the condemned mel.
afttr tlley ind bern swung FROM tue steps.
Kllaictllch w.&s hung first, ahd ltel very
quietly, without any lntshnp. Then came
Allclilltlolt, with whom was enacted the ter
and piniallcti wrotclics stal,iIn BY ti,e whilu,
though It. is to be t,opud unable to se1 any
thing ut u through tho tllfck. white hood.
The thlttl to recnIye the cord wns Sophie
Isrofskata, who bore llerselt the ilrnlest of
NIL, besides Jalabotr, md had color III nor
cl'uuks until the last. ller feet, Wien tho
steps Wero renlAyed, very nearly touched tho
tlu0r OF the scafrol!l. the cord having slipped
before the execNtiOner-fn-ol.lof could tastan
next, and some .Itlloalty was nlatls with lilnl
by reason Ut the rupe being ttglltcMed 100
much before tho steps w0re taken nWay.
lslsnk9H. wl,o calno, lust appeared to faint,
ttlNl fell away trunl the atVps while the exeeu-
tloner was still adjusting tho rnpe. Alto.
gether the operation WINS most painful one
to al! who ltad to take part III 1t ur look oil.
All tho prlsOners mounted the acatIold aud
remained to the Inst perfectly cQi,n."