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

yisam, that my death would close this sad and
ment. But the thought that my
last, that more would follow and inevitably by
call forth new reprisals, which in their turn
would De visited on the party by still severe r
measures measures and thus the number of the
until the soVernmeH5 would 'a after ali
| come out victor from the unequal connc, :.
from which 1t never can desist as long as ths
entlre movement Is not put down-this thought
| filled. NE with inexpIessible dread. /
stand aghast at the certainty that persecution
time: the general active stir so nealthful Ia
itself In favor OF political reform, and that we
/ snail tnen bitterly regret having manifested
our activity In SO harsh form as to drag to
| peTdlt1on numbers OF unheeded victims"
Ihere Is nothing In all this that the
most earnest. upright lover OF his country
could not indorse; no. sound head, no feeling
heart, but must deplore with the solitary
oroodlng prisoner the fatal excuses which he
denounces, and wish that all his associates
might come to the same tardy, dearly bought
WheD he expresses passionate desire "to put
an end TO all these evils, to assist in bringing
ABOUT speedy transition TO another and better
state OF things. to save many from the death
sentence impending over them?" But wis he
tells us by lrhat means he intends to achieve
all tnis, we look at each other In puzzled be-
Wlderment: can he seriously think he will
save his friends by turning informer against
them? Does he bind himself to the ugly word
Dy the pomp0us phraseology in which he clothes
81 have nerved myself to most dire and terri.
Die act; have resolved to employ remedy
winch makes my veins throb painfully, and my
eyes overflow with burning tears. / have re-
solved to repress within myself all feeling of
either enmity OF affection, and to perform an
other great act of denial for the coed Of our
young men, of our society, of our beloved Rus
STA 1 have resolved to lay open the entire or
ganization, all that is known to me- as pre-.
ventive against the dreadful future which
awaits us, against a whole series of executions
and other represSive measures"
1t would certainly be satisfaction to be quite
sure that the converted terrorist meant well
and If he did commit suicide after completing
his revelation there would be little doubt of his
sincerity. Stln the connection between the
end Wh1ch ne purposes to himself and
the means which he takes towards it is
very difficult to establishes much so that
II we believe the foreign correspondents,
there have not been wanting skeptics
who entirely dispelieved In his death, and con-
10 avoid his personal appearance in the witness
box and possible reaction OF feeling, or simply
10 shield him from the vengeance of the be.
uayed. One correspondent says:
go denoerg is fast becoming the hero OF a
cycle Of legends Some believe he IA
not dead at all. but is only kept in conceal
ment: and that he suffered himself to be moved
to full confession by the promise OF a very
large sum OF money and fmpunity. Many per
sons In the best circles share the belief that he ia
awe" Yet his suicide was formally announced
10 the last number Of the NarOdndga Volta. the
secret revolutionary organ. Meanwhile, and
whatever be the true solution OF this obscure
ana distressing point Goldenberg's deposition,
which occupies a great many Newspaper col.
umns. Is one OF the most extraordinary. the
most thrilling documents which it is possible
10 read: Not the most exciting memoirs penned
Cellini himself, can surpass In fascination this
unad0rned, unimpassioned narrative We
need only follow its consecutive state
oq snSgay on or
the prisoners. the final speeches for the accusa-
ZION or the defence. to see the whole strange
drama enacted before our eyes, appalling in It's
very homellness and in its utterly common
place details The Whsle thing looks SO famil-
lar and at the same time SO wildly unreal that
we are tempted to rub our eyes and ask, Where
quarter OF the nineteenth century? Are these
the men-the boys-Whom we have sympa
thlzed with and soothed In their grievances,
their aspirations, their alterations OF desmond.
ency Or eXaltatiOn?
Here is a circle OF young people, with nice,
nomeilke names. gathered round a tea.table
Win lis Kissing $anorara scene which every
the universities Of Kiefr or KharEoff the girls
belong to the same class of unquiet spirits.
sS tax ges mHes a and eHcsd a hs
show that they are discussing one
Of those burning questions d. joNT
VIII Wnlch IN certain circle turn every Social
scale, Where through dense clouds Of cheap
c1garette-smoke eyes flash, arms are flourlshed,
voices ring, sharply isolated or blended, into a
general DIN; where there is everybody to speak
aho no one to listen. COnnu We all have
assisted at some OF these unparliamentary de-
,n o., where the neWly-brewed thought revels
70 ungoYeInaple fermentation. But hark the
theme is somewhat startling: 1t is question
OF life or death which is being canvassed. Judg-
m me- ls oelng passed On the governor, Prince
krapotkin, whose brutal lll-treatment of the
q laCt
when troop OF C0ssacks rode into the midst
OF them plying their ndQaikdS (horseWhtDs)
right ana lett, and later In the prison to which
many were summary consigned-cails for re-
taliation. And now newly-arrlved guest ad-
dresses the circle. and is listened 10 as one
whose word claims authority. GoldenoeIg
writes:-
wished to alleviate the lot of the prisoners.
and also to take vengeance on PLACE Kraoot-
kin, as the cause OF their suferlngs. | came TO
the conclusion that the best means to compass
Doth these ends would be to Kill him, as &
sure way to turn the attention OF both govern
ment and public TO the fate OF political pris-
oneIs IN general | did not at once
but only expressed my opinion that such a
measure ought to be taken against him,-an
opinion pdao to which all responded approvlngly.
manner in whichit should be DONE so as more
forcibly to influence the public. l and two
others zone Woman) were for an open
sst out the majority IN favor Of
was decided In this sense. much against my
earnest Wish.' This was In the last days of
December. From that time to the 2lst {9th) of
February Goldenberg, faithfully aided BY
crowd OF associates-some of whom he knows
only under their assumed Names since one and
all they lived with forged or borrowed pass
decree. Not less than twenty persons are
named as having In different ways assisted
him. One OF them, Goldenberg's lnseperable
attendant, entreated his friends TO yield to him
the honor OF the execution; "but told hun
and Zoubliansky that | would shoot the man
who should interfere with me and kill the
prince In my stead" This young Zealot was
0Dyhaushy, one Of 1.-The sixteen" then not
quite twenty. 1.-The little Pole" as he was
called with some degree OF contemptuous pity,
afterwards boosted TO friends at a distance
from kharkon that he was the murderer but
at the trial denied having even had any knowl.
edge OF the contemplated deed, and altogether
was the only one OF the party who bore himself
In away which showed him TO be poor feeble
minded creature. The two onapirators logged
the governor fer weeks, and more than one
opportunity was missed: one day fog made It
too uncertain to lire, another day the distance
was too great; one evening they met him in the
theater, "but he was with his wife and daugh.
ter, and they did not wish to endanger Them
At length, on the Dist (9th) of February, as
Prince krapOtkin was returning home alone
between nine and ten at night, GOldenberg,
who was pacing the sidewalk before his house,
ran up to the carriage, fired a well-aimed shot
through the open window, and disappeared In
the darkness. Favored nv the NIGHT and