The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-08
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Cu" Auc UsSy WaS Ju06 O8W ming 06 ne
crossed the Neva i'm y closed ambulance.
On biz way from Peterh0ff station he
was escorted by three gen d'armes. Dur
ing the journey he maintained absolute
silence. He was dressed In . prisoners
suit, wearing gray trousers and jacket
and cap with sort of peak .at the hack.
covering his neck. A rough coat was
thrown over his shoulders. The city
was quite hushed at this early hour Of
the morning, and SOukanoff's passage
was not remarked 1T the station. The
train was composed of two first-class and
two secOnd-class carriages. The prison.
er got into second-class carriage with
the gen d'armes. Major General Joma-
rolf, Chief Of Gen d'armes Brigade, and
several other officers or soldiers, entered
the other carriages and the train started
on Its dismal journey: At 7:1O O'Clock
the train reached Orianenbaum, where
the party alighted and walked q few
hundred steps, starting for the steam
bOat pier. where two small steamboats,
were waiting to take them across the
ice encnmbered river. In half IN hour
they reached the Custom House on the
other side. S0ukanof still made no
sign. All was silent and the scene was
very solemn. The sun began to rise
over the distant Baltic, and the gen
d'armes gave JOmarOf . receipt for the
prisoner and the Generals mission ter
minated. The deacon Of Cronstadt
Church was awaiting the prisoner on
the landing. S0ukanOlf, the priest and
two gen d'armes got into another ambu-
lance and drove of, escorted by the rest
of the gen d'armes. At . quarter to o
they arrived at the fortress barracks, and
were greeted by loud flourish Of
trumpets. An enormous crowd had col
lected to see the execution. The roofs
and ramparts were black with human
beings. The military element, however,
was predominant. The place of execu-
tion was occupied by attachments Of
naval forces, before whom the prisoner
walked with hands unfettercd, accom-
panied by the priest. The attitude Of
the troops was respectful. Solemn 81
lence prevailed. The prisoner halted .
few PAGES distant from the black post to
which he was to he fastened, and await
c&l the platoon told off for the execution.
1t consisted Of two n0n-c0mmisstoned
officers and ten marines. Behind these
were stationed another marine and nom
commissioned officer, who were to give
the cOuD Cle Qrltcc should the first dis
lOC Mil WIG IL sSOAs~A
ously. Behind these again were three
soldiers to receive the body, and one
non-cOnlmissiOned officer who was to
bind the prisoners eyes. \ surgeon
was also on the ground. The reading
of the sentence occupied twenty minutes.
The priest was praying the whole time:
When the reading was over, Soukanotf
said to the priest that he implorcd Gods
Dar,lOn for his sins, and twice devOutIy
kissed the Bible and the crHcifix ten
Aered him.
The priest then Withdrew. The pris-
oncr was then bound to the post. His
eyes were h,ntlag> 4 and Il sort Of white
chemisc was thrown over him. SOU
kanoF calmly said, ''Raise the bandage;;
I can see." The twelve men then silen-
tlv lcvelled their pieces ut him: The
officer dropped handkerchief. Twelve
sharp rem,rts followed. and the unliap-
Nv man fell. He was killed instantane-
ously. The ln,dy was thrown into q
crave dug in advance; the trumpets
somn.,e,l: the troops filed off to their
quarters, while the crowd quietly dis
persetl.
It was said that Scukanoffs mother
Was present at the execution. This Is
not 50. She only heard OF 1t IN the
evening.