Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-22
PROSECUTED SCHOOL MISTRESS.

of ii Russian Woman Who Had /
Opened "A school tor Peasant Children.
In the article by Prince Krapotkine /
I'm The Nineteenth century on tyranny |
lin Russia the following is given as the |
ktory of n woman who was arrested I
because she had, without government !
Lauction opened school for the in
ktruction OF peasant children: | was
kent to Vino with fifty prisoners
snen and women. From the railway
NATION we were taken to the town
! rson and kept there for two
hours, late Mt night, in an open
ksrd. under n drenching rain. AT
ast we were pushed into Il dark corrl-
3lnr and counted Two soldiers laid
Hold on me and iusulted me shame
tully. ! was not the only one thus
outraged, for in the darkness ] heard
the cries of many desperate women
91,esides. After many oaths and much
language the fire lighted and |
|$hound myself in spacious room i'll
(which il was impossible to take a step
LIN any direction without trcading on
# he women who were sleeping on the
|GSIIoor. Two women who occupied
bed took pity on me and invited me
% share 1t with them. When
81 awoke next morning l was still suf-
@ering from the scenes of yes
3erday, but the female prison
suers-assassins and thieves were so
EEiind to me that by and by / grew
#alm. Next night we were turned
ESlut'' from the prison and paaded IN
81 he yard for start, under heavy
an, l. do not know how | happened
10 escape the fists of the Jail ers, as the
b,rsoners did not understand the evo-
Buttons and performed them under a
Storm of blows and curses; those VINO
Protested saying that they ought not
10 be beaten-were put i'll irons anu
sent to the train, in the teeth of the
Jaw which says that in the cellular
Wagons no prisoners shall be chained.
Arrived at Koyno, we spent the whole
Hay in going from one police
kation to another In the evening
we were taken to the prison for women
where the lady superintendent was
Falling against the head jailer and
swearing that she would give him
bloody teeth. The prisoners told me
hat She often kept her promises o'
thls sort. ! Here ! spent Q
week among murderesses, thieves. ans
women arrested by mistake. Misior
Hume unites the unfortunate, anc
Everybody tried 10 make life more
l0lerable for the rest ~
were very kind TO me and die
their best Ia console me. On the pre-
yious day had eaten nothing, for tht
'lay the prisoners are brought TO IN,
prison they receive no food 50
tainted from hunger, and the prison
az gave me OF their bread and were "a
Kind as they could he; the female IN
8 YFrior, however. was on duty; sin
M Vas shouting out such shameless oath
y lew drunken men would use.
Alter weeks stay in Kovno | wa
sent ON foot To the next town
Aiter three days march we came !,
Mariampoi my feet were wound
81 and my stockings full OF bloco
The soldiers advised me TO ask iof
EaF, but preferred physical suffering
70 the continuous cursing and fou
\ language of the chiefs. All the SAINT
shey took me before their commands
ahd he remarked that | had wake
,aree days and could walk tourti
Nccame next day to Wolkowysi
Nnttlif Nh Ntlt w w s9N''N fN'
russia. | and five others wei
!. Nt Professionally into the depo
y he Women, department w
ruins, 50 we were taken 10 u
mems, did not know what
1o' rs there WAS no place TO SIT dow
Except ON the dreadfully filthy HOO
nefc was oven no straw ana u
fheh from thu hnor set me vomitii
"stantly. The water-closet WI
large pond; IL had to be crossed on
Auken ladder, which gave way una
US OF us and plunged him in the III
uow, 1 could not understand y
nneiii the pond go9s under the bulidli
ne hoor OF which il impregnated WI
~wage. Here | spent two days al
o nights, passing the whole time
ue window In the mig
"e doors were opened, and. wi