Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-28
THE WRESTLING GAR.
He Catches a NihiIist On the Fly with One
Hand.

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Hand.
An occurrence is reported from Livsdia
which illustrates the GOODNESS and physi-
cal courage of the Gar. One morning re-
Gently he started out to hunt and was
leaving the palace by rear staircase
which he seldom used Just at the mo-
ment of the Cars appearance a number
OF soldiers of the guard were rushing up
the stairs after half savage, brutal look
ing moujik, whose arms and hands were
bound by straps of leather The prisoner
was struggling furiously to escape, and
his struggles became even more desperate
when he saw the Car The guard tried to
take him away from the Cars sight, but
| His Majesty ordered them to halt and ask
ed, "Who is the man ?' They explained
| that he was a leader among the local Mill
lists and had been prominent in kindling
the forest fires which had lately occurred
around Livadia Let him be unbound
while he is in our presence" was the un-
expected order given by the Car. The
moment the mans hands were freed he
as though he would throw himself bodily
on the Car and attack him with his nails
Some of the officers of the Cars staff
threw themselves between the NihiiSt
and the Car, but the latter motioned
them aside, and, without weapon in hi
hand or on his person. calmly awaited the
| attack. 1t came in an instant. The Nlhi
list made a desperate spring toward the
| Car, but while he was still in the air His
Majesty caught him by the right arm
above the elbow, and with combined
grip and twist, well known to wrestlers
threw him to the ground with apparently
rs much ease as he would have over
brown a boy. The Nihilist scrambled to
his feet and again made similar spring
This time the Gar caught him by the LETT
arm with the same grip and again easily
threw him to the floor. The Nihiist hao
by this time got enough of it, and he lay
painting but mOtionless.
| The Car took a seat close by and said
to the vanquished Nhilist, "Now tell us
what you dogs complain Of"
| The PROSTATE Nihilst at once began a
long and bitter arraignment of what he
md his comrades considered the crimes
for which the Gar should die. He told
the Car that he had violated the memory
of his own father by declaring the eman
cipation of the serfs a terrible mistake
| that he had done his best to put the com
mon people of Russia back into a state of
slavery that he had made thousands OF
unjustifiable arrests, accompanied by cir
| cumStanceS of the utmost brutality; that
he HAD kept innocent prisoners confined
in loathsOme dungeons, with ut charges
or trials, until death or insanity had come
TO their relief and that he had many times
promised Russia constitution, but had
never fulfilled his pledge. The last arcu-
sation is said to echo complaint which is
very prevalent among all the troops in the
Crimea. The Nlhllst, continuing, said
the Car had taken all the best men away
from their farms and kept them idle until
seed time was past, so that they could
have nothing to live on if they went home
They had, he said, been promised that
they would be led against Constantinople,
where plumber enough was to be had to
make them rich for life, but instead of
this they had been kept useessly drilling
there until there seemed to be no prospect
of war in any quarter.
The Car listened to all these accusa
tions calmly and with the exception of 4
firmly set expression about the mouth and
a fierce CLEAN in the eyes, there was moth
ing to indicate that he was in the least
degree affected by the Nhilist's harangue
When the Nihilist ceased the Car arose
and said quietly to the officers nearest
him, Now we will resume our hunt,
and the Imperial party left the palace
The Nihilist was again secured and takel
to cells in the basement of the palace. II
is understood that he was afterward fog
ged to death.