New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-03
THE LOST SOULS or SIBERIA.
E,rnm I'll, London Post

oro,,b;c nicture of the condition of those
unfartnnates who arc Aty described ss lost Souls Is
drawn III ne erman edition Of which has Just been
published Ivy Professor H. Petri OF bern Du 80" y,
r. e,ies ever attain the POSSESS on OF hoose ny
tc IL mani n miserable hut. Most OF them are IN
reality tho bOudsmen OF the siberian poass ~ In
bev are hired: that is to say they remain III thril ucpe
5 r.. 1hey live and are satisfied when they can get
money tor drinking on holidays rom lne. ,, $50
Rrt az the majority OF the exies are rogues auu v"s
hods he n-ofesslo who afraid OF WORK, the hipe
OF fugtves is constantly ncres,ns WIZ ,hns tnen.fv
ha natural antipathy OF the settlers against the class OF
the deported me uea 81, hesdes suffering from the
NJ rsetees OF class they have to bear the
exjics organize hunts Tor the capture OF runa"ays'
nroyide guards for them and lind the taxes Wuv can
not be raised from among tho dev0r Gu e,sss u NC NC
Te,es ,ps in tue ranks OF the exes are calsel p the
almost systematic escape OF the Iattel Hon Io ~.
aud from tho convic. settlements no ioss nAn 40 20,
cent Of the deporteI escape during TRANSPORT Many OF
tho are sh ut down like wild beasts ny no peasants an
natl yes and observer Oh Siosrau rs,1 g, ,ey
true remark when said that siberia Wou sea- 'es
have been able 70 OverpOwer Ine runaway o " Wv
o u" IRENE measures check the system OF
escape AFRO hunts BY tho maves re royee
Russian Government The native receives ~ ,
II he delivers the prisoner dead OF alive 10 Tue au
tnortes. The PEOPLE are proNs9 VIII hs scanei ms
ammunition, as to make nuhtlhs eno Ia
49, nerIrot success one OF those rev whosnaudseu
TO escape seized In his native vase anu G.ya
ironeht before the court ne said: For TWO yes love
wandered about, have swan thrOu;h rivers anu Svss
have crossed siberian forests passed ttouga seppeS
I'D n,ourtnins-aud no one has touched me, neither
man nor beast; but hore, In my native N"I"se' aaNo
ueen seized ana cast into cn" ia, Tho ami, ~ ra
f,rced ab ,r bal become common that tue auulsra
or. nj con ct establishments were In tue hao o. ca-
ing out when receiving prisoners, noeVer WISHES W
stsv lei him take clothes; ho who wants 10 run away
viii not need them" II should be observer lhht the
clothes left behind by escaped oonvicts 80 as 10 saru
agarst capture, are the perquisl'eS VI '"' f''S'"
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Whilst the statistics show incredible increase IN the
numbcr OF crlmes COMMITTED 10y exiics, proving the
ecirucy OF the system OF deportation as corrcctvs
"A deusl0n they are equally coAdemnatory OF us muon
vaunted cheapness to the state Inc cost 81 usSP0I
Of siberian depore Is estimated at 90 rouDles (s5 oo
Hut IN hls estimate ars included the cost OF trans
port the main route steamers on .,o .VIea .,
knw and thence 10 the mace OF destination, the main
tepance of His family II he Is aoSonpanle oy u, Wv
maintenance In prson Ill the sprihg rs uanspo,,' h
winter have been abolished, yell as the cost VI n'
military guard. that the expenses oil Tran por., -
each convict 10 his place OF destination No
400 rDubes (S225), q sum which wonld 10 sulnvon'
keep HIM at least four years In the dearest o rh,
European Russia But this sum Ia raised 70 oov
$4,000 by the expense attaching TO the m uheuavo
tiappe routes escorts prisons along the routc anu s
| houses, not 10 reckon the burdens impossa up'n ~