River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-06-03

An occurrence Is reported from Ill
vadia which illustrates the GOODNESS
and physical courage ofthe Gar. 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 his Najesty's appearance a
number of soldiers of the guard were
rushing up the stairs after 4 brutal
looking moujIk, whose hands and arms
were bound By straps of leather. The
prisoner was struggling furiously to
escape.
The guard tried to hurry him away,
but the Gar ordered them to halt, and
asked: WHO is the man?' They ex-
planned that he was a leader among
the local Nihilists and had been promi-
nent in kindling the forest fires which
had lately occurred around Liyadia.
LET him be unbound while he i in
our presence, was the unexpected or
der given by the Car.
The moment the mans hands were
freed he crouched, with his fingers
clawing the air as though he would
throw himself bodily on the Car and
attack him with his nails. Some Of
the officers of his M3jesty's staff threw
themselves between the Nihiiist and
the Gar, but the latter n0tiOued them
aside, and without a weapon in his
hand or on his person camiy awaited
the attack. 1t came in an instant.
a
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, we'll known to wrest-
iers, threw him to the ground with APP
parently Is much ease as he would
have ovcrihrown 4 boy. The Nihilist
scrambled 10 his feet and again made
a similar spring. This time the Gar
caught him by the left arm with the
same grip and again easily threw him
to the floor. The Nihilist mad by this
time got enough of it, and Law painting.
but motionless The Gar took a seat
close by and said to the vanquished
assassin: Now tell US what you dogs
complain of.
The PROSTATE Nihilist at once began
a long and bitter arraignment of what
he and his comrades considered the
crimes for which the Gar should die.
He told him that he had violated the
memory of his own father by declaring
the emancipation of the serfs a terrible
mistake; that he had done his best To
restore the common people of Russia to
a state Of slavery; that he had made
thousands Of unjuStifiable arrests, ac-
companied by circumstances of the ut
most brutality; that he had kept inno-
cent prisoners confined in loathsOme
dungeons, without charges or trials,
until death or insanity had come TO
their relief: and that he had many times
promised Russia a constitution. but
had never fulfilled his pledge. The last
accusation made by the Nihilist is said
to echo complaint which is very pre-
valent among all the troops in the
Crimea. He said the Gar had taken
all their best men away from their
farms and had kept them idle until the
seed time was past. so that they would
have nothing to live on if they went
home. They had. he said. been prom
Used that they would be led against Con-
stantinople, where pluDder enough was
to be Lad to make them rich for life,
but instead of this they had been kept
useless by drilling until there seemed
to be no prospects of war III any quar-
ter. The Gar listened to all these &C
cusations calmly, and with the eNcep-
ton of a firmly set expression about
the mouth and fierce CLEAN IN the
eve. there was nothing to indicate that
be was in the least degree affected By
the harangue. When the Nihilist
ceased the Gar arose and said quietly
to the officers nearest him: Now We
will resume our huns, and the impcr-
ial party left the palace.
The Nihilist was again secured and
taken to the cells in the basement Of
the palace. It is understood that be
was afterward logged to death.