Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-10
EIlED TO SIBERIA
How Justice Miscarries In RuaEfa-Tho
Fate Of 'tSospecth"

How Justice Miscarries In RuGEfa-Tho
Fate Of '1Sospects."
Mr. Borodin, q well known writer for the
Russian magazine, ANNALS Of the Father.
land was bauished to the province Of va
kutsk on account Of the dangerous" and
.spernciousr character Of q manuscripts
found in bis house by the police during .
search This manuscript was copy OF an
article upon the economic condition OF the
province Of viatka. which Mr.. Bo-odin had
sent TO the above named magazine, but which
up to that time had not been published. Mr..
Borodin went TO Eastern Siberia in con-
vict's gray overcoat with yellow ace OK
diamonds On his back, and three or four
months after his arrival IN Yakussk he had
the pleasure OF reading N the Annals OF the
Fatheriandn the very same article for which
he had been exiIed The minister OF the In
terror bad sent him to Siberia merely for
having II bis possession dangerous" and
''pernicious' manuscript, and then the St
Petersburg committee OF censorship had cer-
tiled that another copy Of that saEe manu-
script was perfectly harmless, and had al
lowed it TO be published, without the change
OF line, in one Of the most popular and
widely circulated magazines in the empire.
A gentleman named O5chkin, in Moscow,
was exiled TO Siberia By administrative pro-
cess in 1855 merely because, 70 adopt the
language of the order which was issued for
his arrest, be was suspected of an intention
to put himself in.o an illegal position" The
high crime which .Mr. Oechkin was ''sus
pecUed of an intention to commit WIS the
taking OF q fictitious name In place Of his
own Upon what ground he was suspected
Of an intention TO % this terrible thing he
never knew.
Another exile Of my acquaintance, Mr..
Y, was baaished merely because ne IVES
a friend Of Ir. 2, who was awaiting
trial On the charge Of political conspiracy
When Mr.. rs case came to judicial
Investigation he was found to be innocent
and was acquitted; but IL the meantime Mr..
Y, merely for being d friend Of this in
nocent man, had gone to Siberia by admins
trasive process.
In another case young student. called
Vladimir Sidorski 4 use fctious narlel,
was arrested by mistake instead OF another
and a different Sidorssi named Victor, whose
presence in Moscow was regarded by some
body as 'prejudicial TO social ORDER Nladi-
mir protested that he was not Victor, that
he did not know Victor, and that his arrest
in the place of Victor was the result Of a
stupid blunder; but his protestations were Of
no avail The police were too much occu-
pied in unearthinS ''co1spirac5es" and look
ing after ''untrustworthy' people to devote
any time to a Troublesome veriacation of an
Insignificant Students identity. There must
have been something wrong about him, they
argued, or he would net have been arrested,
and the safest thing to do with him was to
send aim to Siberia, whoever he might be-
and to Siberia he was sent. When the con-
voy officer called the roll Of the outgoing er-
lie party Vladimir Sidorsi failed to answer
to Victor Sidorzki's lame, and tho officer,
with curse, cried: Victor Sidorski! Why
don't you answer TO your nameE"
ut is not my name replied Vladimir,
land l won't answer to it. It's another 81
dorsN who ought TO be going to Siberia"
what is your name thenT
Vladimir told him The officer coolly
erased the name "Victor" IN the roll Of tie
party, inserted the name Vladimir" and re-
marked cynicaIly: 1T doesn't make ID
bit Of diferencel'-Georse Kenuan IN Tia
Century.