The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27

suited and hmlaliy ill-troaied one Of their
companions, Mdme. SOluzeh-kOyalsky.
This lads was about 10 be- transferred from
the Kara prison 10 q prison 40 Nerkne
irdinsk. Acting under orders given
by Masuk0n. an officer named BObroisky.
whose ordinary business is 10 attend 10
cOnvicfs ard desperadOcs Of the lowest type.
broke into Mdme. ~oluxch-kOyalsky's cell.
arcompanici ly several soldiers. They
rndalN seized their victim. pulled her out OF
Lnd. and DRAGGED her. while still only in her
nieht-dics- through the passages % the Of
Gce- nf fhe prison. Here. amid the c0arscst
insults. she was stripped and conyicrs
dros. put upon her.
ON hearing OF this outrage the ladg'-
prison companions entered formal COM
nlaini but received no answer. Then the
prisoners resolved tO resort 10 mat most
terrible If protests which the extreme char
actcr of the suffering endured IN Siberia
alone can have suggested munger
strike" a l0ng and fearful experience
h1- shown that. AS general rule, the gov
eminent pays mo- attention 10 the grievances
0i toe eziles unless some scandal D.
produced Dog The cruel death Of one or more
Of the victims. Hence the women Of the
/ Kara prison resolved 90 starye themselves
/ i0 death nnlcs, lhe director. MasukOn, was
I II.
la-fnd eighteen days. and only ended when
Nasuk0d Informed The prisoners that be had
rendered bis resignation. The fact was
true. Masuk0i had resigned: but then
/ the COyera0r-Ofueral. Baron korf. had
refused 90 accept his resignation. Every
thing therefore. remained rs before, and
the women prisoner, made second hunger
strike. A Third hunger strike lasted full
TWENTY-FIVE days. and AN ot the women
would lafr died before the expiration OF
I that time had they NOT been ied nriihciailt.
! What fhismcIu- can Dee lcit to ilc ima1ina-
! ti0n Of ino reader. In was only done bi the
exercise OF shocking violence. soldiers and
ililOr- bad 90 h0.d down the unfortunate
women WhilefhD food was forced upon them
/ in an unnatural and mechanical manner.
10 was uf this iuneiure that Mdme.
/ Nahldn -ihidu. whose death was recorded
/ in the first news received from Kara. re-
solved fD sacrifice herself She determined
/ t0 insult thc director in such manner as
would bring down upon herself sentence
/ of DEATH followed by execution 10y hanging.
/ IIo -lu-lf'0n this must cause would. Size
imalfad. render 10 impossible for Na-ukOh
/ t0 remain at his post. Aner the pro-
ln-td hunger strike. only one woman
/ besides herself retained sufficient strength
/ f1 le ahlet0 stand 900 her feet and walk %
/ uw STEPS. n WAS ON the 22d day Of Y0lun-
trv far,aU0n that Mdme. >ihida sent. by
ouG0f ilo guards. request iO see the dirrc-
i0r aran am urgent affair, Admitted 10
+ Na.uln1'- presence. she at once called him
T ID villain. and -m1rily boxed his ears II
+ was for This THAT She WAS sentenced i0 pee
+ c.ita 600 la-he- They were administered
I 'n defiance 0fthe prison regulations. Mdme.
i -ihidl Uas beaten without mercy. u had
+ ha.n reported Shat under the awful distress
ard humiliation caused hy such treatment.
+ Mdme. -.hidohad poisoned herself. This. IL
appears. +. an error. easily accounted for
under ihe circumstances. hdmo. -ihlda
died n Two dlys. not from poison, but from
/ tine eHectsof fhe hundred blows She had re-
c.1ed. Although Mdme. ,ihida did not
commit suicide. three of beer companions, as
already stated. died hy their own hands,
and number of male prisoners in an ad-
neont village attempted io commit sui
. eide ma similar manner, but only two Of
them died.