Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-16
The Russian Government o Disgrace t.
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The Russian Government o Disgrace to
the Nineteenth Century.
Copyright by New York Associated Press, 1901
LONDON, February 15,h.-Proyided with
cable-dispsich Of introduction from
George KEENAN,, the celebrated Siberian
traveller, The London agent cf the Asset
ated Press called this morning On Sergius
S!ePniak, tie well-known writer upon Rus
sian pelUlca, and s. cal conditions.
5'epniak, when asA ed whether he could
give any Information in regard TO the out
rage ct tie poliueal ps:scn ct Kara, in
Eastern Sibeiia, Tei lied that the reports al
ready published gave only hint CT the
horrible tragedy enacted q, Kara. Per-
ftc,ly trustworthy information, he said,
had oeen received in cipher letters that tell
the story in its main outlines
TIE full detail. Of tne dreadful story can
not be long now III reaching the Western
World. coming so soon after the publicity
given to the Yskutsk atrocities
The facts so far received are as follows:
Madame Sigada did not commit suicide, as
the earliest reports stated. She died from
the effects of q cruel foggiug TO which she
was subjected. The logging took place on
Wednesday, the 9Th of November. 1t was
continued till under the brutal blows the
unhappy victim lost consciousness, and lay
as one dead.
The news of her shocking murder pro-
duced widespread disIneY and anguish
among her fellow prisoners, and three of
them, unable longer to bear their wretched
tate, committed suicide by poison.
Tine names of these women were Marie
Ksl1shsnsva, Maria Po.oona Karalefskaya,
and Nedezhds Smirnitskaya.
Marie Kaluzhnaya was arrested in 1884,
a OH a nj ~
Every means tried 10 extort q confession
duplicating friends was futile until Col
ouel Katanski brought her a forged state
merit, purporting to be q confession Of her
fellow conspirstors, and promising her i'm
munity. Marie fell into the trap, con-
fessed and her confession was used against
her friends, who were sentenced to penal
servitude.
When she learned of the deception she
procured a revolver and tried to kill Ka-
tanski. For this she was sentenced to
twenty years penal seryitude.
Maria Paloona KaraleIskaya was young
married lady about So years of sge, of good
family. In 1871 she was sentenced to thir-
teen years penal servitude, with exile to
Siberia for life, for belonging to a secret
circle. Her husband was sent thousand
miles further into the mines to which she
was sent. The separation drove her in
sane, and in 1881 she was allowed to Join
her husband, in hope Of restoring her rea-
son.
She recovered, but the new Governor
separated them again and she vas re-
turned to the Kara mines.
Nadyhda Smirnitskaya was So years old
aud student in the woman's college.
She was sentenced TO the ksra mines for
fifteen yesrs with penal seTvitude
fix- offa 4l,n srs.a sFt -
women, G brother of Marie kalu2hnaya,
also q political prisoner, died suddenly.
Another exile named Botokor committed
suicide rather than submit 10 cruel humil-
iation and the suffering of the hoegjngs-
The hoggjng of Madame SigaGs occurred
under orders issued by Lieutenant
Baron KoIff. Governor General of a.
Province Of Amourin, IN which the Kara
prison is situated These orders directed
that the secret edict Of March 1883, signed
bv Galkinevraski, the Director. General of
prisoners for the Empire, should be IN
hinchingly enforced.
The edict was TO the effect that political
convicts should be treated by the prison
officials in precisely the sane manner as
criminals condemned for common law Of
fenses. In what particular way Madame
SigaGa transgresse1 the prison rules Is not
clearly explained, but The hogging of a
sensitive and cultured woman 10 death for
any lack OF conformity 20 prison regula-
tons. Stephiak thought, woq!d impress
the Western world with profound horror.
Stepniak had in some way learned that
the political exiles imprisoned at Sagalien
have also been subjected to cruel logging.
They were constantly in dread of similar
torture to that inflicted upon Madame
Siga6a.
Stepniak thought it not unlikely thepub-
lies ion of these facts would force the supe-
rior officials to take some notice of the
affair, but the fogging ard all other bru-
talities were entirely due TO the direct
orders CT the Central Government at st.
Petersburg