Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-22
RRIIS OF DARK AGES
eAaoAAseaa PAAcTcEp BY MANY
CIVILIZED NATIONS.

- y>sa1s~h csstsa az rersaring Pris-
s,D-s,~s ~ 90 ys~<ssi AsAss N
oDss~sasa ~ R.ssks 49, T.sAsy-n~s-
s1.as Az xshsaAa bas rsrks Are wsrus.
The examination of accused persons By
tDstue - pnEmisted to-day in oniy two
EBspana senfnA TURKEY and RauuiA
Ths method in Rrsza is illustrated in
ths szpssisnOs Of forsy-dx prisoaers re-
oensay conAsmnsd On pohncad charges
- Wszssw. The details may seam IN
crsd1his. bat they ara circu1nstantialy
diva BY . delegate from Poland 20
Wesbsrn Europe. the accuracy of whons
atntemsnts there is no reason 70 doubt
TIE change against the forty ax Poles
va that Of belonging 70 . secret soci-
ETY. which had for its object to alter.
sooner or Later, the existing form Of gov
ernment." This they were told verbally,
no vristsn docomeus Whatsoever being
shown 70 them-
Political suspects are not allowed to
oeek any legal advice in self defense.
The Investigation is managed not BY
judges or lawyers. but BY officers Of the
gsnlfnRmerie. The gendarraes arc paid
double salary while engaged in political
Investigation, and it is therefore to their
interests 70 protract the process - much
- po@ib3e.
MAKING A PRlsONxR INSANE
Among the accused was one Ladislas
Guisbert- He was . private tutor a
good reputation. While in prison he tell
Ill with fewer and became dsltxioos.
Little or no care was taken Of him, but
on The contrary attempts were made to
prcdt by the disturbed condition Of his
mind 10 extort confessions from him.
The gcndarmes hit upon an ingenious de-
vice 10 weaken his mind by breaking up
his rest Every hall hour or % during the
night they would enter his cell under the
pretext Of attending to small oil lamp
They made such q noise and chatter
that the prisoner awoks. and then the
gendarmes would question him, think
ing that in his half sleepy condition he
might make some imprudent answen
GOk1tt1xxx<o S&4O&4<x xJtO&00OWSAI C<AI8eU
this unfortunate man 70 be brought ont
Of his cell after midnight, 90 that he
might sign the minutes or protocol OF
questions that had been put to him while
ho was IN bed.
Such treatment, inflicted at a moment
when tho patient was suffering from
fever, 50 aggravated tho dehrirm that
ultimately Ladislas Guisbert completely
lost his reason. After time he became
. raving lunatic and was removed to q
mAdhoosA
Another prisoner, named Ferdinand
ZalesA, was asked to give information
about the propaganda carried on In the
factories Of Wsznw and nsighborhood
He refused to turn infosmer. Thereupon
the authorities gave orders that Zaleski
should b conveyed to another part OF
the prison and severely logged. Colonel
Bielanowsi accompanied the prisoner
and took his seas ct little table we'll
provided with writing materials and
directed that the prisoner should be
questioned while being dogged.
ONE MANS TORTURE
The colonel was ready to take down
his apswen, and doubtless had these
proved satisfactory the severity Of the
nogging would have been mitigated.
Zaleska hravely endured the torture. III
did not answer . question or utter Z
word. This man had been cruelty tor
tured because he would not say only
what the gendarmes supposed or guessed
he might know. The authorities, nov
fearing that this modern revival of thu
old and harbaric custom Of questioning
under torture might, il known. causl
the outbreak Of serious disturbances n
the town, determined to prevent al fur
Their communication between the pris
oners and their friends and relativ e.
All permissions for interviews werv
withdraw, and it was only at the mo.
snsnt the prisoners were about 70 leav,
Warsaw that the authorities allowed
them to see their friends. At this in
terview the truth became known.
In Turkey torture Is regular part o.
Tho criminal process, and not. as IN Rus
sin. comparatively exceptional. Foreign
err, Of course, arc subject to the juris
dictioa Of The diplomatic representative
Of their respective countries, but the ma
tives, whether Christian or Turk, arc q
the mercy Of tho sultan and his agents
Western forms of trial arc unknown
and while imprisonment IL the nomina
penalty for many crimes, Turkish i'm
prisonmeut is lingering death. Tn
methods OF extracting information from
accused persons in Turkey would be al
mos incredible in . civilized country
TxxxY Even WORSE THAN RUSSIA.
The bastinado is freely applied ON sus
picion OF tho most trif1ing offences ]
Is true that the beating often include
The pena1ty Of conviction The magis
trsts causes the prisoner to Be thrashe'
until he has confessed and then lets hir
10 - Sufficiently punished But sua
pected political offenders, who In Tul
isy - IN al despotic countries are con
si1rrvd among ths grsvest, are deal
with IN ways that make the bestansd
ssn . plsasant pastime.
During The panic in CoDstantinople O
Che subject Of an Armenian insurrectio
hunAreds Of Armenians were axreste
81 thrown into prison. Il hss bee
opsnly charged that several Of them die
under tortmD applied with . view q
obesining evidences Of conspiracy tbs
hsd No exisesncs. One man was laid 1
she courtyard Of The prison. In the giaf
II tie sun, bound hand and foot. and HI
f,cs besmsarsd with soma sweet sul
o1nce 70 attyaot 6teA
Anothsr ~ hung up h. hands -