Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-15
CHILD rLoeGrNa IN wARsAw.
Indignatsen IN Poland Over an Act Of Rue
sian Brutality.

From the Ioudon Times
terrible act Of brutality, perpetrsted by the
Russian authorities at Warsaw, has caused great
indignation throughout Poland. Al usual, the
facts have come out little by little and consider
ably after date. Il was on the slst Of May last
that the daughter Of Gen. Pouzereh, who is
but child, Was playing with ball In the SAKE
Gardens at Warsaw. She CHANGED to meet boy
name Winter and struck him with her ball.
The boy, who was only ten years old, seized the
ball and threw it back, probably with some
violence. Thereupon the servant in charge Of
Gen. Pouzereffs child rushed forward. caught
the boy, Winter, and began to beat him The
boy, however, resisted, hit back at the servant
and called her names, which showed that he
was Pole and had been taught 10 look with
contempt upon the Russiens- The servant now
called for the police and the boy was taken and
locked up all night. A full report Of the Incl
dent was drawn up and sent 10 the governor
general OF the province. Gen. Gourko On the
morrow Gen. Gourko replied that the boy
must be logged and should receive twenty-fv
lsshes.
According to the Law, corporal punishment
can only be administered to children by their
parents, but Winters father was dead. The
boys mother. They preferred seeking ont
Mr.. 0ichefski, the boys tutor or guardian.
They told Mr.. Olchefski that II he did not
carry out the sentence they would close his
business house, . cafe and confec tionery shop.
The tutor, fearing that he would lose bis means
Of livelihood, reluctantly consented The
preparations were then made in due form. In
accordance with the law the prison doctor was
called, then the boy was brought from his cell,
stripped, and the fogging began At the
seventh stroke he tainted. and the doctor, in
terfering, said II would be dangerous TO inflici
such violent punishment. The boy was OF q
highly nervous disposition, and the doctor
could not answer for his life il such torture
was continued. Mr.. Olchefski, also, wa.
horror-stricken at the effect the blows had pro.
duced He angrily threw the whip away, and
said the police might close his cafe and ruin
him If they CHOSE, but nothing should per
suade him to finish the Hogging. Finding tina,
both doctor and tutor remained obdurate, tho
police and prison authorities sent . dispatch x
the governor general asking for instruction.
and relating all that had occurred.
It will scarcely be credited that Gen. 9ourko
the hero Of the Plevna Pass. at once telegraphet
police, therefore, the tutor persisting In hi
refusal to act, had to give the unfortunate
boy the remaining eighteen blowsso - to com
plete the sentence.
Insensible, covered with blood, his flesh tori
from his back, and in q state Of violent con
vulsions, this young boy was brought back Il
his mother. The unhappy woman had all THU
time been kept In ignorance as to the fate Of
her son. and the shock that his return in such
condition must have produced upon her feel
ings may well be imagined. Such cruelty a,
this, perpetrated for so trivial Q reason on
very young child. has naturally greatly exas
perated the Polish inhabitants Of Warsaw, and
1t will be no easy matter for the Russians *
justify conduct Of this description.