Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-16
EXPERIENCE IN A RUSSIAN Dun.
GION.
SUSPECT FINDS ilrusELF IN rooL
on BLOOD.

! ment.
A new prisoner was domiclled In our
rOOn--a man who was awaiting trans.
poftation 10 Siberia. There was some
thing intensely fepultive about his
ugly little figure; his eyes had u
strange Kind u glitter, anu wandered
rcstlcssly from object TO object. He
behaved In n curious, languld way and
was very aciturn. In the evening
we were locked up m before, aud the
card aud dice playing hegan again.
/ Itrvd with my previous slecplesH
night. | was glad 10 lie down on u
bench and Instantly fall asleep. ! r..
member dreaming u my wife aud my
little daughter as had seen
them last the child playing
Ia the corner with her dolls, making
them at up At the table AMI feeding
them; and there beside the table my
wife, bcnding over her paper-. copy
ing. ! remember seeing her profile,
her head bent down, peculiar slight
p0ut Of the llpa ~ her pen moved.
suddenly an early sunbeam touched
my eyes, | awokc, aud the reality
around me enaced all other imptcs.
-lOnH, except, Indeed, the sense or
overwhelming shdncis that had not
forsaken mo even IN sleep. Everyone
else In the town wns siill asleep,
Turning over, felt that the bench
| lay on was wet Starting up hutfici'
ly, aud looking ut u, | involuntary
cried out In horror. ] was lying
literally, mi pool of blood. MY cry
awakened several pcrsonsi they looked
At mo la terror aud amakement Ny
clothing was soaked with blood, nnd the
bench was covered with great staiuf;
I cannot dcscrile my own sensation. |
was quite bcwlldcfed, but the sight or
10 much blood filled me With inslihc-
tive horror. My next nrighhor On Que
lduhad already started up, the one on
the other side stu slept In orier u
wake him pulled oil the cloak that
covered him, aud suddenly realized
what had happened. II was the trans
port prisoner who had been brought Ia
the evening before; he was wing on
his back with affightful gaping wound
across his throat. have nJ recollrc.
llon of his face; only the great, deep
wound remains upon my memory.
Ina moment every one Ia the loom
was up, with bcwildcrment and terror
In every face. The dead silence was
broken by the trembling voice Of the
elder I'VE must announce IT,
He went 10 the door and called
the sentinel. We heard bell,
then the fastening ana christening "
bolts, the banging Of doors, hurried
footsteps, then again all was quiet
stood Trembling nom hcad W ioot, sun
too confused 10 think oI taking on my
wet, blood'stlncd SHIRT, ani UNABLE "
think clearly OF anythlngi wv Wnvh
saw the prisoners All htinu silent a. u
some absorbing Thought were IN lnel,
minds. " flashed acrOss me that
might bc accused OF murdet, anu the
cold sweat broke out ON my ie s',,,i',i.
We heard sounds again many ioouteps
approaching; then the prison authoriuc.
c.tne mug r 9u' v a.. W." .sw wo.
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W"V va ,Ns ~ LaJ 49,
no nai ,eso,..s ~, az. ne. s,.,,d n,
'i'a ~ o''""'' "'e
my p'P''s. a.,
Take MN 20 inc naih, give MN
hack III. own clothes, anu put MN III
the mobiles department. salu ths war.
dor. before gong OUT, ne Mked me-
You slept next 70 MN.
Inc nancy that niisn. We suspccteu
came over me asnini ! ielt myself turn
pal. 49, l answered "nss
"Dld you near ahylhing Va ,he night
or can you give any explanation NJ
air.
mo"
Every well; you may go.v
They took ms t0 the bath, where |
washed In cold water, and, still trvm.
bling, dressed In my own clothes. |
experienced peculiar sense OF relief
when | put ON my coat; II seemed for
n moment a. II nil that had gone before
were only nightmare, though still
mechanically shlyer,d.
On entering my new quarters IN was
surrounded 10y quite different set OF
people, wearing their own clothes,
which, though they were In some
cnsCs poorly dressed, made great dif.
ference In tho impression produced by
them. They were all conmon-law
prisoners. One was n Georgian pri 90,
condemned for numbering the husband
OF his paramour; another was a super |