Telegram-herald., 1891-09-29
ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA.
story of Three of . Party OF Thirsess
heuax Russian Nihilisss

BosroS. sept. 2s.-There are three
young Russian nihilsts living on
Cooper-st. al the North End. They
were members of = party of sixteeu
exiles who escaped from the mines of
Siberia but few weeks ago, and after
lonely wandrings amid the forests of
sioeria and the plains of Warsaw
reached England. They arrived here
last week on the steamship Samarla
Thirteen OF the sixteen went 10 New
York, where friends had employment
IN prospect for them. The names of
the tree remaining here are Meudel
Pinsk. Jscoo Plnsk and Himan
Plnsk. Tney are cousins, we'll
educated and natives OF Aradne, near
Warsaw. One night six months ago they
were captured. with Is other young
men. At n secret midnight meeting of
nlhilist students held In their native
town. SIX of the students and two of
the police were killed. The thirteen
were convicted OF the murder of the
policemen and sentenced to life impri-
sonment at hard labor in the mines of
Siberia. After working In the mines at
Yarkuisk for q few months the sixteen
were divided INTO two gangs. They met
accidentally one day IN . tunnel. A
number of the guard were 1t dinner.
With the aid of four other prisoners,
Notwithstanding that each prisoner had
a heavy ball and chain attached to his
ankle, they overcame the guards pres
ent, took away their keys to the mana
cles and their arms and escaped. Some
of the escaped prisoners got rid of their
ball and cham attachments, while
others succeeded only in detxchlng the
heavy ball.
The three young men now in Boston
ran into the government barn con-
nected with the mines upon their es-
cape, and RECALLED themselves on the
milk of COW they found there. Then
they killed the animal, and. taking
portions of its hind quarters for food
on their long journey, started for the
woods, each mounted on . horse be-
longing to the government. They were
seen by the guards, who gave hot
chase. The escaped men had q good
start and after attaching prlckly burrs
to the horses tails in order to make
them go faster, they turned them loose
and hid in the woods. The horses gal
loped madly on for many miles and
led the guards hopeless chase.
Jacob Pinsk acted as leader of the
trio on their perilous journey. Being
remarkable niimic he was able to lmi-
tate the cries of birds so perfectly rs to
entice them from their haunts near
enough go they might be killed. Their
flesh was eaten raw, as had been that of
the COW killed at the mines. A week
after the escape they arrived at the
farm house, where they were furnished
with meat, bread and matches. The
latter enabled them for the rest of the
journey to have cooked food.
In u little town near Warsaw, known
as hot-bed of nihilism. the sixteen
refugees were united about three weeks
ago. By thu aid of society they were
shipped to England and thence to Bos-
ton. The four strangers who escaped
with the party have not been heard of
by them.
The Boston branch of the Russian
nihilst society met last evening and f.
nal instructions were given to the men,
ber chosen to he the secret bearer of
dispatches to the nihilst headquarters
IN st. Petersburg. The dispatch bearer
is also charged TO bring back complete
details of the political situation in Rus
sia, as it is believed the time is nearly
ripe for events of great moment in the
history OF the empire. TIE agent who
leaves on his perilous journey this week
was formerly an exile in Siberia and
escaped about four years ago to this
country