The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09
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OMAHA, Neb, Dec. e.-.Jacob Gerbor
Is once more IN Omaha, having escaped
from the Siberian exile 10 which he was
doomed qgear and half ago. He ar.
rived tn city Sunday night, after an
absBhce ftwenty-one months After
bein4t bient of this city for six
yeA44, Nc, Perber returned 10 Russia
to depon Of what property no
had there and bring his family
10 this{ eOmtry. He had taken out
hts hrst Hpers here, and supposed
that he -, 10 all intents and pur.
poses, . IN OF the United States. bu,
subsequesyen proved that he had
relied w psch on the privileges Of half.
complies ckizenship, for he was seized
As so0n b Identity was discovered,
thoagh W. at the time across the
border Ssmany, and at worship in
churcA Without trial or hearing of
any soes e vas started for Siberia, in
spite o. lis friends could do in his
behalf. vhp, the friends of the un.
fortunaM pa ~ this city heard of
Y Es gas ~ hs sa tssS Nss ss!ls \
Washington, bxsa careful investiga-
ton disclosed that the naturalization
process had not been fully completed,
and that il would be impossible for the
government to secure the release of the
prisoner The appearance Of Gerber
among his old acquaintance, Sunday
evening created surprise.
His story was a recital that was full
of outrageous cruelty and suffering
Evidences of the truth of his narrative
were amply shown In the frightful scars
and still unhealed sores In his flesh.
He supposed that he was going to the
mines for life. 1t was not until he had
reached his destination, nine months
later, that he learned that he was sem
fenced for fifteen years He was placed
in hurd OF six hundred convicts, and
started for the Siberian wilds The men
were ironed together in pairs, and from
the very moment that they started their
sufferings were Understandable. Not once
during the long, weary days Of those
nine months were the metal bonds
binding them to their companions
broken. When he arrived at Ilga he
was taken out into the middle of a
street, and q blacksmith was called,
who took of his letters Gerber was
told that from that time forward he
would have to take care of himself He
remained there three months before he
found an opportunity TO carry into eff
feet the plan for escape that he had
mapped out. He had excited the SYM
patty Of fellow Hebrew who was en-
gagged in the mines. and induced the
latter to write letter home for him, ask
ing his wife to send him some money.
The money, amounting TO $500. was
sent, and Gerber's friend took him to
lakutsk. He paid $50 to get 10
Iakutsk, and then took conveyance &c
Tomsz. a distance of 800, miles and paid
for it sl75 He had secured the dress OF
"a nobleman, and carried an official
portmanteau that seemed TO have
more To do with saving him from an.
noyance than everything else, for he
was not asked for passports Money
removed obstacles that he encountered,
and finally he resehed a small town
withiu Safty miles of his home
without being detected. He finally
made a circuit of three hundred
miles and was successful in leaving
Russian soil behind him. lie lost no
time in getting as Ear away as he coufd,
for he knew he was not safe until no
had reached America Thus it happen
ed that he had at last arrived in Omaha,
and of the $500 that had been sent by
his wife he had only ten cents in his
pocket when the journey was over.
Gerber had about $4,000 worth of
property when he left here, less than
two years ago, but there will be but
little Of It left after he gets his family
over here.