Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-22

enily lntrusted to two soldiers. Tcher-
una Wornnzon, the ono fitting Buc-
sr to the late General Gregser the
Dor a coarse and brutal tyrant OF the
lahen and Gourko type, and all It's en-
4,ts nro concentrated on an insane at
anpt TO unoarth and imprlaon cvory Rus
SIAN suspected OF entertaining liberal and
progressive opinions.
The arrests Of the last few wooks have
not been confined to tho student class,
from whose ranks tho Nlhilsts have from
the FIRST In the main been recruited; but
have been far-reaching IN their scope Thoy
have extended 20 all parts Of the Empire
and have included officers OF the navy and
army. high Government Officials, college
professors and distinguished authors ana
journalists. No class has thus far os-
capped. Hundreds of youug people hoions
ing to the highest aud nohlost families
have bon nrrontod and imprironcd. and fl'u
the brutal ard ruthless work Coca on I'm.
checked. Hero in 81 PeterhhurG the terror
and grief OF ihc p9pulsco are uniyersal; an
live In a state % ioarinl nlspanse nor
knowing Whose turn VIII come next AZ
the frontier the rguatcat ,igilpnc' u prac-
tioed, and It 10 now pg diNcu.i 90 Frt htp
Russia as 1t IS iu cr1nNry itno 30 Gat
out In brief tho NaHaiau nul 'racv u
once more enraeed H u luihieg and re-
lentless effort 70 cru9h out aH oil9A-0u
TO Its continuance, and ti9 a9ti1"' tqtfor
and bitterness u has n consequence eFels3
show, outside OF tho official claWos, how
isolated and friondless It really T., anf how
few ncuruerH 1t viii have When It's end
comes, as como II must in time
OF course. in the present oethurht the
Third Section. or secret police has played
and Ia playing it, siuister rois O. or oid.
Whom. two years ago, General Grosscr, the
dreaded chief Of tho Third SECTION diei
under circumstances which excited Hus-
picions OF hia having fallen victim 70
the polsonera art tbs BELIEF was general
that the power Of the scerri police had
been crippled for many years 20 come Gres-
ser was no able, so aatuto 70 CRAFTY, 20
merolless and no perfectly familiar with tho
Russian underworld, that II was thought
at tho time that It would be almost I'M
possible TO find worthy successor Nr hun,
but such a man has ben found ana during
the last two months tho secret police SIS
boon as active and effective Ra II ever was
under GrosHor or the latter's famous prede-
cessor, McssentHon.
In all tho principal elites midnight visits
to peaceful householders have mounted into
the hundreds and arrests nave been made
by the score on prctsAts that would DO
counted OF tho flimsicst nature even in
Russia. Nor has the activity of the police
paused at the arrest Of innocent people, II
IL whispered that many a prisoner mas heea
confined In total darkness III rat-haunted
cell, and that In some instances when this
torture has failed TO extort u confession OF
wong-doing that most devilish OF all do
vices the electric shock, has been resdsted
to- Worse still indignlties that cannot be
described IN print have been heaped on
helpless women prisoners. and still tho ma
levolent work goes on without sign Of ces-
sation. No one Is sure for day OF his life
or iiherty. or that tomorrow he Will not
be torn from his family and friends and
hurried away to prison.
Nightly the black karetas OF the police
rattle through The silent streets OF the
capital. sending terror TO the stoutest hearts
No less than a dozen Wholesale raids have
been made by the police here In 81. Peters
burg. The latest occurred last week. and
numbered over 100 Victims People wer,
dragged from their beds without warning
aud commanded In the name OF the Czai
to epter tho black prison vans. Neither ag'
nor sex melted TO mercy. and mon, womtf
and children received the same brutal treat
ment
From one house in the Belshay Morslsa,
no luas than thirty people were taken, on
OF these was beautiful eirl OF sixteen
Her brother, youth Of twenty. naddenes
by the harsh way In which tho police wer'
treating her, interfered 70 proiccs her. whfi
he TOO. was beaten into inscnNhility an'
CARVED away to prison, 4 young man on
Eaged hoard az a atudcnts boerdlns- hous'
IN the street l have namfd, ne reffe
sentad himself as student, ana gainei
tso confidence OF the other inmates Of TIL
house; a week later they wero all ar