The morning call., 1894-09-28
IN THE PRISONS OF RUSSIA.
An American Lady Beaten and
InSuIted in Jail.
BELIEVED HER HUSBAND LOST.
How San Francisco Minister
Brought the News of His
Flight and Safety.

In the peaceful atmosphere of the First
Baptist Church of San Francisco, at a
convention of the Woman's Society on
Wednesday afternoon, the last dramatic
act was played OF as thrilling a drama of
Russian tyranny and escape from the
horrors of the great White Cars prisons
Russian writers.
1t is just about year and half since
Nicholas Faedroff, a Russian, some 30
years of age, rose in that same assembly
and asked for the prayers of the church
for their fellow-Baptists in Russia, who
were to suffer persecution at Easter.
II dare not tell you the names of my
correspondents" he said. Even from
this far-away country it would bring i'm
prisonment upon them; but l know that
preparations for the persecution of Rus
SLAMS converted to the Baptist faith are
being made"
The speaker. an earnest and proposes
sing young man, was well known as a
Russian who had eXpatriated himself nine
years before for the sake of his relig IN.
He had married an American, became an
American citizen and only slight accent
betrayed his original nationality. After
the meeting a year and half ago Faed-
rolf went to Los Angeles.
few months later they were Joined
there by Alexen Raohander. the son
of General Raphauder, one of the high
est officials in the service of the Car
Alexen had a N olive in seeking out the
Faedroffs. At Chicago. where he had
been connected with the Russian exhibit,
he had been converted to the Baptist faith
and wanted The peasants on his fathers
vast estate in Little Russia evangelical.
you are an excellent mechaniciaD." he
said to Faedroff. 81 want you Ostensibly
TO work a planing-milI for me. At the
same time you can be teaching and evan
gelizing among our tenants"
Nicholas Faedroff and his wife accepted
the proposal, and last autumn set out with
AIeXen Rabhander for Russia by way of
New York. Nothing was heard of
them until a little over week
ago. when Mrs. Faedroff, wan and
haggard. mere ghost of her former self,
arrived here with AeXen Rabhauder.
When asked after her husband she fairly
broke down. He is in Siberia, or dead, q"
she said. F'for no one could live long among
such horrors as we suffered"
1t was to please her many interested
friends among the ladies who attended
Wednesdays woman meeting at the First
Baptist Church that Mrs. Faedr0ff con-
sented to tell her adventures there.
The speaker told how her husband was
torn from her. finally, thrown into mill
tary prison in st. Petersburg, and how,
from that moment, he had become dead to
the outside world.
Just as Mrs. Faedroff finished these
words. Rev. Mr.. Henry entered the hall In
great haste, with letter in his hand. He
showed it to Mrs. Henry. who jumped up
excaiming. "aere is news, indeed" Im-
probable and dramatic as the incident may
sound, it Is only another Instance of that
fact that truth is stranger than fiction, for
the letter was from Nicholas Faedroff
himself. The postmark was Philadelphia
Faedroff wrote from Philadelphia, and
he expressed as mucn anxiety about
the whereabouts of his wife as she
had felt on his account.
II could not see the words of that let
ter" said Mrs. Faedroff. II could scarcely