The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-13

particular police officer had a very desira-
bic stock in trade" and that he no doubt
used il with equal effect in all the neigh
boring villages.
Another traveller has another story
about corpse. which. in this case, was
borne on an eXtempOrized litter 90 pine
iouEhs 10 the door OF weli-to-do peasant,
and deposited on the ground in fuu sight
Of the window. The police officer then en-
4 tered the house and informed its horrihed
occupant that as there was no dead
house" I'm that village ne would be Obliged
10 leave the body In the PEASANTS house
until the district surgeon could come and
make the post-mortem examination. In
vain did the fearful moujik invoke high
I heaven and bewail the fact that his
daughter was to be married the following
day, and that no guests would enter his
/ house with that CHASTITY murdered man
on the floor.
He well knew all the time that there was
| just one way to eNtricate himself from the
dilemma. and that was by satisfying the
itching palm of the police inspector. SO
he drew him to one side and suggested
financial conference, in which they COM
I promised on thirty roubles, tabout twenty
/ three dollars, and the body was borne
along the wide village street on its way to
| the next village where the same pam
| tomime was performed. and the largest
/ obtGinable amount of hush-money secured
[ from the richest peasant in the town.
/ Lord McCaulay tells a story of an Ital-
/ ion prisoner Of state, who took his choice
/ between reading all the works of Ger
tain dry and prolific writer of the period,
/ G1icciardini. or of going TO the gallevs.
After brief consideration, he selected the
/ latter alternative.
/ In much the same spirit a Russian trav-
/ cler describes his finding the zasedatel, or
/ district chief of police dressed i'm fun uni
/ form and seated i'm his Office one day with
] three huge volumes or the
] Svod ZaEonof, or collection of Russian
/ laws. lying on the table in front of him.
I Thirty or forty peasants had been sum
I moned and were stOlidly seated on chairs
/ before his desk. The officer informed
/ them that he had received orders from high
/ authorities to instruct the people in his
/ district I'm the ordinances of the empire
/ He then opened one of the big quartos and
read perfestly unntelrelble laws to the
/ serfs the whole OF that afternoon and told
/ them. when the shades of night began TO
| fan. that he desired their presence for
/ similar purpose the next morning. 10 IS
needless to relate that he was delighted
to receive. before bedtime, a deputation
. of villagers asking him to name the low
est price he would receive to let them off
from attending his lectures.
Next TO the rural police, i'm point of num-
bers, but infinitely superior to them in
point of ability and adroitness, are the
political police. These myryidons are
/ scattered broadcast throughout the en-
pre, but are most numerous in the cities
Little is known Of their organization by
the general public. And their absolute
number or their rules Of action are
equally indefinite quantities 1t is well
known that they are under the control of
the minister Of the interior and that 'hey
are employed principally for the proven
ton of crime and for the detection Of nj
hilistiC plots Upon the Inauguration of
A 1r.- nd ats IL.
under their surveillance in Russia and
Siberia. How many We're Hnder their
secret supervision was, of course, I'M
known
The general hatred with which this
dreaded Third Section" Is regarded is
best Illustrated by the numerous assnssi-
nations of the heads Of the police depart
ment and the still more numerous at
tempts to assassinate them. In 1873 Gen.
| Mesenzon. chief Of police, was assassi-
mated. Early in 1879 Gen. Dreutoln, his
| successor, barely escaped death. In 1883
| Lieut.. Sudelll3n was fOully slain. He
was chief of the secret police. In 1890
Gen. Selverstof, of the emperor's polti-
cal police. was shot dead by a nhilist.
! Perhaps the following list of questions,
. which person under supervision has to
answer under oath. will convey partly
adequate idea of the duties OF the Rus
sian secret police.
nal name, and the family name of the
person under surveillance.
.. Where does he or she live? Give
the part of the city, the district, the pre-
cinct, the street, the house, and the num-
her of the room.
8. How long has he resided there, and
from what previous residence did he
/ come
4. Does he rent separate apartments of
| his own. or occupy a room in the apart
ments, or house Of another In the lat
. ter case who is the owner or proprietor?
/ Give his name, occupation, and antece-
). Does he live alone, or with some
one? In the latter cuse. with whom?
g. Has he any servants2 If so what are
their name2 If not who takes care OF
his rooms or room? What things has he
in his room? To whom is his soiled liner
! given2 Name and place of residence OF
/ his washer-womap?
z When and from whom has he re-
/ ceived letters including both common
letters and those containing money?
S. Does he have his meals IN his rooms
or elsewhere? In the later case, where
9. Does he visit any library and If so
what one? If possible, state what books
he has taken out In the course Of a month
10. How does he spend his time when al
home?
IL. What are his means of subsist-
he give them? If he occupies position of
any kind, where and what is it2
y. Where did the officer who is now
watching him first see him and under
what circumstances? Does he know the
officer by sight2
Is. At what o'clock does he leave his
apartments, and when does he return
Il. Is he paying attention to any wo-
man (or. If the person under supervision
is a woman, has she a loveD? II so, who
is she (or he), and where does she Cor he)
live? Where do they meet each other?
10. Who has visited him in the course
Of a month. and at what times? or pos
sible give name or names and place or
places Of residence)
10. Has any one at any time spent the
night in his apartments, and If so, what
/ person or persons2
II. who can certify to the fact that he
has met the persons referred to in the
foregoing paragraphs?
IS. Does he play cards?
49, Has he been seen at any time IN a
{ state of intoxication?
"I offer thee" exclaimed the prince in
the story. my crown. Wilt share it
/ with me?"