The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-22
A RARE CHANCE
FOR MORGAN
Here's lOcmun Worthy Of the lingo
Senator's Steel,
AN OUTRAGE BY RUSSIA
An American Citizen Put Through a Severe
Course u Sprouts and Then
Banlshed.

Now York, May a. Tho Herald says.
John GinEberR has asked the necreta.
~ of state 10 collect 10000 for him
From Russia to rucOmponac him for un.
juntlnnlao imprisonment ami M treat.
mone by the csaI'a servants GlnEberg
tcllh a story which la supported by
Official papers, lie was born In Loho.
shin. Mnnk. Poland. lie came %
America when he Was "a years Of age
and on August TO- 1865. took out natu-
rallsation papers before tho United
States oircut court In Wilmington.
Dol. llc saved a little money and In
October 1894, made up his mind 20 pay
"a Walt tn hls parents, he secured al
passport good Tor two years signed byI
tho secretary OF state. Mr Gresham
When hr reached Hamburg hiu pass
port wna examined and was approved
b. lharlrs II, Burke. the American
vice consul, and he passed through Gcr.
many without trouble, Ito entered
Russia a, scAuiohin. u frontier town
opposite rroaIkcn, IN Prussia, lie went
at oucs 20 tho custom huLac 10 present
his paHspory and waH Immediately at
rcstcd
a charge of treapay'aing ON govern
mcnl proporty wan made against him
and h. was 1ncd Mrs roubien. which
he paid Tho polioe. Instead of r..
leasing him. however. proceeded to strip
aim OF has money and clothing. which
they sold They th.R locked Inn upl
once morc without his passport OF his
cItEenhhlp papers and without telling
him why
From schuohln they sent him hy
shnT stages from one pr'pon 10 an
other 70 i1nak lie was ptlen confined
Tor weeks In the prisons. by the way.
where he says be was finggcd and sub.
Jrofsd 10 other ~ usage At i1nak
he was fafprmod that hr would bg hcil
upme a citizen Of the United state.
without asking irayc OF che cSar Ills
sister and numr friends secured bail
FOR him and hc Mas released. but with
out HE passport hc could not gvt en-,
playmunl nor leave the place. lie bays
hp was often without nuriicirnt food |
and tina, he was ia constan, fear %
byins srat to siberia
Ilr laid his case before United state,
Minister clifton H. trockinfiigv. who
took lively inioru, IN Il. Consul
Geprral Carroll als1 inlcrvcdcd Tor him,
aud CinsbcrH managed TO set word 60
Robert NJ Leads. banker In Glasgow.
Mont. VINO owned him deb, of graf.
iludc for having warmed him ot an Rt
tempt to rob his bank MIR Leads scnI
him money and Minister nrccknndgr
helped 90 relieve his dlsir'sH
In spite of the assistance of his
friends. UlnShrrs found that thcrr wao
no change In hla ease. and he deter
mined to send u petition 20 the cEat,
After Aaying that he had heard ot tho
czar's Eo0dncvsi. and calling upon heav.
vn to preserve him. he explained thar
he had come 10 Russia only 10 satisfy
u iili.l desire 10 scc his parents once
more and that he had intended to do
no wrong. having lest home when u
boy and being ignorant of the Russian
law. lie humbly prayed the cznr 20 let
him 40,
GlnEbcrg thinks that he owes what
he calls his special rsl-asc 20 this petit
tlon, The czar'a secretary sent word
that he received II, and II year after
ward he was brought 90 trial lie was
found guilty and sentenced last Jan
uary two and n half ycam after his
arrival. to perpetual banishmcnt from
Russia. lie LEFT by aid OF money sent
10 him from Montana, lie lives In
this city and found work this week
for the iint time since his return, His
counsel Charles Schwick, has sent his
application for damages 10 the state de.
patGmcn,