The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23
ERO OF RUSSIAN REBELLION,
PHYS. PEACEFUL TRADE. HERE
olonel Rozycki, an Active Leader IN the
Shot Through His Body
Twice xiled to siberia---Thrilling Es-
capes from Pursuers..
HE IS NOW A CABINET MAKER IN RICH

In little shop, on North Seventeenth
Street. filled with furniture, mostly an
tique and the heirlooms Of colonial ar1-
stocracy lives alone a man whose name
spoken forty years ago at the court Oh
Gar Alexander II. would have made the
iron-handed monarch quake and aroused
an inquisitiveness as to the latest move
of Colonel Stanislaus Rozycki, then the
most active enemy Of the unity of Rus
Sia-
It is this man who now peacefully Phys
his trade as cabinet maker and reju-
venator of dilapidated furniture that is
cherished by the society colony of Rich
mond.
Colonel Rozycl1i is bashful for a war
rior lie de1nurs to being interviewed, and
only strong persuasion can draw from
him the story of the thrilling escapdes
that marked his early life. The old SOL
der with his Slavonic features, is a ty-
pical son of his country-sturdy, well-knit
with a. mobile face that is only brighten
ed by an allusion to the battlefield or
some exciting adventure during the dark
days Of '63 in Russia.
CARRIES MANY WOUNDS.
Colonel Eozycki proudly carries nine
bullet wounds and as many sabre cuts
upon his body. One wound extends
through his groin while another bullet
pierced his left lung, leaving the member
helpless. His chin is misshaped from the
glancing blow of a cannon ball. while
his hands and arms are furrowed with
the keen cuts of the bayonet and sabre.
Yet the rebel colonel is to-day appar-
entity a healthy man and he finds it no
;,,,r1 Ion fo cpyr @ Iyaierht of SiTtv
of adversely. He survives a wife, his
children are all married and he is grand
father.
Back in the fifties there lived in War
saw a, noble family-the Rozyckis-who in
nuenced the politics Of the great Russian
metropolis and were honored as lenient
land holders. It was Of this fine old
family that Stanilaus Rozyclzi was born
a scion. He was reared in an atmos-
phere of affluence and taught to love
liberty but to reverence his monarch. too.
When lad of eighteen Stasaus enter
ed the famous Warsaw University of
Medicine to study his chosen profession.
There he met an army officer, imbued
with the idea of rebellion and an utter
disregard of his oath of enlistment.
Rozycki was of an adventurous temper
ment and the talk of the officer was
digested by him. That was what the
officer wanted and soon the young Eus-
sian nobleman was daily being drilled in
and taught the naual of arms istead of
physics.
TO SIBERIA AS EXILES
Agents of the Gear We're active at this
time in Warsaw, and their attention was
coon drawn to the secret. work Of the
officer and his recruit. Both were seized
and under pretence OF CONSUMPTION for
a Siberian campaign, they We're soon on
the road to Siberia in company with other
exiles. They travelled slowly, walking
only eight or ten miles day. At night
the party rested at village inns. At one
of these inns, after the march had placed
many miles behind the party, Rozycki
met pretty Russian peasant girl. He
was good-loolling lad, possessed of the
traits of a noble family, and the lass
liked him. he saw his chance for es-
cape in her love and the two quickly
planned an escape. That night, with
the assistance Of rope struggled into
his room by the girl, Rozycl1i lowered
himself from window to the ground,
took a horse from the stables and before
the dawn had traversed many miles and
made safe his escape. The country. was
strange to him and he was soon lost,
binding snow-storms obliterating paths
in the plains and woodlands. He wan
dered for many days through the woods,
living off of berries and honey. He was
often face to face with huge bears and
other wild beasts made his nights rest
HE WENT TO TURKEY.
Luckily one day he fell into the high
way toward Turkey and shortly there
after he reached that country. He was
q fraid to return at that time to Warsaw
as he knew the news of his escape would
reach them and his life would not be
worth much So he left Turkey for
Austria. From Austria he wandered into
Germany and soon found himself on the
Polish border. as near home as he dared
70. This was in 1868. Russia then was
fermenting with an internal rebellion
the nobility against the Governnent-over
the emancipation of the serfs. Rozyck1
was now bitter enemy Of the empire
and he could cherish no sweeter thought
than that of being first to take up arms
against the Gear.
He received a commission from the revo-
Iutionary cause as recruiting sergeant.
His energy was rewarded with reg1-5i
tnent that was about as ragged as the
followers Of General Coxey. It was mixed
partly infantry and partly cavalry-but
Rozycki was proud Of the men and dill
gently drilled them, until he considered