Arizona republican., 1902-07-27
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1t seems ih3t Colonel Won Grimm tho
Russian stIT officer nViet'-I nf he
1r4yins t. Austria. and more -,-p. ci-i-
" 10 Germany. The d-f-nSe+ OF Russia
along the latter's western frontier, ap-
pealed to the ear not for his life, bat
for his death
Whereas appeals for clemcucy usg-
ally take the form 81 AN cutr"ItH fog
the communication Of Il capital punish
ment into one of penal seryitudc
Baron Won Grimm. on the contrary.
besought the emperor that the sen
tence Of hard labor pronounced against
him might BE- commuted into one o..
death
1t is true that the punishment TO
which the baron has been condemned
is one 10 which in the eyes OF most
men death would be- preferable. fo!
the twelve years of hard labor on tn
dreadful island Of Sasnalien. followed
by Punishment t. some 81 the most
remote villages OF northeastern 81
IBERIA. were accompanied ~ Military
degradation. The latter rs carri~d
out in the presence of the entire S:irri-
son of Warsaw, and included the lear
ing off of the epauletS. the decorations.
the lace and the buttons from the COLO
NETS uniform, the breaking of his
sword and the administration OF Sc
we're blow on his back with the fiat of
the broken blade. Thereupcn the colo
mel had half Of his head and half of
his beard. which Were very huSny.
shaved. after The fashion of !tUS~lal
conVicts: had nauacles put on his
wrists and ankles, and was then
drummed from one extremity OF the
line Of sentinels To the other o..
reaching the end what remained OF his
uniform was taken from him tie was
then ana there clothed in the AileoUs
garb of asConvict and turned over by
the military to the civil authorities 70.
conveyance "a that terrible penal SET
Element Of SachaIien. which has been
justly described, even IN Russian
newspapers, - tne most dreadful III!
on earth that il * possible - conceive
Baron Grimm WIS closely related tc
that nooieman Of tEa same lame Who
died in New York after spending a
number OF years j. this country. earn
ing large sums as an illustrator, ana
like him, Is i son OF mat cid Baron
Grimm who VAS one Of the most trust
ed tutors OF Emperor Alexander II and
of his brother when they were boys.
King Edward has decided thai
whereas English people who We're pre-
scented at court during the reign Of III:
predecessor need not be presented
again. their former presentations hold
ing good. no such privilege is 20 bc
conceded in the case Of foreigners. Tbs
presentations of the latter at the court
of Queen Victoria are Of ~ account ii
the court of King Edward.
This is owing 10 The fact that al
though 4 certain amount OF care was
exercised by the lord chamberlain's de-
partment during the late reign in il
vetigating the character and ante
cedents of Erglisnmen and women. II
trouble whatsoever IVES taken to il
quire into the status or history OF e.
eigners. The result was that nUm
Der of people from abroad OF TIL mos
shady antecederts managed 10 Obtain
presentation 1t he court Of ST. james
and to thus repair in 4 measure the il
juries to their names which. throuCi
no ones fault but their own. they ha;
sustained in other countries, including
the land Of their birth.
1 predicted 4 reform Of this kind
when General Sir Arthur Ellis was aD-