The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-03-22

Darrell demanded counsel and was
that IL was not customary.
He insisted unpn an interview with the
official representative OF his country
and received the reply that his letter
had been forwarded and that nothing
more could be done. There was no al
tentative. He was forced TO accept
trial on the prosecutors terms.
He was led before a singular trlbu-
nal. The Judge sat in a courtroom
bare as barn. and there were not
dozen persons present including pris-
oner guards and clerks. \ villainous
looking individual with face SO I'M
symmetrical that he seemed 20 be made
from the halves OF two very different
men that had been split longitudinally
acted as states attorney. lie charged
the prisoner with being an escaped 81
berian convict. Sergius Bilowski. his
opening remarks were brief, ana ne
galloped through them at such galt
that Darrell had hard work to follow
him. witnesses were then admitted, /
one at n time, from an adjoining room. /
They swore 10 the prisoners Identity
with such alacrity that three or them
testified within five minutes. Darrell
was not permitted 10 question them.
hut NJ the close of the farce he had
chance 70 testify in his own behalf
AS IL TO make the proceedings perfect
~ fair. nobody questioned him. When
he had said his say, the judge signed
some documents, and the officer who
had brought Darrell in received them.
..The prisoner will be taken TO Cred
skov," said the Judge, "and viii be re-
turned TO Siberia at the earliest oppor-
tunity."
He then left the bench, vanishing
through a door behind IL. Darrell was
led back 10 the room In which he had
been previously confined. He was not
fettered. and there was no added sever
lty I'm the treatment OF him except that
an armed guard was placed within the
room, gigantic fellow with good ma
tured face, who sat on a stool tilted
back against the door with short gun,
like cavalry carblne, across his knees,
Darrell had struggled 10 preserve MS
self command throughout the tragic
farce OF the trial, well aware that the
approval OF his own sense of honor was
all he had TO hope for. He had main
tanned a calm demeanor from first TO
last and In his prison room he adj
dressed his guard cheerfully.
where Is this GredskovY he asked.
"Gredskov." was the reply, with a
sort OF plying grin, "ls prison city In
the Caucasian mountains. 1t is main
| .Nff ylta fnQ
captives taken among the rogues Oh
the mountains Circasslans, robbers
Turks or any OF the bad men who seek
to plot against the car. Every three
months a prison train is made up fol
Siberia, where the prisoners are oil
!, vided among the mining towns
Darrells stay In Stavropol was short
. on the following morning he wal
placed with about dozen other prison
ers, all seemingly of the lowest type o
!. peasants, and was conducted under
strong guard to the city gate. He ha'
not been dressed In any sort OF prison
. garb and still retained his minor be
longings and the money that tn
= searchers had missed, but his hat ha'
been replaced by cap and his over
coat by ragged garment that mign
|, have been n part OF an officers outh
In the far past.
a Outside OF Stavropol the road wa
! smooth for considerable distance, an
! the cayalcade moved slowly alon
: through n rural scene of what Nigh
a have been prosperous comfort an
! wealth had II not been for the stagnf
~ ton arising from the policy OF ia
~ deputzed government OF Getchikoh.
y At the end OF the days march the
\ rested at a little post village. In til
& morning they again advanced and
= night reached Glugiersk, on the mai
II road leading 10 the pass over the car
y casus TO Tiflls.
|, Darrell was treated with no MOI
# and no less consideration than an
other OF the prisoners. To the Officer
=. and soldiers Of tie escort he was SIN
=. ply the nihllst Sergius Bllowski, an
NJ no argument could make him anythir
50 more,
IL After leaving Glugersk the way b
d, came more rugged though the road
he self was smooth and hard, travelled I
Is. 1t was by the numerous trading car
"a vans from north to south that crosse
lie and recrossed the mountains.
m Finally they reached Mozdok, whe
ey stay OF two days was made. The
Ell next stopping place was Nladlkauka
IL on the upward slope Of the steep mou
We tain pass
lis Ten hours after leaving Nladlkauka
w IN the morning, the turrcts Of Gre
~ skov could be seen
Is. Darrell know nothing Of Gredsko
ng and as none Of the soldiers would %
as 10 him aud 40 was not allowed
ST speak 20 bis fellow prisoners he cou
De obtain no Information IN regard TO
'h- But as tile frOrning hnttlements cou
ier he scen rising above the trees he
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