The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-06

nnced they were that the sacrifices he had
made proved beyond doubt his loyalty 10
he party.
Eanizer Subatoff received the miserable
Dittance Of s. a week. so that he was per-
nanently on the verge Of starvation and
exposed him 20 the hourly risk OF arrest
md deportation TO Siberia. This life con-
inued until the discovery by the police OF
the subterrene2n premises IN Whch the
revolutionary sheet was produced and the
arrest OF most OF those connected with Il
SubatOn escaped capture for the moment,
only 10 sink into the depths OF AFFECT pow
erty. In vain he sought aid among his
party friends. I'm vain he begged Tor some
other equally modest post connected MIN
The Orga nization- There was no opening Tor
him, and he was left 10 starve. Other &C
eupations were practically closed to him,
FOR he was on the black list OF the political
particular kind OK work.
TRAITOR TO HIS FRIENDS.
At this Juncture his belated arrest for
participation I'm the issue Of the revolution
AIRY organ ensued. and Subaton him
self face 10 face with a long period OF exile
IN Siberia. In this moment Of the deepest
despair he was offered a pardon if he
would join the famous third section"
the Russian secret service political police
were then called. Subaton was unable TO
withstand the temptation At the outset he
furnished the chief Of police in St Peters
burg with the names and addresses of sew
eral hundred active members OF revolution
airy societies, and revealed twenty of the
secret meeting places OF his former pOlit-
ical friends. Following on this treachery,
he disclosed the names and addresses OF
the revolutionary leaders in Moscow, Kieff,
Odessa and many provincial cities. includ-
ing those OF the prominent members OF
various university students political
leagues.
The result was that the Russian authori-
ties were able TO deal succession OF
crushing blows at the revolutionary organ
ization in all parts Of the country. Within
q fortnight no less than 3S8 secret citing
places In different parts of Russia had been
uneaTthed. and more than 5000 political Of
tenders arrested as the direct and indirect
result OF SubatofIs revelations. The Rus
sian government was delighted with its
new acquisition, and rewards of all kinds
were showered on him, so that, obtaining
promotion by leaps and bounds, Subaton
rose 70 supreme control of the police
throughout the country.
II was a strange climax to the career of
the former Revolutionary cOnspiratOr and
II was only natural that the government
should be somewhat suspicious fat first Of
Subatoffs sincerity and reliability. His
permanent loyalty TO the government was
secured by curious method, characteristic
OF the way things are done in Russia. The
government caused the secret of their
be betrayed 10 the revolutionary parties.
the members of which thus ascertained that
their former friend and colleague. Subatoff,
many days elapsed before he received an
fntimation that the central executive COM
mittee had condemned him TO death and
that ne would be aSsasSinated at the earliest
opportunity. Within a week three unsuc-
cessful attempts TO murder Subatof had
been made by emissaries OF the revolution
airy parties. so that intense hatred OF his
former friends inspired him with an unex-
ampled ferocity in hunting them down and
bringing them 10 justice as IL is admins
tered in Russia.
OvERREACHED HIMSELF.
Henceforth Subatoff's loyalty to the gov
eminent assured. and his term of office
as state secretary Of police became a
verftable reign OF terror for the revolution
lists. Political suspects were mercilessly
knouted without special reasons. and arbi-
trarily condemned to Punishment or long
periods of Imprisonment for the most triv-
iaI offenses. 1t has been estimated that
during five years of office as state secretary
of police Subaton procured the Punishment
of about 10000 political suspects and the
condemnation TO terms OF Imprisonment in
Russia OF 10000 more. On the occasion of
several local revOIts Subatof received the
thanks of the Car for the prompt and
energetic manner in which he restored order
and punished the unruly elements. Through
out his official career he lived in perpetual
fear or assassination, and the precautions
taken to insure his safety made him prac-
tically the slave OF his own vigilant subor-
dinates.
In the end Subatoff oVerreached himself.
During period OF tranquility he conceived
the idea OF artifcially stirring up rebellons
in order that he might have the honor of
crushing them Emissaries were dispatched
TO various towns, where they contrived to
organize local revOlts, which the state sec
rotary OF police, with his fOreknowledge of
the trouble, was able TO crush with still
greater facility than previous genuine out
breaks Encouraged by the success of his
scheme Subatoff stirred up other rebelliOns
just to gain the credit for suppressing them.
Finally his emissaries, who had instruc
tons to work up a formidable affair." the
settlement of which would bring SubatOffsto
the zenith of fame went too far and or
ganized a rising at Odessa, which the min
lister was unable to suppress. One of his
subordinates told the whole truth to one
OF the grand dukes of the imperial family,
who in his turn informed the Car that his
state secretary of police was nothing more
than agent prOvOcateur of the most dan
gerous type.
The Car promptly dismissed Subatoff
who has since been living in disgrace at a
remote and desolate village in the eau
caSus. where he is under permanent police
supervision. At the height of his official
success Subatoff married a woman of the
Russian nobility She has not deserted him
in his misfortune, and is his consola ton in
the dreary solitude of Punishment. He has
no money except a small pension in recogni-
ton OF his past services.
C. r. BELHAM
copyright. 1904. by Curtis Brown.l
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