The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19
SECTION TWO

student was nothing in comparison
with the interests of the state He was
right. The year did not pass without
seeing the sacrifice of many hundreds
OF lives for the state. The result of my
fast was that 1 was sent to SamaTa
prison In Samara 1 had a chance of
meeting TeVOlutiOnISts who were chosen
from ali parts of Russia From them,
as from personal witnesses L knew
what had happened TO me had nap
pened TO others l myself saw people
who were beaten in prisons and in
police courts. people who were many
times compelled TO hunger for many
days together. people who from want
and prison life went into consumption
Every day 1 saw parties OF political
prisoners going 10 Siberia
While i'm prison I read revolution
AIRY literature ana thinking Of all I
had seen and heard 1 became social
reVOlutiouist. l had a heartrendinS
feeling when 1 heard of tie fights going
on in Wilma and KEarkOf and especially
the shooting of the Kharkoff wOrkmen-
/ knew that men were shot as enemies
did not even understand the word
NolutiOn- They were only at fault
because they did not want their wages
decreased. 1 knew that people of all
classes and of all ages. were beaten,
women and children also We took II
as signal for battle. We thought OF
! the tWenty-eight collins the innumer-
| able wounded. the two Volleys by the
/ 100 soldiers. Hearing of this / tried
1 to think of a battle scene. but this
picture was nothing I'm comparison
with the dreadful scene which was be
/ ing enacted by the government in the
peaceful streets of small Russian
/ towns With what helpless rage /
walked about my prison cell How I
( knocked my head against the walls and
/ broke my hands in trying to smash
! the prison windows, and what SerNilc
/ and bitter tears I wiped from my eyes.
! l prayed TO be able To- revenge il all
J II L had freedom but when
/ SGT 70 know that the eXecuJioner of
/ the inhabitants had persisted 1
/ breathed freely God bless the men
I Uho had done the deed. BoSdanovitch
I had 10 Jerish- His existence fouled the
{ diT- Like a storm il hung over us and
( all held their breath and waited. only
/ Bogdanovitch did not wait Having
: obtained Plehve's approval this nor
( rible eNecutiouer considered himself
! safe. visited his mistress openly and
/ walked in the parks enjoying the
I spring Of life
/ Justifies His Act.
! Yes. the government made of me. r
: peaceful citizen. al TeVOIutiouist. y
] whole row of murders and other crimes
+ committed by ministers and their
: agents forced me- first TO justify my
/ self. and then to enter on the pro
/ CRANE of terrorism How / advanced
, from theory to acts. L cannot tell It
: would seem that God had chosen me
2 for this act When I ran away from
. Siberia / felt that spirits were behind
me and would not leave me either by
/ night or day whispering to me. You
must YOU must When j
/ thought of what was done by Minister
( PlehVe 1 felt that ] had no right 10 my
{ peaceful life BY killing Plehve I only
/ did what my conscience demanded of
me. and only regret that together with
! him his cOachman persisted and that
Captain TZvetziHsky was subjected 10
such serious wound