Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-01


gradually, but before long he secs the
pretty furniture, bright curtains, the
birds, lloNom aud books which Rur.
round him, His warriors have gone
and no Nv left there alone,
But not for long, a portlcro n
drawn aside two spruce officers Of the
gendormetie enter and ask him IN
friendly tones 90 NJ down, This com.
mon act Of clylliiy often makes n poor
creature shut M IN a cell for weeks
ana used 10 HIS wnrdor'e brutal speech
en-, burst into tears Ne sta down be-.
wlldered, tea N Brought IN, cigarettes
are handed rounc ana the conversation
begins
This conversation II nothing moro or
loss Than a cross examination previous
To the FORM OF trial which N gem
orally gone through before political
offender In eenlonced The object N
10 unnervo him 20 such u pomt thnt
he makes u clean breast Of II and gives
Information against his party Those
midnight visits are repeated at long IN.
toNals, and men and women who me
proof against any amount " physical
suffering dread them more than any.
thing IN the Tenth Pavilion
when tea IN finished ana few smll.
lng remarks have been made by the
pendnrmoa the latter hsk the prisoner
he has any complaints 20 mako about
ms whrder'B treatment OF course he
has, ana generally ends up with q dc.
mand to know the reason of his I'M.
prltonmcnt. ana a protcstn,lon Of In.
nocencc, The gcndnrmos emiInely viii
agree that he has been badly treated,
"A Nall IA Ina a.. III
per Win a short account Of his lifo
Mp 10 the day uf his arrest He is
given writing materials and begins,
Tho nret part he complaints ana his
carly ne he writes easily aud truth.
iully enough But whom no reaches
the time whom he began 10 take an nc.
tive interest IN politics. patriotic or 20.
clallsllc, his pen lHge for nc le obliged
20 oqulvOcnio. Sometimes he breaks
IN In despair sometimes he finishes
with tanglo ~ llcs ana AN assurance
of Innocence. The gendnrmcs smiling.
W glance over what he has written ana
offor him another cigarette.
ENDLESS SHARES
Now the SECOND part ~ the cSamlna.
ton begins The prisoner ~ shown
scraps Of paper bits Of letters, notes
made AZ political meetings, etc, lnkon
very often from hlN own rooms This
N ono NJ tho most difficult examinations
lo answer We must make some ro,
Ply 10 the Rondnlmcs' questions for
their eyes are nNod ON his face Some
mon go on the principle NJ pretending
not to recognize amy handwriting s-cyon
their own, OF course when tine WHY
pcndormh points this out 10 him his
confusion X doubled, and the chances
are be- win admit knowing hand he
has never seen before,
when he has been driven 20 tho
verge NJ madness hy q series ~ such
questions orc Of the gcndnrmce viii
produce albums filled with photo.
gruphs Of people he knows, very often
of mombow NJ hlt own pollllcul party
What h a man ~ DO when confronted
with the Rondnrmo's uuc0tOn DO you
know This person. Have you no reCol.
lection ut that fucc'' II be- tells the
truth he VIII botlay Nix party II he
Hes, one Of the pcuduImog mllinply
VIII tell him hc recognized the hand.
writing Of the orlRmal Ave minutes ago,
Sometimes n prisoner VIII ray he has
never seen the original ~ a whole ale
bum full ~ photographs only io BE- told
that hll own or his hrothc's was
among them and that ns he le EVIDENT
~ tired, ,hoy had better 10 through
Tho album once moro,
An the time one gcndarmo IL show
INK him the photographs the Othor ~
watching Ms face, ana Russian gene
dnrmc can read faces like n book II
the prisoner ~ obstinate about answer
Ing which generally happens, Ne ana
his hosts part angrilN the warders are
called IN and hustle him back TO his
dark cell whore he II left 90 his re-
nocuons for fow days or even weeks
but his examinations always take place
IN the pretty sitting room ana no ~ al
ways confronted with familiar hand.
writings ana photographs
After several such examinations, al
tornatod by dronly days IN the cell he
IA taken TO small room hung with
mirros and gloomy drapones lie has
scarcely time 10 get over tho shock OF
his altered appearance when man.
dressed IN black, cmorgcs from behind
a curtain and plies him win quoatlons,
lf the suspect refuses lp answer tho
man claps his hands and n couple ~
runlans enter with whips and beat
him. An obstinate prisoner II some.
times beaten tlll he loses conFclousnehs
ana then removed 10 hle cell bleeding
mass Sometimes the suspect " SIM
ply charged with belonging 10 a secret
political society ana confronted by ono
NJ his own colleagues who, unknown to
him, IN spy ana has betrayed the
whole party
Rut even back In his cell be- " not left
In peace, He hears taps on the other
side OF the wall ana after long labor
manages 10 make out u rough code As
likely as not however, these taps come
from gondarmc, who examines the
prisoner IN tho guiso OF a fellow patriot
Many prisoners fan into this trap, us
there II a bona lldo prisoners code win
which, however, the gondarmcs are per-
foclly familiar
when a prisoner has undergone sov'
oral such examinations he " either re-
loasod for want " evidence or pat
through the mnckory Of trial \
mockCry booUuse though The prucu'
mtor who judges him allows him legal
counsel Ms fate Ii sealed beforehand,
The trial takes place Before the COM
mandant Of the citadel the procurat'
on the gcndumes employed IN arrest
mg and examining the prisoner ana
perhaps a renegade from his party
who gives evidence for the prosecutions
There NJ no evidence for the defense
but the prisoners counsel has the right
to confer with hIs cllont-ln his cell of
course, ana I'm the presence of warriors
If the sentence passed. n death, the
prisoner is hanged IN the citadel and
consigned ~ u namoloaF grave THIS
grave II generally dug within the pre-.
cncts Of the fortress, but moro often
the remains NJ the unfortunate Vlcs
tim are taken 20 tho Bfudno cemetery
across tho Niptulu and outside the city
boundaries Hero the grNNc N dug
IN deserted part ot the cemetery lHr
distant from the resting places Of the
ordinary citizens
only u short time ago there were
terrible stories circulated about the
Wholesale execution Of prisoners ana u
laryo number Of newly made graves
marked only with rough wooden crosse
~, were found IN this ourol'lhe'woy
part Of the cemetery
II, however the sentence W lmprle'