The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-02-10
He MUST WAIT
AND Be TRIED
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IF, psff Refuses To Let
NoyeIist's Vine see
Husband q
APPEALS MOI llslfsFB m
she Leaves siok5pd at Rigo and Trav.
els to st. Petersburg, Where she
5egs Cover nor-oeneral 70 Al
NIT Her to his Cell.

st. Petersburg, via Eidtkuhnen,
Feb. S.-Reliable information has
reached the friends of Maxim Cork
that the hand Of the Russian govern.
ment has fallen heavily upon the au.
thor and agitator There is no immed
late prospect OF his trial and so long
as he remains in the SITS. Peter ana
Paul fortress he viii be treated like an
ordinary criminal
Every effort has been made 10 Sc
cure for him certain luxuries, but the
g thorities haze persistently refused
to treat MIN as an exception" His
w'ie who has Just arisen from sick
ed arrived mere from Riga few
Gays ago and called upon Governor
General Trepon She told Inn thar
Ter husband vas not in the best Of
health and tha- she feared the confne-
na2t would result in lung troluIe and
! Ierhaps bring about his death General
heIof regretted that he could not.
in justice to 2 other prisoners, make
special concessions to her Husband.
when MADAME Cork begged permits
S on to visit her husband. Gene al Tre.
poff refused 4 grant the requ- st and
Il en- brought the interview to an ab.
rapt close.
FrIenos Give no Hops.
In her distress NADIA ie Cork
sought out several inHuent. al .rIends
of her husband They inl3n I'd her
rat all hope tc bring abou liber.
ation at this time had been 10 doned
ard that thee was even III hope
q speeding the proceeding spara-
tory to MS trial, as the ONO III IRE by
&c means willing to trea1 tn rid to
a cause celebre" which IL 8 very
nature is boaId 20 arouG4 Iterest
the civilized woAc.
but these friends OF Cork IA man
aged to see him in his prisoi They
report that he Is confined in a dark
cell, insunicienuy heated ana locaJea
lit a section OF the prison wAicn Is
noted for its unhealthy condition, as 1t
Is damp ana badly ventilated. lie re
aelves the ordinary prison fare, and
Ms urgent requests Tor BOOKS ,lor pen
ard paper, nave so Tar been dsaled by
els pailers. 1hey also say mat ne
iDoks i'll and that II he is compelled
% languIsh much longer in the fore
ress he will leave 1t olny to 80 to the
hospital.
Many Others share his Fale.
Corlsrs fate is shared by some OF
The best brains OF Russia. Several ed
llcrs, a score or more OF lawyers, as
many teacne s ana may n1n who
nave had the best interests, of Rus
sla at heart Tor years are aiso impris
o. ed in the fortress. Not only is
there no hopc Of their early release
put is is pos lively known tlAat they
VIII not be tried until the country Is
tranquil again.
For years past it has been the pol
icy OF the RUSSIAN bureaucracy 10 keSp
those whose convictions seem IN doubt
II prison until their spirit Las been
broken and their health shattered.
hundred sucn cases could be cted DO"
rorlaion to Siberia for politiSal Grim
e. having bee, eliminated from the
lenal code * Russia, men OF this
stamp are kogt in the hoe prisons IN
tl they ceass to oe . danger to the
STATE.
Corld's friends have the one hope
mat they mag ultimately secure his
liberation bY promising TO take aim
tout Of the country. The danger ex-
lists Of course that ne may re4u Use to go
lIrto voluntary exile. but lis yife may
10 relied upol to change hi. mind ii
lhc should still consider it his duty to
n main in Russia.
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