Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-03

who rushed upon him to disarm him
 The surgeon fled to his cabin and shot himself through the stomach. Mastu tchenko marked fourth officer and in stantly killed him.
 The sailors, wild with fury, ran be. tween decks. Several officers threw themselves into the water and were followed by the petty officers. They swan toward the shore. But Mastu- tchenko would not have that, for they would betray him. He called eight or ten men to him. They began to shoot at the swimming officers and soon killed them all. In the meantime the torpedo boat, No. 267, noticed that something was wrong on board the Potemkine. Its officers made shrewd guess and started for the open sea. Pogownetz ordered a comrade to fire two blank shots at her After these shots the boat was signaled to ap- proach. When it came alongside the officers were ordered to come on board the battleshp and were then confined The officers in charge of the dynamo protested.
 If thou wouldst speak to me-" said Mastutchenko, Trip off thy shoulder straps and speak as man to man."
 What hast thou done with thy off, cers?" asked the officer.
 ''Thou wilt soon see," cried Mastu- tchenko as he shot the officer dead.
 At that moment the commander ap- peared from the cabin. He was an old man. with white hair and beard. He trembled convulsively. He cried:
 What art thou about? Thou art an assassinr'
 '.Silence," yelled Mastutchenko, "or I'll kill thee"
 "Wouldst thou slay an old man like me? Thou knowest not what thou dost. Thou art mad"
 Mastutchenko put the rife to his cheek and said: Commend thy soul to God. In a second thou shalt be no more"
 Commandant Golikoff shuddered. He crossed himself. He had scarcely done so when he fell to the deck, shot through the forehead.
 Mastutchenko now gave orders to the sailors, Arrest the officers that re- main" The officers were arrested and solemnly stripped off their insignia of rank. Three ripped off their shoulder straps, saying to the sailors. We are with you for free Russia" These three remained on board. One of them, Alexieff. was placed in command. The others were put in boat and sent to Odessa. It was 11:30 when Mastu- tchenko began the revolt By 12:15 the sailors were masters of the Knaz Po- temkine. He called the men together and said:
 We are now going to declare war on all Russia which is not for liberty. The revolutionaries will follow us."
 "Rabid creature that thou art" in terrupted Pogownetz, hast thou for gotten that on July 5 the crews of the entire fleet were to mutiny? The word has not yet been given to all Thou beganst too soon. We shall not be fol lowed"
 What is done Is done. The mistake has been made We must go on,' re- piled Mastutchenko, and he began to intone the international" and was followed by the sailors in unison. Fi- nally the singing ceased. A deep si-, lence prevailed, which was at length broken by groans.
 Who groaned?" demanded Mastu- tchenko. Co thou and see, Pogow- netz"
 Pogownetz went to find out. Pres ently he returned. saying that It was the surgeon, lying wounded in his cabin.
 'Ah. that pig. who is the cause of all, is sickr' calculated Mastutchenko. What shall we do with himf
 Death. Death! Let us kill him." cried the sailors
 Twenty sailors precipitated them selves into the cabin. They grabbed up the surgeon by the feet and arms and threw him into the sea. From the rail Mastutchenko fired at him until the body disappeared beneath the sur face The sailors became troubled 1 and glanced at the mutineers, while they murmured among themselves. "A stupid. unnecessary thing, that" They repeated these words under breath. for they were afraid of being heard by Mastutchenko, who with his ! fierce Tartar eyes watched and domi- mated them.
 Whence came this Mastutchenko? | Who knowsf He himself says he | comes from Siberia. but-there Is | of the Japanese about him. He has only been in the Russian navy | three years. and no one knows where | he was born or who were his parents. | Pogownetz Is Roumanian from Bes- I sarabia. which was absorbed by Rus I sia twenty-five years ago. He has \ been in the navy eight years. He . should have had his discharge a year ago. but on account of the war he was 1 not allowed to go. He chafed under | the enforced stay. and in him the seeds of mutiny and revolution found rich coil