New-York tribune., 1906-08-17
MARTYR MARY OF RUSSIA.
H Chapter of the Chronicles of
COssack ChiUaIry.

OOOoUCh AtSIt tGI g.
Prince Kropotkin, in The London Chronicle, Aug s.
Last year the province Of Tambov was suffering m
horrors. Where people die of starvation there arc
the %iceGoxernor e IGzhenovsky Vent through
Tambov and began 10 shoot the peasants wholesale
and TO fog them in the most atrocious manner
As he returning from one Of his murderous ex-
the Borisogiebsk station girl named Maria spiri
dCnova shot him The Cossacks sprans upon her
with drawn swords. She tried 10 shoot herself, nut
blow disarmed her, and she fell to the ground
Terrible blows from the ogtt ENDS OF rldeS were @
ralned upon her Cossack oIncer se4ze0 Ie ler og
the hair and dragged her on TO the platform and
then she lost consciousness under a shower OF
When she recovered she was. examined by the
Abramoff. They tortured her from IN H. o.o
the room Where the Cossack oficer received me
and then he would fling back to Zhanon; who
would tread with his boot on my neck. AL All my my
that 10 fire should be in the room Swearing nor
nasaika a long leather whip with piece of lead
al the end, ZhanoH saving, Now miss make Us
br91,ise5 Thev would press it ard say, That pains
YOU my dear? Well, tell US. then, who were your
She told them she was a revolutionary Socialist
from Tambov. and they became furious a.. 49,,
pugec bgere ny mar are the other revolutionists?
They burned my body with their cigarettes saying
with their boots using obscene words and shouting:
Cry you rii laTe d his his gri will not utter
sound. But shall make thee cry. we snatL
give thee for the night to the Cossacks' DuI Hrs1
And then they took her to Tamboy il the sran I'm
AbramOff Looking at her martyred race tne
Cossacks became silent ana gloong: out 'e r5an
they her TO another compartment TO com5lt mt
still she found strength TO resist. =. 49,
When her mother was at last adhhtteu @ 70 see tTa
6rtlise, one wound But she had retained s her iron
viii She has written since to her mother telling all
she has suffered and why she had shot Luznen-
ovsky Because" she writes, he had fogged to
death and tortured with an uIl9iasIipe 9
he 9ehaved as -, a RighWey TG61er "e ne
Il am still very H. she wrote in conclusion, still
die qgietiy with good feeling on my soul
On March a Mara SP!Tlq0b0ya HaS eS Gefence was
undertaken by a Cossack officer, Captain Ftlino-
non who made an mgasoneG % speeS spS b1 b barr
rister. NJ Teslenko VINO mas ~ 10 tiie
Nobody was admitted 10 the trial except two bar
a59 oe u os her sisters The mother broke down
as soon as the tTIa5 began npte ana nap deep and
favorable inlpresson uPon the 1qdge soo f Tjz
When heard OF all the horrors which he had
peasants on a punitive expedition, felt as If
i've when ali that was going on. But when saw
the peasant who had gone mad after the tortures 70
mother whose daughter had thrown 3 HeTSe don WITH
her then / said to myself: shall kill that man
I viii die for that but no power in he'll shall be
About the Fortures which had been nic'sd E4ie s5T on
her in prison by Abranof anq Zhan2 MISS % Spit ,
be9Table pain she said, was when they tore OF
She Was seized with a terrible emotion when she
asked permission 10 tell in private TO to- her counsel ]
promise their honor not TO make public before
Then came the most terrible part Of the sitting
the deposition Of the sxanIlng I,1g 1ags[Ta[e d G9 %
brought before him, and still worse than tha[ the
s 20 the Wounds with which the tiny body Of the
girl was cOvered-the loss OF her sight ana heal :
ng here retoId you can can xiii me- You invent ter
as her last word, but you cannot add anything 10
what I have borne-that you cannot!
deenins circumstances We're admitted. And now
All n Ppssia cried out for Justice but none came,
nor does there seem any to be expected But the
pea sane e 81 eegaes to the city TO learn the
Of the who freed them from a man man %dloSe 1
pray JoF b es soul N if She were dead AS they learned
The name they returned their homes praying for
oI9e series OF murders and crimes
the last drop in the cup OF patience for Russian
When Miss spiridonova's letter 70 her mother
appeared in the papers cry VEN up i 1roII az ~
s1cn price II was the cry OF outraged mankind.
which touches the most narqeIeg et 20 m its
Sery depths The papers are filled with letters and
On ttar1 something Of those forces which words
describe the forces which STIR the Souls q
49,, People who professed the most sincere faith
"a eterusJ Justice are doubling it. Mothers or
II III ia and priests are appealing 70 all those
&gio nrofess themselves Christians. Oid CossaelIs
ioin with school children IN WTiuns 20 uelHao taaS
a. end should be put q those scenes oi cd1Fnhse
which make Russia moan througho4t nst a@HsCI "a
ali lands are asked raise their voices ana pro- I
test in the name Of humanity Honsst men oI az
rartons writes one '1t is TO you thet we appear
Form 4 universal league TO protect the rights OF
men which are being trampied under i"ci "y 'iiS10
eEecutionerst os E,,aaia
And this cry rises up from aIl pafls - % rroIt
Even the nrident ones are speaking ot TeV0it. a
deeply flowing current Is bringing men o. o. az pIi
ties near 10 one another and combines them n ~
attack upon their common enemy. me MOIh "a
organization s going all over the SoI1I' 4&,rtAo
Tie yiri ruartyrs Of Russiar-for maria 5plL!ao-
nova IS not the only one-have given 70 auSoS'"SS
harda = realized.