The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-04

revolutionary journalist of his eX-
periences as a prisoner of Russia.
In spite of the cars might, the
heavy-witted wolves who force the
autocracy down the peoples threats
are outgeneraled even in prison by
the daring spirits who oppose them.
One early morning last march,
trying to sleep another hour and in
the depth of my so1l cursing the
Russian empire, Warsaw general
governor and all prisons, my at
tentiOn was concentrated on a tune
which somebody was whistling out
side. Immediately heard four re-
volver shots. l jumped up to the
from the prison there was a wall
with a door connecting the house
with the prison court. Before this
door. face upward, was lying a
guard. his head in a pool of blood
Only toward the evening ! was
informed what really happened
Several men had entered by the I'M
guarded door frOmq fKtshrdluu-
guarded door from the street and
overpOwered an old guard. Some
politicians" and with them a "se-
cret' one, were taking their walk
near this part of the prison court.
The secret one suddenly ran to-
ward the officials house At the
same moment another guard WHO
was nearing was pierced with bull
lets. The escaping prisoner jump
&c over him and disappeared
though tn doorway The whistling
! had heard was a signal given by
the rescue party.
Soon there was another escape,
more daring. On the 23d of April
at 3 p. m. the telephone informed
the lead of the prison that 10
prisoners were TO be at night taken
from "Paviak" and sent to the 10th
pavilion. At about midnight ar
rived a gendarmerie officer with
six policemen and an order signed
by the chief of police and military
governor general. The officer was
very dissatisfied with the slOwness
OF preparations and cursed every
body. At last the prisoners and
the escorting policemen took their
seats. The prison carriage rolled
out of the court and the aristocratic
officer left the office soon after.
ext morning a prison carriage
was found with the driver in an I'M
conscious condition inside.
suburban garden. The prison Off
Gals telephoned. and the 1th pa
villain answered that no prisoners
had been received or expected. Nor
had the chief of polio given any
orders. Inside of the carriage. be-
side the evidently drugged driver.
Their wre six swords and six uni
forms, corresponding to the num-
Der Of yesterdays escort. The Off
Ger, the policemen, the orders snt
Uy telephone-were all parts of a
masquerad playd by revolutionists.
A few days afterward the prison
master received from Switzerland
postcards signed by the stolen pris.
oners. Ten people all of whom were
expecting death sentences were in
safe place.
We all knew that on tn first of
May a general holiday had been
proclaimed; and during the whole
day stiffness lay all over the town.
Not cab was hard, not one sound
came from the factories. In the
prison there was a holiday. too!
People rose early. From cells came
revolutionary songs. All of us were
rather excited, as street demonstra-
lions and bloodshed were possible.
Some prisoners, in thir agerness to
hear what happened on the streets.
made seats of strings and pieces
of wood, enabling them to sit by
the window, high over the floor.
AT about II o'clock faint tunes of
the Red Flag" wer heard far off.
Slowly the tunes grew more in.
tense. Evidently a street process
sion was marching. The song last.
ed for few minutes only-probablv
the demonstrators were disperse l..
But the effect Of this song of free
dom sung by some unknown com.
rades, was enorbous. The whole