The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-04
Breaks Siberian Chains
to Strike Another Blow
Gershuni Determined
to Force His Way
Over Frontier

ten years in Russian dungeons have
Hot qucnched the revolutionary ardor
81 George Gershuni who arrived on
1le Pacific Nail liner China yesterday
liter making mis- escape from Siberia
lee9om 10 Gershuni means only an.
other chance to strike a blow fol the
noertE Of Russia. He is on his way
10 the frontier OF his native land, where
tNe police are waiting with orders to
arrest him at any cost, and he does not
return without a purpose.
II was not for my amusement that
made my escape" says the little doc
tor, his face pale with the prison sick
ness There is more than one way to
get into Russia. / go"
This and much besides the ESCAPED
political prisoner said through the me-
oiur Of the polished English of his
friend and host, DR.. ]. Maievsky of
2s1s California street, for Gershuni
speaks no English himself
How is that your friend has money
70 travel from Siberia around the world
70 Europeg' was asked of Maievsky. =
Tt goes without saying that in ST.
IBERIA the political prisoner has no
gold he answered. But Gershuni will
have money and all he needs. Here
he has half my nome and half my
money. Wherever he will go il will
be the same, for Gershuni is Ioved-and
Tear him more than all the rest.
See: Here is an article in a Rus
sian paper that tells how all the gov
ernors and chiefs of police have been
ordered to seek him and TO take Ger
SUM at any price. They think that he
went straight to st. Petersburg. Most
Of them do. But Gershuni goes to Eu-
rope. Yes, TO Geneva. That is true.
Then he will wait till all is ready be-
1Ore he crosses the border
ALL RUSSIA KNOWS HIM
Did know him before? All Russia
knows Gershuni When Prince Obo-
iensi, Governor Bogdanovitch and
Minister Of the Interior Sipiaguin were
killed Gershuni was condemned to
death. IT was done by the fighting
company of the Revolution
airy party and Gershuni was its leader
il was the same company that killed
Won Plehve. That was the first ter
rorist act OF the revolution.
Because Gershuni has not yet done
any killing himself they committed his
sentence to life Imprisonment. They
sent him TO the castle of Schlusselburg
the Bastile of Russia. When they were
riveting his ankle chains they struck
the bone with the hammer. Gershuni
became sick; he would have died. But
last year the Government was com
PEELED TO take the prisoners from
Schlusselburg, and Gershuni was al
lowed to see a doctor in Moscow. An
operation was performed, and he lives
II he had stayed in Schlusselburg he
would have died. OF those who were
sent there half either died, became in
sane or committed suicide in the first
two years.
He was sent to Siberia and to the
penal colony at Akatuy. After one
year he escaped. He made his way TO
Nladivostok and then to Nagasaki"
How did you make your escape
from Akatuy?" was asked Of the great
GershunL But the pale face was i'm
mutable and when the answer was
translated it was:
4 cannot say. The Government does
not know that. Others may come in
the same way"
His host and compatriot Maievsky
would add little TO this scanty infor-
nation of the daring escape.
ONLY ONE LIFE TO GIVE
why. should he fear to go to Rus
STA AGAIN." he asked.
There is but one penalty, one price
that the revolutionist must pay, what
ever he has done before. But they fear
Gershuni more than all"
Maievsky is a true hero worshiper.
There are friends In every city" he
continued. From New York l got
word that Gershuni was coming. I went
10 the steamer to meet him. There
were friends, too, in Nagasaki And
even in Siberia he could not have es-
capped If there had not been friends