Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-28
Victims OF Royal Despot Appeal to America
Bloody Likely in
compel Peiormso
The Part . sIas the utocrat

prince has absolute power Of life and
death over all his subjects and he eX-
PLOTS this power with relentless cruz
city. one OF the principal state insti-
tutious I'm Montenegro Is the prison
| maintained exclusively Tor the accom-
mediation OF political prisoners. that is
prisoners who are incarCerated sim
ply because they have IN one way or
another incurred the displeasure Of the
prince or OF some minor member Of the
reigning family.
POLITICAL PRISON.
This prison is situated near Podgor-
liza, ana is called the Podyotima
The Podvoltima is an old fashioned
gray building which. viewed from the
outside, appears TO consist Of two
stories. Both THESE stories. the ground
moor and the upper floor are inhahit-
ed by soldiers and Warders stationed
there 10 guard the prisoners The
prisoners themselves are confined in
underground cells. This subterranean
prison with It's numerous cells and
long. dark passages covers consid-
erably larger area than the building
visible above the earth. All the cells
are dark and ventilation is most de-
ficient The political prisoners are an
loaded with chains and many OF the
cells are so low that their unhappv
inmates can neither stand nor sit up-
right, but must crawl about on their
hands and knees. The more fortunate
political prisoners are allowed the use
OF petroleum lamp 10 light their dark
dungeons for three nr four hours every
day. The atmosphere in the cells Is so
bad that the smoke OF a cigarette will
often remain suspended I'm the thick
air In the center Of the cell Tor DAYS
together
one of the inmates Of those horrible
dungeons Is a young man named lsatlo
Tomitch. At the age Of ~ Tomitch
wrote some crude verses ridlculing the
despotic system OF Prince Nicolas H
was sentenced 10 six years imprison-
ment. but escaped after two years In
generation and fed abroad. At the
age OF Is he returned 10 Montenegro
on receiving a solemn promise from
the prince that he should remain uu-
molested. Scarcely had ne set foot on
his native soil when he was seized and
thrown into the podvoltima, where h.
has now lain loaded with chains Tor
twelve years. Although only 30 years
OF axe Tomitch is a mere human wreck.
with snow-white hair furrowed cheeks
and feeble limbs Another inmate Of
the political prison Is Sharko Kalud-
cherovitch who was formerly the hus-
hand ~ 2 handsome woman. His
wife attracted the attention Of Crown
Prince Danilo 81 Montenegro and
kaludcherovitch one day surprised III.
guilty pair together To prevent any
further trouble Crown Prince Danilo
simply caused the betrayed husband
TO be incarcerated IN the Podvoltima.
where he has now been for ten years.
He went mad after four years OF inn
prisonment and j. nov violent mani
&C. Captain Peter Popovltch has been
confined IN the political prison for the
last five years His only offense was
that he held. progressive political opin.
ions. This. however. IL crime IN the
eyes Of Prince. Nicolas. and 50 Captain
Popoyitch was cast into an under.
ground dungeon and loaded with
chains which eat into his flesh.