The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-05-11


power and was bound 20 triumph
Aud Instead Of triumph aud free
dom the ruin Of hundreds Of men
aud hih own death"
Was he executed asked MI.
senraky.
Vest as they execute with
STICKS, answered Raaaalnyaky
abruptly With hts hans' voice. "soy,
en- thousand sticks / saw every
thinE continued loaaoloyaky,
slowly. IN HIS deep voice aud frown.
ing moro aud moro he began to de.
scribe the execution at which he
was compelled 90 be present
amongst the accused before the
Other executions those ak men
were put 10 death. who were con.
demucd 20 900 blows With sticks
such sticks which, according 60 the
regulations There even existed I'm
Pefial regulations concerning these
atieksl had 10 he neither thicker
nor thinner than that three might
enter the barrel OF a rifle I've
hattnllona OF soldiers. about 1000
men, drawn out Hike a long street.
had to atand with those sticks and
hit the bare hucka Of the condemn.
ed mon whom two corpofala led by
them with their hands tied 60 tho
eteeehoa OF their guns The frat
to be led MAS Or Shakalsky, a
friend ~ Alfotalnuky aud one of
the principal actors IA the plot
This ShakalskN. according to Rosa6.
loVaky, Was sanity. self naefific.
inE man. weTahlped hy everyone.
even the Russians amongst whom
he lived. freely affordlnE medical
aid To whoever applied To- him at
any time % the day OF night
II only he had been here When
my little ones were ~. thought
Albina.
lie was led the first related
koasoloynky. "bahind him there
walked Russian doctor who kept
saving "a the soldiers Dent hit
hard. he II an iayalid. he ia weak.
Hut the soldiers ana beat they
could not do otherwise. because
behind them we're officers who
struck At those who hit lightly. I
could not see everything from the
place whore MAS standing. con,
tinued RosFoiaf aky. but / heard
the noise ~ tbs drums and when
tue procession approached me !
heard the swish ~ tho sticks. the
aaand OF the blows and once also
I heard the words 81 the Russian
doctor Gently. friends. he mer
eifal. DO not bic hard This con
tinaed Tor 40 less than an hour
and finished b. the unfortunate
man. uaahlu to bear V longer. mil
ins and being carried away Ia
order that should be recover he
might receive the remaining mum
Der 81 blows appoFlioned b. these
monsters Then the second vas
lei. the third. the fourth All
atteeumhsd. all we're carried away.
some dead. some barely alive. aud
40 on tili the last This continued
tiii o'clock ia the afteraoun The
last tn be- lei Naa SiFUtainakY him.
self ! had unt seen him for sufne
time and waa astoniHhed BY his
appearance lie looked 10 years
older tits bald. aaiIoN head.
with gray whiakercd face. was
lowered aud shaking Its barred
body was dfeadfuliy thin. the fiba
pfulrudlnK outside the annhcn
stomach lie advanced twiating
hts body. starting and fsFkIaa 40
his head az every stroke When
10 waa led past mo / heard him
muFmurlnE the words 81 a pfaYvr
No. ! can't no on lie died
theFv and then. concluded Nnauo
loysky. and. overcome. closed his
mouth.
IL u Impossible. impossible 90
live So exclaimed Alhlna without
removing her side open exsa from
ikoAaoiuvaky
lie fruwued. and with HE sleeve
rubbed the tears down bis cheeks
and heard t.uavirn. sitting ag The
NiudaN suhlsed. covering her face
Nifh her seFrhlef
Why 40 sea tell as all thlsf
exclaimed Mis0ufaky. and. throwing
aside hts pipe he jumped up aud
atth quick steps went Into the
DART b.dnom.
Ito he Cantinned1