Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13

I for most people prefer 10 give him q
wide berth when they see him run.
ming. for fear he should fire off a re-
yolyer on his way.
MAY BE ENGAGED"
But the Black Hundred does not stop
here; Il can be engaged as II were,
for acts of revenge In some OF the
large towns In Russia there are offices
I'm which one can, by paying various
s,Ims. according To the difficulty OF the
deed. hire men TO kill or injure any
person he may name. II is In fact
only necessary to enter any OF the
not houses In the lower quarters of the
towns TO find an unlimited number Of
ruffians. armed with knives or revolV-
ers. and ready for any deed OF violence
for a fixed sum OF money or snare Oh
the booty
suppose a man does not pay his rent
for a year or two and his landlord
threatens to evict him, he will II he Is
unscrupulous. engage five or six ruff
aans 10 20 TO the landlord with revolt
vers cooked and make him promise
moi TO send his troublesome tenant
away. This kind OF terrorism IS now
practised to such an extent, especially
in the Polish towns, that the landlord
IL lucky indeed who gets even Il small
part OF his rents or can eVict ten
ant without having his property dam
aged. The scenes which hae beeh ana
st,lI ara being enacted I'm Warsaw alone
under such circumstances appear M
creadible to those who have not seen
them These scenes are not confined TO
the slums Of the town, for perhaps the
most daring act OF revenge perpetrated
during the current year took place In
the best street In warsaw. and In
good restaurant
TERRoRIZtNG TACTICS.
The keeper Of this place had not paid
any rent since he came into the house.
At the end OF a year and halt ule
landlord determined to have his fur-
niture seized, and called In the bailifts
for The purpose. The tenant wrote sew
eral threatening letters. OF which, how
ever. the landlord took no notice. Be
fore the date fixed for the sale or his
tenants effects he was obliged 10 go
abroad but left the case in charge OF
a young lawyer who had his power or
attorney. when the day arrived band
OF ruflians called upon the lawyer, tell
ing him that he would be shot II the
sale took place, the balm was also
threatened. and both gave in, satisfy
ing themselves with getting an evic-
tlon order out against the restaurant
keeper
The evening had begun to close IN
before the order was forthcoming and
the tenant spent the day I'm threatening
the lawyer and the bailiff. When the
order was ready the ballif, accompan-
led by the lawyer, Went to the restau-
rant 10 shut up the premises and turn
out the tenant Both had revolvers put
TO their heads as soon as they reach
ed The threshold. for the restaurant
was crowded with ruflians VINO had
been brought there TO tarrily them
The lawyer made his escape, however
and the bailiff also. althouh the latter
STAYED till policeman and some SOL
dIers arrived But the policeman gave
the KEYS OF the restaurant back TO the
tenant and went away
Being now master OF the SITUATION,
the tenant, after treating ms humans
10 unlimited supplies OF vodka began
10 take away his furniture, regardless
OF The fact that Il had been scaled by
the baillff. Crowds Of rlft-raff had now
collected. and. spurred on by the prom
ise OF more drink took the furniture
into vans, which they requisitlohed ny
terror from g neighboring furniture re-
mover. When this was done they be-
nan 10 destroy the premises. led by the
restaurant keeper, who told them 10
ruin the man who had sucked the blood
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