Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown.
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WARSAW. Poland, September %, 1905
late the prevailing distress In
y Russia and the fact that the revo-
lutonary parties all employ ruff
" fans to perform deeds of violence
have increased to an alarming ex-
tent the league OF thugs and terrorists that
has become known far and wide the
"Black Hundred" No one is safe from its
members. and their success recently has
become almost phenomenal.
Not only are these wretches employed by
the Russian authorities in different local.
ties to begin the Jewish massacres, which
from time to time horrify the civilized
world, but they also break into private
houses and under the name of some polit-
ical party loot the rooms OF any valuables
and money they may find there. These at
tacks generally happen In broad daylight,
as shooting is then an easier matter, and II
the police should by any chance interfere
the large open gateways of the houses make
escape almost n certainty, whereas the
'Brami,' as these gateways are called, are
closed at 10 o'clock at night.
The news columns of the Russian papers
are full Of such attacks. of which twenty,
thirty and sometimes even forty and fifty
take place daily in the large towns. SO
confident have these bands of ruffians
grown. So rarely are any of them arrested,
that they literally hold the large centers
under their rule. Nobody tries to resist
them. nobody refuses to open the door when
they ring, for they have cast the worst
spell of all over the quiet citizens of Rus
sa-the spell Of terror
Sometimes two of the Black Hundred"
manage to terruriZe a whole house. They
60 up to the front door. ring the bell and
ask to see the master on business" The
master comes and is startled by having a
revolver placed against his head with the
la rive II the KEYS n his If
he protests or struggles to free himself
he is promptly shot; if he comes into their
presence with a revolver in his hand he
is shot at before he gets up to them, for
one of the characteristics of the Blank
Hundred is that they never hesitate about
taking Il human life. he it mans. woman's
or chids. Their victims, on the contrary,
hesitate; thus the advantage of the bandit
over the ordinary citizen.
The BLACK Hundred" lately have turned
their attention to the people who send
money to the banks. A couple of men will
enter the courtyard OF house in which
some large office or shop is situated chat
with the house guardian or the servants,
treat them to some vodka and learn when
the money is taken and by whom. The per-
son 10 whom the task is intrusted Is then
closely watched. and on going into the
street he is followed If he happens to
have the money with him the suspicion
that he Is being Swallowed may cross his
mind, but he has no other choice but to go
on. Within short distance of the bank
some ten or twelve people fall upon him.
One pins his hands behind his back, while
the others. drawing out their revolyers, cry
Silence and rife his pockets till they
find the money. II he happens to shout for
help he will probably get killed. for nobody
will go to the rescue. On the contrary, the
passersby who his plight hastily cross
to the other side of the street and make off
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their legs can carry them. There will be
sentry at the bank. but none of the spec
tstors will dare to tell them of what Is
revenge at the hands OF the Black Hun
dred.
Another habit of these ruffians Is to go