The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-05

GoSdiery, Bomb IArowers M Thieves Po'
seas Pslnnd's Capital.

FROM ne London Nsps.
Warsaw ladies carry their nve ruble notes
underneath their stockings: the British Con-
sul, Capt. Murray. showed me 70 kopecks to-
day. Il never carry more out with me- than
that, = said he. A lady changed Elo English
money at the Hotel Bristol Yesterday. and
then on the way TO the Indo-European tele-
graph once two men. one after the other.
rushed at her. lee Wing the Impression OF their
aoury coats upon her shoulder. prrAsnxly =
friend remarked, why. what have you
rubbed up a~xaInst7 four shoulder IL Az
white The Lady. who had been holding her
purse within her pocket. lifted her hand 10
strike away the iour-at the same moment
a quiet looking gentleman strobe past her
bearing with him the purse and all the Ady's
money.
On Monday a man struck a woman down 10
A dark corner Of SmIslnA street. threw up her
skirts and extracted from her understanding
twenty rubles; the Polish thieves are the
cIeverest and boldest in the world. They
are not only skilfll and daring put numerous
teen, who swarm like vermin, In the dark
With more facility and dexterlty than the Art
full Dodger himself or any other pupil OF the
iIlustrious Mr.. Fagtn,
honest people in sodom. There are about ten
left In Warsaw. The rest have been arrested,
Those honest ten would be hard 70 nnd: Lhey
doors thew have clothed themselves in rags.
and since they have not been. arrested II Ia
PfSoSeott Il s = tSreefoi eiD terror orb Sers1arst from
the thieves, second from the soldiery and
third from the bomb throvers.
very dreadful In the Incidental assassination
OF a General. What skaters the nerves IL
the continual apprehension OF danger: Within
twice ers searched for dynamite and reyNoiyers,
cursed in Russian. arrested, heckied, buneted
and assaulted; that oessn 70 tnins
since then I have strobe along almost de-
serted streets at midnight and have seen
the dodderIna uspravnIks examining the pad
locks while probably the thieves were within
the padlocked. dwelling; but the usPraynik
berry. Three sentries stand abreast upon the
narrow pavement so that one cannot pass
without striking against them ones PROGRESS
OF Apr shension and relief. Patrol alter
patrol kas 70 be passed. and you are lucky
In you escape moIestation.
II YOU are arrested your re ease may cost
you a ruble or a fogg ns. or probably both.
Formerly this was the gayest OF cities; az
M m'd ! ple. : seeRins crowd, 1tfo.nisht al
0 IL 10 dark. and quiet. Few people dare come
out after dark: Yet. except Ior the tnleNes.
more horrifying. at night. The soldiers
who enter private residences and restaurants
to search Tor political Offenders may W
watched in securlty from without; these have
their orders, and seem never TO care to stray
10 arrest curious pedestrians.
The bombs arr mostly thrown in the day
time. The tremendous dust raised allows the
thrower to escape easily. and often ten min
utes elapse before the soldiers awake from
their aston ishment: then the passerby has
a hot time. All along the walls Of the chief
streets OF Warsaw it needs no Sherlock Holmes
to detect the shot marks: Voliey after volIey
ia fred in all directions from the scene OF the
bomb explosion, A friend OF mine ran. SO
hard on one OF these occasions that he rushed
into a lake and was nearly drowned. Many
have died Of new nervous Diseases.
Here, now. is an occurrence trivial enough.
but quite nerve SCATTERING In its character.
An officer OF police. guarded by two soldiers.
was walking along a crowded pavement.
Suddenly from a third story window a chest or
dra awe laden with bricks and stones, was
levered out. and fell with a fearful crash.
xii ing q beggar child and smashing the leg
on the onicer. The Terrorist who achieved
the deed probably escaped, for the room was
found to be untenanted, but whether he was
caught or not the knowledge OF the possi-
bilty OF such . thunderbolt Is a continual
father OF gray hair.
The perils Of the streets are certainly in
YOU down In the most cheerful way In ths
world. There il no one to protect society
when an eruption such as the Siedlce massacre
takes place here. venture to predict u Will
be unparalleled in Polish history. and the
soIdiery will not get on unscratched. The
widest OF the Terrorists are here. the most
brilliant Of the thieves. the cleverest OF the
fierce. and bombs are as plentiful az candies,
though more frequently hidden under bush
Ella. Let the world watch-t0 pactfy Poland,
they must make a desert OF IL.