The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-01
MAGAZINE REVIEW
. A Daring Rescue By Terrorists.

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Like the invention Of romancer ii
the following true incident from an ar
ticle by Leroy Scott in the May Every
body's, illustrating the resourcefulness
and cool nerve of the Russian terrorists:
In Warsaw year ago one of the
most skillful, most daring, Of recent ter
roristic plans was consummated--wit
out a shot or the loss Of a drop of blood.
Ten political prisoners in Pavyack prison
were condemned to death, and group Of
Warsaw terrofists determined to rescue
them or to die trying Toward mid
might, about thirty hours before the time
set for execution, the voice OF the chief
Of police of Warsaw called over the tele-
phone to the assistant prison warden;
Get ready these ten prisoners giving
names and dates of arrest for immedi-
ate transfer to the Citadel Gendarme
Officer Baron Rudberg win call in half
an hour with the necessary orders and
win take charge Of the transfer
"That gruff, authoritative voice was
individually the chiefs (the imitation
was perfect), so the assistant warden
began hastily to prepare the necessary
papers. Within the specified half hour,
Baron Rudberg' was at the prison with
six policemen. The latter were left in
side the yard, at the prison entrance
yawning, smoking, sleepily .cursing the
reyoluticnists. Baron Rudberg-
stiff, very insolent- proceeded TO the as.
sistant warden and delivered the orders
Tor the prisoners. The minutes while
the warden was examining the papers
were hours Of racking strain to the ter
rorist beneath Baron Rudberg's mask; II
there were any flaw In the forgeries, he
and his comrades would die with the ten.
n But the forgeries were perfect.
"The warden humbly begged pardon,
but his papers were not vet ready.
Baron Rudberg abused his slowness with
true official arrogance. An hour passed
two. This delay had not been counted
on; momently the Baron expected some
telephone call, some police visit, that
would send them all to death. But final
ly the formalities were completed, and
the prisoners ordered from their cells.
"The prisoners. of course, were en-
tirely ignorant of the scheme for their
rescue. When the ten were all brought
together, one Of them recognized the
huAbHf anu ~ cttHltif was tllt Ait4 AA0i
here was plot for their deliyerance
that he could not mask his face. The
Baron saw the look--trembled lest
Others had also seen Il. Immediately
he burst into new abuse OF the warden,
which turned all ewes to that official
and reduced him TO cringing apology.
The ten prisoners were led down to
the entrance, where the six policemen
and the black prison wagon were in wait
ing The policemen, with all the char
acteristie brutality of the Russian police,
showed into the wagon the ten prison
ers, still ignorant of their fate taking
care that their comrades did not attempt
a desperate dash for liberty. Then the
gates were thrown open and the wagon
ratified out.
"As they were going through quiet,
almost houseless street, one of the po-
licemen ON the back step called out:
'Hold--a wheel is broken' The wagon
stopped and the driver climbed down and
stopped to examine the indicated wheel.
Suddenly he was caught by the throat
and thrust IN among the prisoners. Then
the horses were driven to scheduled
country house; clothes, money, and pass
ports were furnished them, and immedi-
ateIy all concerned were hurrying toward
the frontier"