The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-26
A DARING RESCUE.
How Russian Terrcrists Got Ten OF
Their Brethren Out of Jail.


Their Brethren Out of Jail.
Like the invention of a romancer is
the following true incident from an ar
ticle by Leroy Scott in EveryboGy'>
ness and cool nerve OF the Russian te;--
rorists:
"ln Warsaw year ago one of the
most skillful, most daring. Of recent
terroristic plans was consummated-
without shot or the loss of drop O.!
blood. Ten political prisoners in pavy-
ack prison We're condemned to death.
and i group of Warsaw terrorists &c
termined to rescue them or to die try.
ing. Toward midnight, about thirty
hours before the time set for eXecu-
ton, the voice of the chief of police of
Warsaw called over the telephone to
the assistant prison warden: Get ready
these ten prisoners giving names and
dates and arrest-'for immediate trans
fer to the citadel Gendarme Officer
Baron Rudberg will call in half an
hour with the necessary orders and
will 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 We're
left inside the yard, at the prison ell
trance - yawning, smoking sleepily
cursing the revolutionists. Baron Rud-
berg-very stiff. very insolent-proceed-
ed to the assistant warden and deiiv-
cred the orders for the prisoners. The
minutes while the warden was exam
lining the papers were hours of rack
ing strain to the terrorist beneath Bar
on RudbeSg's mask. II there were
any flaw in the forgeries he and his
comrades would die with the ten But
the forgeries were perfect
THE warden humbly begged pardon,
but his papers were not yet ready.
Baron Rudberg abused his slowness
with true official arrogance An hour
passed-two This delay had not been
counted on Momently the baron ex-
pected some telephone call, some po-
lice visit. that would send them al
to death. But finally the formalities
were completed and the prisoners or
dered from their cells
''The prisoners. of course, We're en-
tirely ignorant of the scheme for their
rescue. When the ten We're all brought
together one of them recognized the
baron, and so sudden was the idea
that here was plot for. their deliver
ance that he could not mask his face
The baron saw the look and trembes,
lest others had alsoseen it, Immediately
he burst into new abuse of the warden,
which turned all eyes to that official
and reduced him to cringing apology.
1.-THE ten prisoners We're led down TO
the entrance. where the six policemen
and the black prison wagon We're in
waiting. The policemen. with all the
characteristic brutality of the Russian
police. showed into the wagon the ten
prisoners. still ignorant of their fate
taking care that their comrades did not
attempt q desperate dash for liberty.
Then the gates We're thrown open and
the wagon ratified out.
''As they were going through quiet,
almost homeless. street one of the po-
licemen on the back step called out:
|, Hold. y wheel is broken,' The wag
on stopped and the driver climbed
down ana stopped to examine the inai-
Gated wheel. Suddenly he was caught
by the throat and thrust in among the
prisoners. Then the horses were driven
to secluded country house. Clothes.
money and passports We're furnished
them. and Immediately all concerned
were hurrying toward the frontier