Milford chronicle., 1907-05-31
A DARING RESCUE.
How Russian Terrorists Got Ten oi
Their Brethren Out of Jail.

How Russian Terrorists Got Ten .
Their Brethren Out of Jail.
Like the invention Of a romancer 4
the following true incident from an ar
ticle by Leroy Scott IN Everybody
Magazine. illustrating the resourceful
pess and cool nerve Of the Russian ter
rorists:
In Warsaw a year ago one OF the
most skillful. most daring, Of recent
terroristic plans was consummated-
without shot or the loss Of drop OF
blood. Ten political prisoners In Pavy-
ack prison were condemned to death,
and a group Of Warsaw terrorists de-
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 OIL
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
lndubitably 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 inside the yard, at the prison en-
trance - yawning, smoking, sleepily
cursing the revolutionists. Baron Rud-
berg-very stiff, very insolent-proceed-
ed to the assistant warden and deliv-
cred the orders for the prisoners. The
minutes while the warden was exam
ining the papers were hours of rack |
ing strain TO the terrorist beneath Bar
on Rudberg'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 all
to death. But finally the fOrmalities
were completed and the prisoners Or
dered 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
baron, and so sudden was the idea
that here was a plot for their deliver
7nce that he could not mask his face
The baron saw the look and trembled
lest others had also seen 1t. Immediately
he burst into new abuse Of the warden,
which turned all eyes to that official
and reduced him to crlnging apology.
THE ten prisoners were led down to
he entrance, where the six policemen
md the black prison wagon were in
waiting The policemen, with all the
brutality Of the Russian
police. showed into the wagon the ten q
prisoners, still ignorant of their fate
aking care that their comrades did not
ttempt a desperate dash for liberty.
Then the gates were thrown open and
he wagon ratified out.
"As they were going through a quiet,
lmOst homeless, street one of the pO-
lcemen on the back step called out:
Hold. a wheel is brokenT The wag-
N stopped, and the driver climbed
own and stopped to examine the indi-
ated wheel. Suddenly he was caught
y the throat and thrust in among the
rlsoners Then the horses were driven
0 secluded country house. Clothes.
money and passports were furnished
hem, and Immediately all concerned
7ere hurrying toward the frontier"