The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-09
RUSSIAN CRUELTY
PORTRAYED IN CASE OF CAIRO.
TIES RELATiVE-HUS5AND
SENT TO SIBERIA.
Home Of Parents conficatcd, Family
Turned into Street, Household
Effects Burned-Pris-
oners Beaten.

A story of cruc't1 10 Russia which
makes mems blood boil comes to
Cairo in letter from one OF the Vie
TINS, Mrs Ervene Modele, cousin of
H. II. Harrison, who is employed as
tailor for N, Sander It confirms all
the worst stories ever written con
corning the inhuman treatment of
petty offenders against the govern.
ment, and their families, and sur
passes many of them in its horrfying
details. Mr.. Harrison had his cousins
letter translated and it is given here
in full
Ve'na, November list. 1903.
1007h Germanea Street.
Dearest Cousin, Julius Harrison,
with tears in my eyes and with a
broken heart, come and to write You
this letter to explain you my circum-
stances. When my husband found
ont that he has TO SO as a soldier for
three yea9s, SO he left home and went
to KoTro and stayed for while, but
they finally caught him and brought
him back to Velna, and they took
him as soldier and he served two
months, but he knew in what a shape
he left me with four children so he
made up his mind to 90 to America
and 50 he did and on the voyage
they caught him, he knew the results,
what it. would be when they took him
back, so he put up scuffle and
knocked one Of the officers down, but
the soldiers oyerpowered him and
had him chained, hands and feet. and
brought him back to Velna. When
found out that he was in Jail. Il
went to see him, but they would not
let me go to him, they kept him for
a few months and he had his trial
and was sentenced for ten years, to
Siberia. Then | begged the police au-
thorities to take me and the children
also, but they made fun of me, and
they pushed me out in the street, and
tainted aud the children was all
around me and they took him to the
depot to send hin away and the
children commenced to cry when he
turned around to see them may be for
the last time, one of the soldiers
knocked him down to the ground,
they had to help him to get up, for
he was chained hands and feet, like
he would be if he was one Of the
biggest murderers in the world Know
] am left on starvation. no clothes for
us, no fuel. the only fuel we have is
what the children go to some houses
and get low hot ide A 81 pot and
that we have to warm ourselves by
! live in one room aud have no
money to pay the rent If | don't pay
soon they viii put me out on the
street | am sick in bed and if
don't get any help and the chill
dren will have to take our life, for
death is much better than to live as Il
am living in this God.forsaken Russia
My father can't help me, he can't
help himself. He has been blind for
q part of ten years You may ask
why does his parents not help me.
win explain When he left home and
his time come to be a soldier and
lie WAS not there, the officials fined
him 100000 but he did not have The
money TO pay the fine, and they took
his little house away and gave him
three days notice to move He is
old, past 60 years, and could not
stand it, he taken sick and on the
nth day they put all his furniture on
the street, some time during the night
the loafors put fire to everything and
all is burned up, they taken him to
the Poor House and there they don't
keep any one more than two weeks,
ana me and the children have already
3 cen tho p. and ii oit's had ten cent
a day to live on, | would consider
myself lucky. SO Dear Cousin, If you
can send me a couple of dollars. that
viii keep me and my children for a
few weeks My Oldest child is six
years old, and the youngest eight
old 1t is a hundred times
worse than ! have written in this let
ter, | don't think there is pen that
could write the punishment we stand
in this bloody Russia VIII close with
best wishes, hoping TO hear from you,
Cousin
BRONZE MODELE.
l0007ia Germanie St, Velno, Russia