New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
!, FREE
TIE u-OMAN EIILED'
plsqlf of Tsco Notable Trials IN
Russian Capital.

,...- March o-The trial of
-re.,,ail,oysEv and Nine Bresh-
...s,-.,a On the charge of TeNoiuOioh-
,,,,-,;-srv ended to-day with the
,..., =, TschaikovsSy and tine com
-. mild sentence OF exile imposed
49, F-eshkoN sksYa- TschaikoVsky
-, u.as so pessimistic regarding the
-. -l,st he spent the interval WINE
...-,-s retired in planning an appeal.
-. 5,reshkoyskaya's counsel lamented
e.,-. that she lacked four years or the
.xe,-ptinc rer from hard labor
-, e~ef -leam of hope however. came
- 81, Judges dropped the charge against
-, .,-on,ar. Of preaching the assassination
-. rr,peror. under which exile. with
,sb,~ WAS inevitable on conviction.
..r.re deli5erated for ten minutes;
b.. 81, doors were opened and the verdict
-,r5e~e5 While Nme. Breshkovskaya' s
.,.+or,e ,,-oyIdes a perpetual exile. she
,.-,5 ,,ard labor. which her counsel con-
e.1e- great victory.
handful Of friends surrounded the
.s.,---- sf,,v-oring congratulations upon
.,-.. Ind exchanging kisses. The guards
.,.---,1 ,ha woman half an hour with her
,-s,-.a.. oofare taking her to the detention
,..+.-,- -c..rr size viii await deportation.
-fc coIlanse or the prosecutions case
.,-,e 5,e - The utter discrediting of Pateuk
who is serving 4 life term for murder and
o.her crimes. and the failure OF the crown
- present othc- witnesses who could con-
,,c, T-rhsikot sky aad Mime. Rreshkov-
etays with revolutionary activity. as
charged in the Indictment The woman
housccr. had pleaded guilty 10 being Il
l,o
~ business records introduced amply &C
counted for Tschaikovsky's presence in
Russia.
aikoTsky viii 'Cave nero in three
veeS- for England. Mrs Brcshkovekayas
rEiie. shown hy tho experience OF others.
Ill t' reasonably comfortable if money Is
forthcoming from either her or her friends.
WFea the trial was resumed to-day the
prisoners in turn addressed the court.
T=cis izovsky occupied all Of the morning
rith recital in justification OF the part
r. asd rsyed in the affairs OF his country
end e bis career generally. He explained
his motive in visiting the United Sattes as
des.rc so collect funds 10 be used sole
IL fer the benefit Of exiled families and
striking workinEmen-
The court questioned him closely regard
N
,hs admission that the moneys collected
hsd been turned over to a committee Of
social Rev olutionists' allies. and that the
prisoner had no control over their distri-
buIiou.
Nno BreshkoH skaya spoke briefly. main
'y I'm an effort 10 clear Tschaikoyskv. The
stter was utterly exhausted by his exami-
aston. and ~ its conclusion fell asleep.
fi. had resting upon his wife's shoulder.
-Ano. Rreshko7 skaya also showed signs of
fats
Nicholas Tschaikovsky. Father Of the
Russian Revolution was the first leader
e: Tie reform movement in Russia in the
e-lr 7js. and Is one OF the few surviving
.srHes ef those stirring days He is now
se' eDfy-four years old. After several i'm
lTIseur1en1s lie was forced into exile in
- and came 20 this country Several
,o8rs We're spent in work and study. Then
BE- Rrat 70 London. where he made his
Ie1Iq q-arters. In 1896 he came back TO this
country 10 obtain help for his countrymen.
snd on returning TO St. Petersburg in 1907
v2s arrested and imprisoned in the fortress
O. s Peter and st. Paul.
Mms RreshEovskaya underwent the
r5-h,ps Of Siberian exile for the cause of
Russian freedom over thirty years ago A
--r years ago she visited the United
states Tor The purpose Of arousing senti-
r.ent Tor the oppressed people Of her ma
rre country and OH returning TO St
Petersburg was arrested
Great interest IN the case Of the two pris-
oue-- IS beer manifested in this country.
snd es- fal FIVE hundred prominent citi-
zors q New York, Chicago, Boston ana
Philadelphia signed 4 petition TO Premier
Solyp5a asking that an open trial be
s.anet
Tho Joint irdic;rnent found against them
charged membership in the Central Revo-
lo'1sry Committee and cited articles
slowing thar they had advocated terror
sa lsehaikoYsky was quoted as making
Sr'ee7es in favor of the crime of regiclde.
an Nine Bres kovskaya as avowing par
i''pa'on In the preparations for the
saSsinsiion of n. von Plehve, Grand Duke
Se.-i's and P0hiedonostsen