davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

police and sealed with his official seal.
He asked the gcn-d 'arme to come in.
81 We got my men outside, was his
answer.
Let them come too, it 3 nwfully
cold. - Seven gcn 'armes and seven
soldiers, properly equipped in uniforms
and arms, accordingly lounged into the
room and passage. smoking cigarettes
and chatting with the clerks and war
dcns OIL night duty In Russia, most Of
the political arrests are made after
midnight. so there is more movement
in prison Offices between then and nine
in tho morning than at any other time
during the twenty four hours.
The officer of the gen d 'armcs was
the merricst of tho party. He amused
everybody with his Jokes at the expense
of private No. 1874. whom he called the
stupidest man he ever had under him,
The party had TO wait nearly an hour
because the driver Of tho pnson van
had to be reused, the horses put in and
the ten prisoners themselves awakened
and searched before being packed into
the ten small cells. ventilated by three
gratings n foot square in the side of
the vehicle,
At last all was ready. The gendarmc
officer bid the prison staff hearty
good night. saw his ten charges were
properly installed in the van, ordered
Private No, lSf up by the driver, saw
that the other men he had brought with
him were on their horses Mt short in
| tervals aud close enough to the van tc
make escape mpossible-then the whole
party went rumblng down the street
| The clerk and warders went back IL
the office and dozed till morning.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

friends hope to be able to smugglc him
back to Russia some day. :
Not only men, but women ard girls
sometimes manage to elude their guards
Mt the convict settlements and tramp
hundreds of miles TO some point whence
they escape to hospitable corners OF
France, England, Hungary, Sw,tZer
land or America. Their adventures and
endurance would fill volumes. Many
never leave the home of their adop-
tlon, and often become American cti
zens. Others cannot resist the temp,a-
tion to return and do so only to be
caught again and sent back to Siberia.
| know an old countess who. at 40 years
old, is now on her way to the mines for
the third time. She first went out as a
girl, escaped to America and after some
years, hearing "Russia 50 sons Of lib
erty,' as she calls the revolutionists.
wanted her, returned, only TO be cap
tured. That time her friends managed
TO get her a pardon. But she used her
liberty to go about the country teach
ing the peasants and telling them the
land should belong TO them. She was
again arrested. tried after three years
solitary confinement. and sentenced to
exile for the rest of her life. The recent
trial of the famous Catharine Bresh-
kovsky, "the grandmother of the revo-
lution,' running on similar lines. with
the same cruel ending, is too fresh in
the public mind to need further men
hon, These are some OF the wounded
in the long Russian struggle towards
the light
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
"Never heard of them!'' was the

"Never heard. of them" was the
reply.
The clerk rushed to the order handed
in the night before by the geudarme
it was as right as could be, Just then
in walked tn" van driver, looking half
dazod. As soon as he had driven throo
streets off. he said, Kon, the stupid
soldier, No 1874, pressed n handkerchief
soaked in chloroform to his nose and
the next thing he remembered was that
he found himself living in n field out
side the town. The empty van stood
by and the ground around was Uttered
the seven gcndarmes and seven sol
dIers,
Rudnicki was the gendarmc officer
and all the others were revolutionnries
dressed up in real uniform which Rud
nicki had bought. second hand. in the
Jewish market. The order was, OF
course. forged, but the paper had been
taken from the office Of the head OF
the police and so had tho seal. Before
the Paviak authorities fully realized
what had happened, the ten prisoners
were ont of the country. They sent
the prison officials post cards from
Switzerland, saying they were sorry
for any inconvenience they had caused
Now they are all doing well in various
uarts Of the world-one or two in Amer
lea, 80 | hear. If Rudnicki had not
saved them they would have been
hanged.
Nerve Is Needed.
As q rule. "nerve." such as Rud
nicki resortcd to, combined with we'll
laid plans, does more to carry through
escapes than anything else. A norori.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
FICTION OUTDONE
IN REAL LIFE.
BY WlLFREO WEBSTER

Gus case of this kind happened to m
officer we will call General Kasbek
now Of Nladivostok. The general was
then commandant of the fortress OF
Novo. .Georgievsk, where huge stores OF
grain, as well as political prisoners. are
kept. The commandant buys the grain
through Jewish factors.
Not long ago five "politicals' were
given INTO his care The court martial
over which he presided condemned them
TO death for shooting policemen. The
day before that fixed for their execu
tion he had visit from his principal
grain factor whose name was Levy.
81 want you to let Off these five men
condemned to death, general said
Levy
"Impossible. growlcd the general
"tbey havo assassinated several police
mem
Levy waited in silence for some time
whilst the general went on with his
writing. "What are YOU standing
there ,or7' he was asked at last.
81 am waiting for YOU TO make Out
five orders for the immediate release
of these five polticals, answered Levy
quietly. The general began to storm.
E'It' IS no use,' said Levy, "You are
in my power. For ten years ] have
supplied this fortress with grain. You
know as well as | do that you made
me make out bills for twice as much
as was really supplied, and kept the
difference for yourself. ] have all the
proofs in my accounts and the govern
ment is making inquiries into corrup-
ton. Either you write and sign orders
for the release of these men, who are
my co-reli gionists. or | take the next
train to st Petersburg and report your
methods to the minister of war;
The general turned pale with rage,
Il t.,N.I lao
signed the "passes" and handed them
to tho factor. Exposure of his grain
transactions would have meant
-uin and he was just expecting rrei
ment.
Levy took the papers and got per-
mission to see the condemned men IN
their cells. AS they were to die next
comment Each took his permit and.
when the guard was changed showed
it, walked out Of the gates as coolly
ms possible and got over the frontier.
The guards thought the commnndant
had orders from tho car to release
them Kasbek, when the matter was:
i'm due course, reported to him, declared
tho passes had been forged and ordered
n chase to be organized. But twenty
four hours had elapsed and tho tugl-
tivcs were never heard of by the fort
ress authoritios again
Free from Long Exile.
Another of my acquaiutances got free
from lifelong exile in Siberia and
twenty years hard labor in the mines
by living for three days in barrel
His photograph, taken in prison, shows
him in his convict dress, He was mixed
up in robbery -under-arms case-very
common III Russia. But tho band he
bnI 10 ,,rpp,icnl fo hin, oil
When the convoy started for Siberia
at Irkutsk, he feigned sickness, declared
he could not walk and got permission
to hire peasants IS cart. A couple OF
soldiers rode near to see lac kept up
with the rest. OF course the driver OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

the cart was one of his friends, as the
whole thing had been planned before.
hand. The soldiers noticed that a sec
ond peasant S cart kept some way be-
hind them, but. as the driver had his
passport and said he was bound for q
certain town TO sell his barrel Of picked
cucumbcrs, they could not interfere,
The road TO the convict settlement
led through big forest. The cart CON
tanning the convict-whose name was
Pctroif-seemed inclined to lag behind.
Petrof lay In the straw. groaning from
time To time as the cart lolted over
the rough road The deeper they got
into the forest the nearer the peasant
with the cucumbers to sell got to them
Night drew on, yet they were a good
two hours from the next hating place.
Now the two carts were side by side.
Whilst the soldiers were singing to
while away the weary road. Petrotf,
whose groans, rs he lay under the
straw, had seemingly ended In sleep. at
signal from the driver THAT the guards
were not looking-their horses had ia
ken them q few PAGES in front-jumped
from under the straw in one cart. to
the same position in the other. The
cart with the barrel of cucumbers now
Jagged behind. whilst that hired by the
guards kept up with them.
II WIS NJ idIh IHaI efcu Hdu
soldiers thought 10 look, they would not
have noticed Petroff's figure was no
longer outlined under the straw and
the prison coat. Meanwhile, the GU
cumber seller had helped Petroff into
the empty barrel and struck into the
thick of the forest. There, after some
search: they fonnd n cutting Just wldo
enough for the cart, which, according
TO Russian custom. was long and very
narrow, so that it could wind in and out
between trees.
The barrel was ventilated. by means
Of few holes; but PetroR had an aw.
full time Of it. The driver, afraid of
searchers, dare not open it except for
few minutes every day, whom he hand
ed in bread and cold tea. The guards,
of course, found out what had happened
when they reached the halting station
and ordered Petroff out of the cart for
the night. The driver got good thrash
ing, but, as the soldiers, and not he,
were supposed to look after the prison
crs, he was allowed to go home,
Search was made for Petroif. but 1t
is hard to trace n peasant s cart In
Siberian forest and the convoy had TO
push on, After three days Petroff and
his friend got far enough away to es-
cape from the scarchcrs and the fugitive
was pulled from the barrel more dead
than alive. Thoy buried, his convict IS
clothes in the forest and bought him
some more ut village, He took some
weeks to get to Vladivostok, where he
shipped as a stowawav for America. HIS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

certain arricles-such. for example, as
pots. pans, kettles, and other stove fur.
niture-h8S been entirely absorbed and
is today monopolized, by the prisons.
Outsiders are unable TO compete. With
certain kinds of furniture it is the same
way. The making of scrubbing brushes
and shoe brushes is almost monopoly
Of the penitentiaries. and there is great
price depressing competition by the
prisons in brooms and whisks. These
are favorte prison products. recurring
the least skilled labor and the smallest
outlay for material and machinery.
Like other forms of industrial activity.
prison manufacturing within the last
few years has shown n marked tendency
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Worms

'cascarcts are certainly hue. gave q friend
one when the doctor wns treating him for cancer
Of the stomach. The next morning he passed
four pieces OF n tape worm. He then got = bog
and In three days he passed q tape-worn 45 feet
long. IL was MI Matt Freck. of MillcrpburG,
Dauphin Co. Pa am quite worker for Cascn-
rcta use them nay self and hnd them beneficial
so< most any dioease caused by Impure blood"
Chas. E. Condor, Lewiston, Pa, CMitflin Col
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Eever Sickcn. Weaken oF Gripe-
4oc. 2Sc. Soc. Mover sold In bulk The Rcnu-
ene tablet stamped c. Guaranteed 10
arv oS yoeK money back GA
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

tive competition in the market-an op-
portunity of which it is never slow to
avail itself
The seriousness OF this competition
may be judged when it is considered
shat an army Of over 10000 workers is
regularly employed. all the year round,
in prison factories of the United States.
These operatives will produce $S3 ,O0O
600 worth of goods duri'- the present
year. They will make in that period
about $S.000,0O0 worth of boots and
shoes: $1jG0,OO worth of binding
twinc; Sl.SO0,O0 worth of brooms and
brushes; $2,4OO00O worth of furniture
(chicfly tables and chairs; $2,650,0
worth of clothing; 100000 worth of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

"Givc me MS much money as ] want
for expenses and fifteen men, said
Rudnicki 81 II do ii. -
After some discussion the committee
complied with his request He was
given fifteen men and carte blanche,
for it seemed their only chance Of get.
ting the prisoners out Of police tor.
turc.
A few nights afterwards the officer
on duty Mt the receiving Office Of tho
Pawiok prison was aroused from n dozc
ly ! l1ud krocking at the door, \
daSiiL2 ecL Il 'aiula entered the room,
presented Il large Official envelope and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Startling Escapes From Russian Prisons

Special Gable TO The Tribune. i
WARSAW, Aug. l3.-In spite Of its
cost, its extent and It's cruelty, the
Russian police system is n failure-as
great failure as a reactionary autoc-
rncy which out of repression is pro
ducing a generation OF fanatical pro-
gresslves, Proof Of this is seen in the
daily escapes from Russian iails-not-
withstanding the elaborate network of
prccautionS-the constant swelling of
the exile colonies in London. Geneva.
Paris and Buda-Pesth, and the present
necessity for augmeutiug the secret
service agents In foreign cities
a sensational cnpture in Buda Pesth
Of score Of Russian anarchists has
demonstrated the dangerous plottings
that are gong on against the authority
of the car, pl9ttings conducted by men
and women animated by the dual forces
of idealism and revenge. Some have
themselves felt the iron heel of Rus
sian repression. They are afre with n
frenzied desire to return bombs for
knout lashes.
- have talked to many Of these es,
capped prisoners hidden in Russian
towns or moving more freely in foreign
colonies. As a rule they are 10th to
talk about themselves. but some have
described escapes that make most fic,
tion look faded and dull. One of my
acquantances is five and twenty, quiet,
pale and retiring, His name is Rud.
Dickl. ] met him for the first time in
London, He spoke very little and
when, after he had gone, our hostess
asked mo what ! thought of him, re.
piled: ''lle is not exactly interest
ing
on wouldn i think that he fixed up
the famous PaviaE escape. - she said
He has also been in prison. He will,
the doctors say. be quite blind in an
other ten years-the damp Gel! caused
rheumatism III the eyes
Daring Piece of Work.
Now the "Paviak escape was one
of the most dashing pieces Of work ever
carried out. 1t happened like this
Rudnickl belonged to the Polish party
OF Socialists. He and his comrad-7 h7
all served f?rnIul IsIw: in yIiIin )na
day, ter & Tie sJ.lmitt,. we're arrested
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

said: "These men, named an the paper,
are TO be handed over to me at once.
! have orders to remove them to the
citadel tonight. Their trial is to take
place tomorrow and the commandant
thinks it safer not TO let the people see
1t done in broad daylight.
The man on duty opened the envelope
and read the order for the removal Of
ten of his prisoners to the citadel 1t
was typewriter. sioncd by the chief of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

well finished, but wear longer than
those made outside. Firms nsing free
labor have to use inferior materials in
order TO meet the prices established by
the Jail firms. Being largely work
%lg shoes, in which strength and dura.
bllity are the desiderata prison shoes
command n ready sale. But in a few
prisons high grade and high-price shoes
of superior quality are manufactured.
Among the most obyious effects of
prison labor are loss of employment by
large numbers of people, serious re-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

vict labor has thrown them out of work
by thousands.
The Chicago stockyards market for
lard tierces, pork barrels. and other
wood bound cooperage. up to the time
of the passage of the new law, was
practically abandoned TO the prisons,
prices with which outsiders could not
possibly compete. Likewise, in the
manufacture Of certain kinds of whips
and lashes. the penitentiaries have
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

TO pass under the control Of a few in.
oividuals. Thus. for example, one con-
tractor controls the entire furniture out
put of the penitentiaries in five states.
Another controls the whole output Of
clothing from the prisons of six states.
IT is obvious that such concentration
under the management of q single con.
cern places the latter in position to
exercise AGGRESSIVE, and often dcstruc-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

About noon next day the priso
van was wanted A messenger, sent TO
the stables, came back saying 1T had
not yet returned from the citadel. The
clerk rang mp the citadel TO know what
they were dwadling about. but the cita.
del staff replied that no van had been
there that night.
GLOW about the ten politlcals we
sent you up cried the astonished
c1ork
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

factories, capable of turning out goods
zen labor can produce But the prison
manufacturer, employing what is in eff
feet slave labor. at ., extremely low
cost. is easl,-- able to unuerseli all com
petitors. either driving them out Of
business, or forcir- them to reduce
prices aud wages. In this manner il
comes about that the manufacture of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

and taken to the Paviak-a prison in
Warsaw. The trial was to come on and
Rudnicki feared some of them would
be tortured into confessing all sorts of
party secrets. They must be got out at
all costs. The committee said it was
impossible TO get ten men from the
Paviak. Nobody had ever been known
TO escape from there; the place was
we'll guarded and in the middle of the
town
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Convicts No Longer to Compete With Labor Free Men;
Prisons Will Soon Cease to Be Factories
BY

prison.made shoos-over 2,ooo,ooo pairs
for that yenrl In fact, prison compe.
tition has compelled many boot and
shoe manufacture to abnndon entirely
the production Of certain lines Of goods.
Tho competition Of prison made shoes
hns seriously reduced the scale Of wages
pnid in free labor factories. Such
shoes, generally speaking, are not so
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

hosiery. and 100000 worth of stove
hollow -ware-a1l of those goods, be 1t
remembered. In dlroct. market compe-
titior with the output Of FREQ labor
In the same lincs.s
Largest Prison Industry.
It will BIO noticed that the manu-.
facture Of boots and shoes is much
the largest prison industry. The con.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Leopard Injuries Nine People.
al Cable to The TrIbune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
LISBON. Aug. 13.--Nine persons were
injured during a short spell OF freedom
enjoyed by leopard which escaped from
menagere at Vega, Portugal. The
animal. after mauling two women. made
off with child in Its paws. bat dropped
ii when the chase came near. Tho child
was scarcely injured at all
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
BY RENE BAcHE

duction of wages, and a lowering of
the quality of goods produced by citizen
workers. Incidentally. dreadful hard
ships are inflicted upon laborers Of that
class which deserves the greatest sym
pathy and consideratio being made up
principally OF widows, orphans and
other almost helpless individuals who
can earn only a pittance az hest. Con-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

actment of the new law. produced 81
600 900 worth of footwear annually. In
1904. according to figures gathered by
the government bureau Of labor, this
country turned out Z $50 Bod palrs OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14

The penitentiaries of many states.
within the last few years. have been
equipped with improved machinery
thus converting them into first t.class
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
ARRESTED FOR A Theft
COMMITTED A YEAR AGO
italian Brought Here From
Lima To Face Charge.
Agnello Giuseppe Is Found by Man
lie Robbed Almost IA Year After the
Oncnse Was ComInlttcd-Is Charg-
cd With Grand Larceny.

Arrested at Lima last night by Chief
j. w. Klinefelter of the local police
force, Agnello Giuseppe, an Italian,
was brought here this morning 10
answer to charge of grand larceny
preferred by Garlic Giuseppe. The
complainant alleges in an affidavit
filed In the court of Mayor Setter, that
Agnello Giuseppe stole jewelry, cloth
ing and other possessions to the value
of $92 and that the theft occurred on
December Is, 1909.
The plaintiff in the case has been
trying to gain clew to the where
abouts of the defendant ever since the
robbery. Only recently he learned
that he was I'm Lima. Investigation
proved that he was staying with one
of his countrymen who keeps a small
candy store i'm Lima.
When Chief Klinefelter and Garlic
Giuseppe entered the store last night
they found the man they were after
and he was placed under arrest with
out any difficulty.
The Italian Will probably be ar
raigned in the mayors court Monday
morning.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
TO JOHN BRADY
Caught in Moving Machin.
cry While Performing
Duties.
Arm Broken And Several Burns Sus
taincd; Taken TO Emergency
Hospital.

While performing his customary du-
ties at the Marion National Mil this
morning, John G. Brady became the
victim of a very painful and serious
accident. Mr.. Brady had gone down
into the basement to attend to some
of the machinery. and. In some man
ner, his clothing became entangled in
the shafting which was in motion,
literally wrapping the man about the
swiftly moving machinery. The fore
man upstairs, hearing scream. ran
to the aid of the injured man. The
machinery was stopped as quickly as
possible, and the man released,
The Hess and Markert ambulane
was summoned. and he was quickly
carried to the Central Emergency hos
pital, where II was found that an arm
had been broken, and numerous severe
burns sustained. Drs. Ramroth, Uhler
and Brady were called and pronounce
ed the case a very serious one. The
extent of the injuries is not yet wholly
known but 1t Is thought that they are
not necessarily fatal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
DID NOT CARE
FOR HIS MOTHER
Hoyt Orth is Given Suspend
ed Sentence.
WAS RELEASED FROM ARMY
Mother is in Need of Some
Help.
Provided the Young Man Assists I'm
Caring For His Aged And Invalid
cd Mother, lie Will Not he Sent to
The Works.

Hoyt Orth, who two years ago was
released from service I'm the regular
army that he might care for his
mother, Mrs. Anna Orth, who is quite
advanced in years and is invalided,
was taken in charge by Humane
officer J. w. Ulsh, Friday evening
ON a charge of failing to provide for
his mother. He was brought before
Justice of the Peace c. l.. Gompf
and was given a fine of twenty-five
dollars and costs and a four mouths
sentence in the workhouse. Orth was
released, both penalties being sus-
pended so long as he assists in
providing for his mother.
The case is rather a sad and un-
natural one. Young Orth was in the
regular army service and his mother
was in need. Friends interceded for
him and secured his release from
the service. He came home and for
a short time assisted i'm caring for
his mother, but later he became very