Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-02

One heard the bolts go back, and
then for five minutes, which seemed an
eternity, the person within struggled
with the strained lock and tried to
turn the key. Then the officer in i'm
patience gave counter orders and three
men went swiftly to n window of the
ground floor and climbed the iron
guard which protected the lower pane.
A determined man within the house
could easily have shot every one of the
aSSailantS and escaped, but the revO-
lutiOnary whom the gendarmes sought
was one who had never raised a fire
arm in his life and at this moment
even, despite the noise, he slept.
There was crash of glass and a
bursting Of wood, and then suddenly
| the three men had jumped into the
, dining room. That room was empty.
They rushed to the kitchen. There
| was no one there but the frightened
servant girls, who had been sleeping
beside the stove. They then stalked to
the front door very cautiously, holding
their revolvers and expecting attack.
1t was pitch dark and they could see
| nothing; they could only hear the Of
| ficer swearing on the other side. The
three soldiers crossed themselves and
| murmured prayers in terror. And
then suddenly they saw the person
| they feared-a very old. gray bearded
man, who could scarcely stand on his
legs
why don't you open the door,"
shrieked the foremost soldier.
What do you require in this
house," asked the old man with as
tOnishing austerity. Are you thieves,
or Is it war? Do you come on Gods
1n int ha
house Of an honest man in the dead OF
the night?"
The soldiers looked confused. There
was quiet moment and then sudden
| ly the raspng voice of the officer was
heard: IF he makes any resistance
shoot him down."
"Confound it," exclaimed the officer,
"the men are bound and gagged,
they're killed perhaps" and he vio-
lently blew whistle so that all night
guards within hearing might hurry to
his aid. Then suddenly the foremost
soldier recovered as from stupor and
rushed to the door to open it. The
| others followed and they wrenched
| the lock- The door opened and they
| stood back expecting the others to rush
forward. The officer, however, con-
tinued to blow his whistle and his two
men played nervously with their re-
volvers. The foremost soldiers ran for
| ward to assure them that there was no
danger and that they had successfully
erected an entrance, when suddenly
there was sharp report and he fell
headlong in the slush. Two or three
men now hurried to the aid of the Of
fcer and they went forward.
Il think 1t very possible our man
may have escaped" said the officer, "or
perhaps l shot him. Light the lantern,
you there, and examine the face OF
the wounded man."
What was their surprise when they
saw that the victim of the officers ter
ror had been their fellow comrade.
| Devil take it," said the officer 81
must make note of that. Forcible
resistance of our entry Take the
wounded man aside and see that no
one escapes"
| Then at the doorway they found the
old man and arrested him. They rush.
ed to the bedroom Of his daughter, a
woman Of 80, who kept house for the
| old man. She was partially dressed,
having been disturbed by the noise.
| They looked under her bed and in the
bed, felt the mattress, looked in the
chest of drawers and then smashed off
the door of the wardrobe in order to
see If there were any one within.
| This Is very serious said the Off
to the old mans bedroom and turned
1t upside down and seized his books
and papers and left man in charge
Then they rummaged through the
| drawing room and found nothing
there. Then they stopped in doubt APP
parently they had overlooked one bed
room, the bedroom where the student
| lay. The officer looked furtively at his
men and pulled one side of his mus
tache retlectively. The affair was evil
IDENTIFY tax on his sagacity, but his
eyes were very crafty.
"A cellar!" said he. My nose tells
me there's a CELLAR" and he smiled at
his men knowingly. You, Pavel, find
the cellar while l interrogate the SER
wants The man has evidently been
| hidden"
| The servants were then brought be-
| fore the officer, and as they were peas
ant girls and in mortal terror they soon
| confirmed his fears.
Have you not seen here a notorious
anarchist named Voronof?"
"Oh yes very often!"
And where is he now hidden?"
Il don't know, batin.'
"Ah, ha! / thought so. We must
be careful. Keep your weapons ready"
Now, while this was going on the
student was wondering what was the
matter. He had not gone to bed till 3
in the morning and was very sleepy,
but the uprOar became so great that
he was forced to give up the idea of
remaining in bed He partially dress
ed himself and went out of his room
to inquire what the stir was about. He
had just stepped out when he ran into
Pavel, the soldier who had been sent
to find the cellar.
Caught said the soldier, and
grabbed him by the arm and rushed
him along and shouted:
Help! Help"
Two more soldiers ran and made the
prisoner secure and brought him to
the officer.
ANY blood shed?" asked he. NO?
Thank God! Now let us be going"
Two soldiers were left on the
premises and the rest marched the
old man and the student to prison.
The same evening the old man was
released, but when nine months later
the student was tried it was urged in
|aggravation of his offence that he had
hid in a cellar when the gendarmes
had come to arrest him and that he
had made a desperate armed resis-
tance, wounding one of the police. His
primary offence was that he had been
concerned in the organization of a
students riot three years before and
the way i'm which the judge weighed
the evidence and the crime is Suftici-
emily indicated by the laconic SEN
tence-''Siberia, twenty years. LON
don Daily News.
Scientific Guessing.