The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-11-04


poukin. assistant secretary of the inte-
rior and chief Of police. for which act
the Official was exiled to Siberia In
1909. Azeff was tried by revolution
airy court at Paris In his absence. and
condemned to death. He Is In hiding.
II the revolutionists ever find him.
i"Could not the treachery Of Azeff
be balanced with his revolutionary
work in helping to kill grand duke
and ministerbf stated" was asked.
NO" replied Mr.. Menschikoff.
"Azeff was beast"
James Persitz. late an official in the
Russian secret police. now In New
York engaged In writing his memoirs.
gave an account of his adventures az
a spy among terrorists.
"One society which joined In tho
course oil my duty provided me with an
experience which shall never forget.
BY the fierceness of my declarations
and the enegry displayed l rose UNI
til was selected to carry out a des-
perate deed involving the murder OF
q number of prominent officials. Need
less to say, the plot was communicate
ed by me to the officials OF the secret
police. Communication with them
was. of course, extremely dangerous.
took the greatest possible care to
cover up the traces of my handiwork.
but nevertheless the anarchist police
outwitted me and secured incontro-
vertible evidence that l was police
spy. Their method of doing this was
interesting.
The chief of the society wrote out
the details of an attempt to be made
on a certain high official. At time
when only the leader and were in the
room he made some excuse for leav-
ing me alone for a few moments. In
my eagerness to fulfill my duty ! rap
idly searched over the papers he had
left. noting the place and the date
when the scheme was to be put into
execution. Shortly afterward the an
the documents.
ION the fateful night the chief in
formed me that the attempt had been
postponed. AS / afterward found out.
some members of the anarchist police
sent to survey the neighborhood had
detected signs of the watching officials
and realized that their plans had been
divulged to the police by some traitor.
Since the chief of the anarchists and
myself were the only two people who
had any knowledge of the intendd
outrag-which, of course, was simply a
sham affair prepared to trap me. !
was Immediately known to them In
my true light as police spy"
After this, Mr.. Persitz says, he was
decoyed to a lonely wood near Mos.
COW, bound hand and foot by the ter
rorists and ordered to confess AT
first, rendered desperate by my peril.
| stoutly refused to admit my guilt,
shouting frantically, I deny 1t ALI
Rut. with many curses and blows,
they told me that l was already con.
vlcted. They ordered me to divulge
to them the secrets of the political
police. This. however, refused to
do. My captors then held consulta-
ton and decided to follow the methods
of the inquisition and wiring from me
by torture the particulars they were
seeking. Pins were forced in
to all parts Of my body, each tormen-
tor apparently vying with the others
to discover a place which would pro-
duce the most excruciating pain.
The lash was applied In addition to
the pins. Then the captors, consid-
ering 1t vain to gain any information.
discussed methods of killing the trail
tor handsome young Polish Jew
ess, says the narrator came forward
| and exclaimed:
81 have an excellent idea. All the
| deaths you suggest are too quick. He
is tied; let us lay him on the railway.
The Petersburg express will shortly
be due, and the Gus will have the
pleasure of lying helpless while he
sees the train coming nearer and near.
err. 1t will give him time to think
| over his treachery'
THE suggestion was heartily ap
proved With many curse and blow
was Pre- mptly carried of and laid
across the rails of the Moscow Peters
burg railway. being tied face upper.
most to the rails by the ropes that
bound my hands behind my back. After
having brutally kicked me almost into
insensibility and wished me sarcastic
goodby,' my onetime fellow anarch
lists disappeared in the gathering dark
ness OF the night.
Slowly the minutes passed away
and. at last, to my horror. ! heard the
rumble OF the approaching train
Never shall forget the unspeakabl'
terror OF that moment. Nerve rackinl
though the period OF suspense hat
been. 1t was as nothing to this. Pres
emily the rumble grew to roar. and
turning my head, saw the lights o
the express approaching. Then thin
! lost all control OF myself. In q frer
, ~ of fear redoubled my efforts I
escape. Ringing myself this way an
I. that, Larger and larger grew thos
} glaring oros Of light, nearer and nea
) or came the ponderous wheels. lrsa
: lssd that had but few moment
I more T. live. Making an effort. mai