The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-06

be balanced with his revolutionary
work In helping to kill a grand duke
and administer OF state?" was asked.
Mo- replied Mr.. Menschikoff.
"AzeI was beast"
T 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 as
spy among terrorists.
"One society which | joined in the
course OF my duty provided me with an
experience which | shall never forget.
BY the tierceness of my declarations
and the enegry ! displayed / rose I'M
til was selected 10 carry out N .iesr
perate deed involving the murder ot
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.
l 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 ! was a police
spy. Their method of doing this was
interesting.
The chief of the society wrote out
the details Of an attemptto be made
on certain high official At u time
when only the leader and We're 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
archist chief returned and pocketed
the documents.
"On 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 thatstheir plans had been
divulgedr to the police by some traitors
Since the chief Of the anarchists and
myself We're 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 lonely wood near Mos
COW, bound hand and foot by the ter
rorists and ordered to confess. cat
first, rendered desperate by my peril,
| stoutly refused to admit my guilt,
shouting frantically, i deny 1t all!
But with many curses and blows,
they told me that l was already con.
victed They ordered me to diyulge
to them the secrets of the political
police. This, however, refused to
do, My captors then held a consufta
ton and decided to'folow the methods
of the inquisition and wiring from ME
by torture the particulars thay were
seeking. Pins were forced In
to all parts of my body, each tormen-
tor apparently yying with the others
to discover a place which would pro,
duce the most excruciating pain
The lash was applied in addition 10
the pins, Then the captors, consid.
ering It vain to gain any information,
discussed methods of killing the trai.
tor. A handsome young Polish, Jew
ess, says the narrator came forward
and exclaimed; fi-."'-
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.
er. 1t will give him time to think
over his treachery.'
"The suggestion was heartily ap-
proved. With many curse and blow
was promptly carried off 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 brutality kicked me almost into
insensi0ility 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 unspeakable
terror OF that moment. Nerve racking
though the period Of suspense had
been, 1t was as nothing to this. Pres
entity the rumble grew to roar, and
turning my head, ! saw the lights OF
the express approaching. Then l thinf
| / lost all control of myself. In fren
| zy of fear | redoubled my efforts Il
escape, flinging myself this way ant
| that Larger and larger grew thos,
| glazing orbs of light, nearer and near
| er came the ponderous wheels. real
ICED that had but few moments
more t. live. Making an effort, man
| aged 70 lie calmly for brief secont
| or two: theu braced feet and shout
ders and heaved upward with all IN,
| remaining strength.
| THE cord parted. With one will
scream Of excitement rolled between
the rails. | remember deafening
thunderous roar and the approach of {
hot blast, such as comes from thu