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New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
IN JAIL AT SIXTEEN.

A boy Of sixteen I'm a technical high school
at Moscow, Leonid Menschikoff was arrest
Ell for belonging TO a revolutionary circle.
He was BETRAYED by a fellow member of
the circle. Zubatoff, who became an emi-
nent provOcateur and chief Of police at st.
Petersburg. The young student spent few
months in Jail Then he entered the police
service. not as a spy, but as kind OF clerk
or lower official.
He determined 10 learn the system and
the personnel and TO obtain documents for
the benefit of the revOl1ionists. But he
could not do much for the first fifteen years,
being kept i'm subordinate positions. When
he was transferred 10 the office Of the
Ohkrana. Department of Protection or
Third Section, at st. Petersburg, in 1900,
he found his chance. As head Of the de-
partment Of procedure" he had charge Of
secret and valuable archives. and he direct
cd his subordinates TO make copies of docu-
monts. which copies he appropriated and
deposited in various places in order 10 in
sure their safety Some documents he
would take home at night and make type
written copies himself informing his su-
pcriors that he could not do all the work at
the office by day. In this simple fashion
ne managed 10 accumulate more than 1000
pages Of valuable material He was not
watched or suspected during this period.
lie worked alone and kept aloof from revo-
lutionists. even as the tide Of revolt rose
TO its climax in 1895, for he wished 90 COM
plete a large enterprise. But something
happened which forced him 10 uncover HIM
self
Mr Menschikoff saw in the secret rec
ords that there were three extremely
able agents proyocateur I'm the Third Sec
zion one was named Raskin, another
Nirogradon. another ValuysK These mek.
were i'm the inmOst confidence Of the ter
rcrists. They knew beforehand all the big
,,lots. even the staying Of Minister Plehve
and Grand Duke Sergius. This trinity Of
talent. strange 90 say, focused gradually
into one personage-a master traitor whose
name has removed considerable stigma
from that Of Judas in the minds Of several
million people
Mr. Menschikon regardless Of danger 10
himself and his plans, felt compelled TO
write an anonymous letter 20 a member
Of the revolutionary central committee, in
forming him that a great terrorist leader
was a police SPY. The committee member
vas asked to tell no one except five OF his
fellows, but in his astonishment he showed
the letter 10 Eugene Azeff, who was known
10 him by another name, and said
Who Is Azen'
Il am Azcff," calmly replied the arch spy.
'But there is a mistake. The guilty man is
TatsTon."
Tataron, also mentioned iu the letter,
was In fact a police agent lie was a can
djdate for the inner circle Of terrorism.
sent forward by' his employers for the pur-
rose Of checking up the activities Of
Azcff, whose splendid yillanics had no su-
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z.
I the knowledge Of their comrades. one such
case was that Of Pciroff, who killed the
| Chief OF Police of 81. Petersburg last year
and was hanged for II. Petroff told Bourt-
self that he intended 10 play the Azeff role
against the government Bourtseff advised
him not to do so. lie insisted on his plan,
carried It out and left memoirs explaining
why he acted as he did
Leo Deutch, known the world over as
Russian revolutonist, author OF sixteen
Years I'm Siberia" and at present editing
Russian weekly I'm New York called
"Novy Mira kindly old gentleman with
a twinkling eye-gave The Tribune repre-
sentative an account OF a revolutionary
trial in Paris last year. Mr.. Menschikoff,
quoted above, furnished the evidence in the
case. There are both drama and phychol-
ogy Of spydom in the story.
II was one of the three Judges" said Mr.
Deutch. who talked In German, repre-
senting the Social Democratic party. The
other judges represented the Socialist
Revolutionary and the Socialist Peoples
parties. Our sessions were in a cafe, open
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
HER GENTLE SUGGESTION.

"I have an excellent idea. All the desttd
you suggest are too quick. lie IS tied; let
US lay him on the railway The Petersburg
express will shortly be due, and the cur
will have the pleasure Of lying helpless
while he sees the train coming nearer ana
nearer 1t will give him time 10 think over
his treachery
"The suggestion was heartily approved
with many a curse and blow I vas
promptly carried off and laid across ths
rails Of the Moscow-Petersburg Railway
being tied face uppermost 90 the rails ~
the ropes that bound my hands behind
my back After having brutally kicked ms
almost into insensibility and wished me \
sarcastic 'goodby,' my onetime fellow an'
archists disappeared In the gathering d"rN<
ness OF the night.
Slowly the minutes passed away ana.
ut last, to my horror / heard the rumhls
OF tho approaching train. Never shall
forget the unspeakable terror OF that mo-
ment Nerve racking though the periot
of suspense had been, IT was as nothlns
TO this. Presently the rumble grew to
roar. and, turning my head, / saw ths
lights OF the express approaching. lhen
think | lost all control OF myself In
frenzy OF fear l redoubled my efforts 20
escape. lnging myself this way and that
Larger and larger grew those slarfd' 7~s'
of light. nearer and nearer came the pon'
derous wheels l realized that l had out
a few moments more TO live. Making an ef-
fort / managed to lie calmly for briei
second or two: then 1 breced feet ana
shoulders and heaved upward with all my
remaining strength.
'The cord parted. With one wild scream
of excitement / rolled between the rails.
remember deafening. thunderous roar
and the approach of hot blast, such -
comes from the opening of an enormous
furnace door. Then everything went reu'
and lapsed into insenslbillty."
Mr.. Persltz says he woke up in a hospl'"
three months later. having been delirous
All that time On account OF the affair DO
was rewarded with 800 qualification
money" an increase OF salary and SIN
months vacation, which he spent mostly !"
Italy.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

for this Journey across the mountains of
Eastern Tennessee. Striking the railroad
line to Chattanooga. he sweeps along the
valleys. enjoying the prospect OF the
rugged slopes clothed in the fresh green OF
spring verdure. Now the Great Smoky
Mountains are on his left and the heights
OF the Cumberland Range on his right.
Taking thought for the cross currents from
the gaps, he sails swiftly along over the
Tennessee River, growing ever wider as It
unrolls below
At last the slope Of Missionary Ridge
rises TO view and soon he sees the spires
OF Chattanooga nesting in an angle OF
the river beyond its nose. From the plain
roundabout regiments in blue multi
tude OF them, are drawing together like
innumerable rivulets converging to form
the river. This Is Shermans army. as
great in numbers as Grants, marching out
To destroy Johnson's army at Dalton.
thrty-eight miles TO the southwark. and
TO take Atlanta. Descending In circles
from his eagles fight. lie lands safely on
the plain in the outskirts OF the city,
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

vrrHEN a political killing happens in
~ Russia, look for the agent prOvOca-
This maxim is fairly justified, yet
il has exceptions. There are CONTRADICTIONS
and sinister puzzles. Things Russian are
.topsv-turvy from the moral as well as
other standponts. For latest example take
the staying Of Premier Stolypin VINO
killed him. and for what purpose? The an
swer is not as obvious as an American
would assume. Amazingly enough the
assassin, Bogroff was claimed both by the
government and by the revolutionists lie
was a cog in our machine VINO went
wrong" assert the police. "He was reVo-
lutionist who obeyed our orders say the
disciples of terrorism.
Ii REQUIRES thought TO appreciate the NICE
ness of the dilemma which the situation
presents. especially on the side of the po-
lice The officials find II shade preferable
10 take the wrong cog view, and assert
that Bogroff had a regular permit TO enter
the theatre. and used a revolver supplied by
the authorities. II is less injurious to the
police TO take this view than TO admit that
thew were outwitted by the enemy, and that
terrorism is in successful ascendancy.
~ Bogroff had been asked which side he
worked for. he would have found 1t diff
cult TO answer
There is an increasing roll In Russia
headed by the arch betrayer AZef, VINO
helped 70 kill grand duke and minister
while in government employ, Of ambiguous
persons who may he styled the missing
links or unclassihed monstrosities of revo-
luton Agent provocateur, secret CO.
worker" government spy, revolutionary
spy-these seem to be simple terms whose
meaning can be easily learned and under
stood. But the dictionary definitions do not
satisfy an impartial student There are
things I'm the phenomena not covered by
the definitions. The revolutionists are with
the dictionary. Like the police, they do
not believe in twilight zone; they sepa-
rate the sheep from the goats with clear
cut line They explain most elaborately
that a sheep is a sheep and a goat is a
goat. Nevertheless, survey Of cold facts
shows that there are woolly goats and
goatish sheep. Azeff. Gapon, Petroff, Bo-
croft. they worked on both sides and helped
and hurt both sides. a psychological
zoologist would have difficulty in placing
them.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
Some Who Have Been In-
volved in These Weird
Intrigues Tell Ex-
periences Here.

few days later he came before the court
and told q story that was an intense drama.
He was a student In an institute at Khar-
koff he said, when the head OF tho secret
police, Lieutenant Colonel KaZaEsky. came
TO him and asked him TO become an IN
former Of the plans Of the Social Democrats
party. He was rot asked TO give Names
only plans.
"The young student saw visions Of Sir
beria. lie was frightened. lie consented
10 serve the police. AZ SOON however, as
he was engaged TO be married he proposed
TO his sweetheart that they should leave
Russia, because he wished 70 stop spy
work. And I'm order TO get permission 10
leave the country he visited the police Office
at ST. Petersburg on January 2, when
Menschikoff saw him. After this date, he
said, he did not act as a spy.
'grhe judges did not believe that Batu-
shansky ceased working for the police when
he left Russia, as he stated. Nevertheless.
in view Of all the circumstances. the verdict
was merely publication Of the facts as
certained. This was all the punishment on
the part of the court But the wife and
child of the accused left him and vent
back to Russia"
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
PeRslTz BOUND TO THE RAILS AND ENGINE APPROACHING

not directly traced to Mr.. Menschikoh, but
suspicion fell upon him. He was one of the
five or six men who knew. y process Of
elimination and the fact that he held aloof
from his fellow officials in a social way
aCcentuated suspicion. He was transferred
from st. Petersburg to lesser posts, where
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ALWAYS KNOWS HIS SIDE.

Mr.. Ceutch thought that an agent prOvO-
cateur always knows which side he serves,
but sometimes may not know which side Is
the more profitable. lie did not believe IL
possible 10 justify an Azef by balancing tho
lives Of comrades he had betrayed against
the lives Of tyrants he had removed. Ths
Social Democratic party 10 which Nr.
Deutch belongs. has not passed any death
! sentences on traitors. II does not believe IN
the policy OF revolutionists entering polics
service. The Socialist revolutionary party.
comprising the terrorists, are vacillating on
| the question.
James Persitz late an official in the RUS
! sian secret police, now IN New York en-
: saged in writing his memoirs, gave ths
Tribune representative an account Of ms
adventures as a spy among terrorists. Mr.
| Persitz, who was at the New Grand Hotel.
figured in recent news as causing rho
arrest Of an alleged baron on the charge oe
attempted blackmail His story follows:
"Ono society which Joined in the COURSE
Of my duty provided mo with an experience
which I shall never forget By the heroe-
ness Of my declarations and the energy
displayed I rose until I was selected "a
carry out desperate deed involving th5
murder Of a number Of prominent officials.
Needless 10 say, the plot was commune
Gated by me 20 the officials Of the secres
police Communication with them was, 90
course extremely dangerous. took the
greatest possible care 10 cover up thG
traces Of my handiwork. but nevertheless
the anarchist police outwitted me and So
cured incontrovertibe evidence that I was
q police spy. Their method OF doing thli
| int
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
Wilderness Marked the Beginning of End for Southern Arms
In This Article of The Trib.
une's War Series Engage
ment Which Cost 25,-
900 Men Is Described.

scene. Small boats of all kinds are passing
back and forth between the shore and the
craft in the stream. An army of forty
thousand men in command OF General Ben
jamin f. Butler is preparing to sail the
next day from Hampton Roads for the en-
virons Of Richmond.
Swerving sharply to the right, he glldes
up the river toward the west. Quickly leav-
ing the steeples OF the capital OF the Con-
federacy behind him. he raises his planes
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

Eastern Tennessee could have seen spec
tacle which would have made clear to him
that a new man was at the helm and why
that particular May 4 was likely to be
memorable.
In imagination we see the aviator coast
ing easily along the line Of the Orange q
Alexandria Railroad, now a link In the
Southern Railway line. toward the south
west. Beyond the field OF Bull Run he
comes to the Rappahannock, the largest OF
the many silvery streams winding with
Overwhelming borders toward the shining
waters OF the Potomac and the Chesapeake
on the left Below him. creeping at
snaiIs pace IS the blue line OF Burnslde's
corps. 22,OOO strong. Swinging off from the
railroad, he floats along a little TO the south
of the RappahannOck toward the towers
of Fredericksburg.
AS ne approaches the fords of the Rapi-
dan. whose current can be seen mingling
with that Of the Rappahannock beyond, his
eve notes the marching Of great hosts be
meath. and straining wagon trains, dark
lines threading every road leading 10 the
upon miles OF them They com
prise the Army OF the Potomac-onc hun
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WENT OVER THE PAPERS.

THE chief Of the society wrote out ths
details OF an attempt TO be made on cer'
tain high official. At a time when only
the leader and I were I'm the room he mads
some excuse for leaving mo alone for a
few moments. In my eagerness to fulhl
my duty rapidly searched over the papers
he had left. noting the place and the date
when the scheme was 10 be put into execu-
ton. Shortly afterward the anarchist
chief returned and pocketed the docu-
ments.
ION the fateful night the chief Informed
me that the attempt had been postponed.
As l afterward found out, some members
Of the anarchist police sent TO survey ths
neighborhood had detected signs OF tho
watching officials and realized that their
plans had been divulged 10 the police ~
some traitor Since the chief Of the an
archists and myself were the only Two
people who had any knowledge OF ths
intended outrage-which OF course, was
simply a sham affair prepared 10 trap me-
I was Immediately known 10 them IN my
! true light as a police spy"
After this. Mr.. Persitz says, he was de-
coyed TO a lonely wood near Moscow,
DOu0Q mana ana LOOT ny TIC kSlIDi 4'NH "ii4>
ordered TO confess. AT first, rendered
desperate by my peril, I stoutly refused
TO admit my guilt, shouting frantically,
deny It alp But, with many curses ana
blows, they told me that I was already
convicted They ordered ME 20 divulgs
10 them the secrets OF the political police.
This, however, refused 10 do. Ny cap
tors then held a consultation and decided
to follow the methods OF the Inqusition
and wiring from me by torture the parucu-'
lars they were seeking. Pins wers'
forced into all parts OF my body, each
tormentor apparently yying with ths
others TO discover a place which would
produce the most eXcruciating pain. Tbs
agony was awful, but I neryed myself tho
best I could, and stll refused 10 play ths
traitor 10 my police department"
The lash was applied In addition TO ths
pins. Then the captors, considering IL vain
TO gain any information, discussed meth
DDS OF killing the traitor handsoms
young Polish Jewess, says the narrator
came forward and exclaimed:
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

uary 2, 1905, when he led a procession to
the gates of the Cars palace he kept his
rectitude lie went abroad, and came back
a police tool for which he paid with his
life.
There are not many instances Of revolu-
tionists who enter the police service with
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
No Definite Gain Made, but
Campaign Then Opened
by General Grant
Turned Tide.

n n AY 4, 1914, is not likely to be cele-
NE brated as one of the great anniver-
A'A sary dates Of the Civil War No
big battle was fought on May A. 1864. Never
theless, that day was a momentous one in
the story of the war, for IT marked the
beginning Of the end. On that day, If an
aerOplane Of greater speed and ability 10
stay on the wing than any yet devised. had
been available. an idle spectator swoopins
cor Virginia and the rugged crests OF
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
Manv Political Murders in Russia stgated by Doubeaced Spies

he could gain little knowledge. lie re-
signed went to Finland then TO Europe
and is now in country where he feels
safe to publish his police documents and
write his memoirs.
Father Gapon, the priestly proyocateur'
who was strangled in lonely hut by revo-
lutonists not very long ago, was honest in
his early career in the opinion of Mr.
Menschikof Up to Bloody Sunday" jan
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

dred thousand men. In two columns II
passes over TO the south side Of the Rap
idan, and swings across the Inflated field Of
Charlottesville into the narrow highways
and paths leading through the wilderness
Of scrub oak on the southern bank. As he
sweeps over the great, dark green car
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

pets, of to the right in the distance he
catches gimpses OF shining steel points
and other wagon trains They tell him
that Lee knows Grant has left his camp
north OF the Rapidan and that the former
will try to overwhelm the latter IN the tan
Gled growths OF the Wilderness. whose by
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

ways he knows so we'll
y movement OF the hand, and the plane
inclnes toward the mouth OF the James
River. Below are innumerable vessels OF
all sorts-schooners and ferry yboats. tugs.
war vessels-noating upon the shimmesinR
bosom Of the river and bay. 1t is all active
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
agents Provocateurs" Often
Encourage Crime that
They May Make
Arrests.

vvvHEN a political killing happens in
M Russia. look for the agent provoca-
w teuT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-13
SENTENCE SERMONS IN
PULPITS OF Ell PASO

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everyon ought to he
he is goingRev Hanks Calvary
the nations
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of L.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-13

sovereignty Of the states. Another line
Of objections was based on the argu-
ment that as an excise tax. it was not
uniform but contained unconstitutional
classifications. The publicity features
Of the returns were attacked as taking
private property without compensation
To all OF these objections. the depart
ment Of justice. through the late So
1icitor general, Lloyd w. Bowers. at the
first hearing. and through his success
sor Frederick W. Lehman, at the Sec
ond hearing, made answer.
After the argument OF the Is cases
the court took up three other cases in
vo1ving the tax. In these the princi-
pal controversy was over the ihterpre-
tation of the law. The leading point
was whether the tax was to be imposed
on Boston trusts" organized to hold
real estate. but not Incorporated The
Boston concerns eontended that the tax
should be assessed only on concerns or
ganized under the statutes Of the Unit
ed States, states or territories. The
government argued that business con-
Germs organized under the common law
were included within those meant to be
taxed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-13
Ell PASOANS SHOOT
WITH CALIFORNIANS
New Rifle Range Is Selected
and Will Soon Be in
IlSe.

The Ell Paso Rife club held its sus-
tonlary weekly shoot at the range on
Mundy Heights during Sunday morn
ing.
The weather conditions were bad on
account of wind.
There were II rif1emen present
The Creedmore target was used be-
cause of a match with the Rifle team
of the University of California, that
team having expressed desire to use
that target The scoring is somewhat
different from that Of the Standard
American target
In the match with the university the
following scores were made out Of
possible OF so: Filler "A, Allen 43,
Rutledge 40, PringIe 40, Haines SO; to-
tai 206 These scores will be mailed to
the university team and its scores
should reach here about Monday, as it
is probable that they shot on Saturday.
The committee appointed to select a
new rife range has reported that it
has found an ideal location, and that
after the targets are in place it will
be no trouble to make perfect scores.
The Hixson medal event was the first
contest and the following scores were
made out of a possible of IS: Haines
%. Allen %, Rutledge 90, Filler 90,
Hopple 90 Capt Jack 20, Baca 10,
Pringle IS, Mills II, Corning IT,
Paul 16.
In the Silberberg medal event the
following scores were made: Haines
"a. Allen %, Paul %, Mills %. Rut-
ledge p, Miller 81, Corning 81, Baca
20. Pringle 10, Capt. Jack Is. Hopple 16
In the Krakauer, York & Moye razor
event the following scores were made
from a prone position: Allen 25, Hop
pie %. Rutledge %, Filler %. Paul %,
Mills %. Haines o. Pringle %, Baca %,
Capt. Jack %, Corning 81. Enriquez 81.
Allen and Hopple made .tpossibles,' >,
and in the shootof Allen got Topples
goat.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-13
GAS, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND
ALL OTHER STOMACH MISERY GOES

Headache, Biliousness. Constipation
Gripping. etc. Your case Is no different
you ara a stomach sufferer. though
you may call II by some other name
your real and only trouble is that which
you eat does not digest, but quickly
ferments and sours, producing almost
any unhealthy condition
A case Of Pape's Diapepsin will cost
fifty cents at any Pharmacy here. and
will convince any stomach sufferer five
minutes after taking a single dose
that Fermenta1ions and Sour Stomach
is causing the misery Of Indigestion
No matter II you call your trouble
Catarrh of the Stomach, Nervousness
OF Gastritis, or by any other name
always remember that a certain cure
is waiting at any drug store the mo-
ment you decide to begin its use
Pape's Diapepsin VIII regulate, any
out-of-order Stomach within five min
utes, and digest promptly. without any
fuss or discomfort, all Of any kind a
food you eat.