Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-02-28
Siberian Exile Wins ReIea,.
Through Scarlet Letter,
Convict kllis Eagle to Make Pa,
0evsrnor's Wife Aids Unfortuna..
Man 70 Escaps Details Reach
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Thrilling details Of the experience.
Of . native Of Austria who was er,lss
BY the government Of Russia to 81
IBERIA, and the dramatic name, =
which he finally succeeded in sena,,.
IN appeal to his own goyernmsn.
thereby regsining his liberty, are tols
in letter just received by cns
cagoan from . relative Of the Az
trian.
Tho Austrian. who for two ye.r
lived in Punishment, had left his HON.
country and had taken position !.
forester In district In southwester,
Russia.
The details barred in the letter fol-
low:
The presence Of the Austrian arou,.
ed the jealousy Of q native Russian
who had sought to hold the position
Of forester. After q time the latte,
formulated some sort of ch,rva.
against the Austrian. Without helm,
given an opportunity to appeal fOr
the protection of his own government
the Austrian was given a hasty hear
ing. without the aid Of counsel ana
the local authorities, with whom Tia
disappointed Russian seemed to hay.
had influence, ordered the Austrian
exiled to Siberia.
The Austrian sTas sent to faravay
district Of Siberia and for severn
months he endured hardship. Then
fortune interviewed slightly in hi,
favor. Through his experience in the
forests. the Austrian had developsd
into crack" shot with the rife. Ths
governor Of the district to which the
man had been exiled discovered thisN
and elevated the prisoner to posi-.
ton where his duties consisted chiefly
OF hunting game and fowl for the gov.
errors family. Then the governor
discovered that the Austrian spoke
excellent German. The governor De. 4
cided to allow the exile to tutor his
two sons In the German language.
Precautions were taken by the gov.
ernor, however, not to give the prls.
oner an opportunity to communicate
with the outside world. The prisoners
kind manner with the children served
to win his way into the good feelings
Of the governors wife and in her he
gained friend who stood him in
good stead eventually.
" For more than year the Austrian
waited for his opportunity. Finally,
during one of his periods of instruc-
ton, he succeeded in stealing sheet
Of writing paper from one of the
children.
On his uext hunting trip the Aus
trian killed an eagle. From one Of
the feathers Of the dead bird he i'm.
provised quill pen.
Then he pierced vein in his arm
and squeezed out quantity Of blood.
with this CHASTITY writing fluid and
his queer pen. the Austrian wrote :
note to his home government at Wen
ma, describing his plight and calling
for aid.
Another six months elapsed, during
which time the Austrian took special
care not to permit any one to discover
the letter. In the meantime the
friendship between the governors
wife and himself ripened.
The exile then asked her to mail
the missive for him. He pleaded with
her not to betray him. She told MIN
she would do It as reward for his
Kindness with the children. x
The letter-the message in scarlet
E--was mailed and opened in Vienna
There was little delay. An investiss
ton was ordered at once and negotia. I
lions between the governments O
Austria and Russia resulted. 1t wa
explained that the local authorities u
the Russian district where the Aus
trian had been forester had acted
without consulting the government
The Austrian was given his nDery
and he returned to his native home.
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