Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
BY W. ORION TEWsoN.
s.E Correspondent Sunday Ameri-
can,


s.,E CORRESPONDENT Sunday Ameri-
can.
e,..Ist Cable TO The American.
KIEFF. Nov. 15.-At $3.50 O'Clock
:, IN. morning a big numbering Rus
dan prison van pulled up outside
email one story frame house situated
nr lonely road two miles out OF
v,oe Two soldIers, sitting beside
the driver jumped down and I'M
lacked the door o. the wagon, A
no,t dozen other soldiers clambered
mt followed by a middle-aged man
., medium height, whose STOPPING
shoulders and p; I'd appearance be-
.okened poor tealth
Shifting the morning air. which mao
min Of the ssian winter In IL,
,ba man turn in the direction CT
Tho house in which the two tiny
r,rdows were brilliantly lighted ny
ou lamps and numerous candles.
Al the windows we're severaI little
faces with noses pressed hard
sga,nst the panes. The owners n.
tbose faces were the Ave BELTS chill
Avon and the man outside was Men
ael Reilis their father. home again
ofter two and a half years expert
o,ca Of the horrors Of a Russian
prison
-,,o-s Guard the House.
Tho children excitedly rushed 10
..- 9oor. wher Mrs. Bells had pre-
..a.d .1eu: but before the husoa I'd
md wife coelo meet Bells was sur
r,u~dsd by a squad Of reporters VINO
had lion, an all night vigil In antici-
-.--.,r of his release Fortunately
.....4~s came to the mans rescue,
oa the reunited family passed INFO
.1,. horse. The last view Of theI.i
r5Naa the husband and wife sup
porting each other. with the chill
aren ciuging around the father. while
a. w5pt tears Of toy.
Later in me day The SUNDAY
Americans correspondent called on
Bells In his home and had a talk
with the man Of whom the whole
world has been talking.
The house Is surrounded by SOL
diers partly on account Of threats OF
the Black Hundred to kill Bells and
partly because he is not altogether
clear Of danger vet as the prosecutor
h. S fourteen days in which TO appeal
from the verdict, In which case Bells
would be rearrested; but The Ameri-
can Is able 10 say On excellent au-
thoriry that no such appeal will be
taken.
Beaten and Kicked In Prison.
Three tidy rooms were packed
with friends and relatives who came
to offer their congratulations. Bells
looked much the same as he did =
the dock, except that he had trimmed
his beard and wore different clothing.
was suffering from exhaustion.
Despite the JOY OF being free and
his home coming, his face bore the
unmistahahle seal OF sadness as a
result Of his suffering.
MY TWO and a half years of dread
tul life IN prison left me very weak
he said but now that ! am free
and can get some good food, ! feel
sure | will soon be we'll again.
I do not Ike to speak about my
life In prison I was treated most
abominably They used to kick and
beat me and were anxious for me to
die.
Suffered for tho jews
! am wondering now now | stood
II all, but there was one thought
which helped me: knew my suffer
lngs were the sufferines Of the Jews
and this made 1t easier to bear.
knew had to live in order TO prove
my innocence.
i am very weak and feel am
not the same man I was"
BELLS said that while the verdict
Was being given he was in a daze and
uldn realize until some time aft er
ina ne had been acquitted.
AS TO his future plans he Is unde.
c,ded' except that he will leave Rus
sia at the earliest possible moment,