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

5y w. ORION TEWSON,
s.sH Core spondent Sunday Ameri.
can.
e,scis, Cable TO The American.
KIEFF. Nov. 15.-At $50 O'Clock
f., the morning big numbering Rus
r,an prison van pulled up outside
small one story frame house situated
IN A lonely road two miles out OF
rI,eS Two soldiers, sitting beside
tho driver, jumped down and I'M
locked the door o, the wagon.
bslf dozen other soldiers clambered
ant followed by a niddleaged man
=, medium height, whose stopping
shoulders and p: I'd appearance be-
tokened poor health
Shifting the morning air. which had
rtn ~ the ( rsian winter In 1t,
.ba man turn In the direction CT
ths house. in which the two tiny
shadows were brilliantly lighted ny
of, lamps and numerous candles.
Az the windows were several little
faces with noses pressed nara
,no,rst the panes. The owners o.
those faces were the Ave Bells chill
arar and the man outside was Men
AZ, Re,lfs. their father, home again
after two and a half years expert
o,ca NJ the horn ors Of Russian
prison.
Troors Guard The House.
,,,, oyct,sdly rushed to
1a door, wher Mrs. Bells had pre-
.aded them, but before the husband
and wife could meet Bells was sur
,.ounded bv a squad of reporters, who
had kept an all-night vigil In antlcl-
nation of his release Fortunately
soldiers came TO the mans rescue
and The reunited family passed mo
he house. The last view Of them
showed the husband and wife sup
porting each other, with the chill
dren clinging around the father, while
II wept tears of Joy
Later In the day The SUNDAY
Americans CORE spodent called on
Bells in his home and had a talk
with the man of whom the Whoie
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 q fourteen days in which 10 appeal
from the verdict in which case Bellls
would be rearrested; but The Ameri-
can is able to say On excellent an
thority that no such appeal Will De
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 IN
the dock, except that he had trimmed
his beard and wore different clothing:
He was in a highly nervous state ana
was suffering from exhaustion.
Despite the Joy of being free and
his home coming, his face bore the
unmistaka BILE seal of sadness as a
result Of his suffering.
my two and half years OF dread =
full life in prison left me very weak
he said, but now that l am free
and can get some good food, l feel
sure l will soon be we'll again.
90 not IKE W Sbtdh ANU ~ ,
life in prison. / was treated most
abominably. They used to kick and
beat me and were anxious for me to
die.
Suffered for the Jews"
81 am wondering now now ! stood
1t all, but there was one thought
which helped me: I knew my suner-
ings were the sufferines Of the Jews
and this made II easier to bear. l
knew | had to live in order to prove
my innocence.
81 am very weak and I feel l am
not the same man / was"
Bells said that while the verdlc,
was being given he was In daze ano
didn't realize until some time a1ter
that he had been acquitted.
AS to his future plans he is unoe'
cided, except that he VIII leaVe rus
sia at the earliest possible moment