The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-09-30
An lmproviised
Weapon
BY EEEEETT P. QARyr

at the m''.ea. school at Moscow rs.'
the reyoiot.oo came from which ps
sia suffered 80 much and gained :.
tie. l was heart and soul for thu eau
Of freedou and became active
ing to fcr,e the government -
the people a Institution. 3
II was not long before wss
ed and sent 20 Siberia. Shah
forget that long, dreary march, wa
And yet his lpng march n n
preferable {, work in the m,n.a
Kara, FOR III tha former case va
In the oI1i, while In the lat,..
were In the bowels Of the earth w
five years toued with the o,h.v
then ChGEg. came.
Our coUd'tI.u vas SO miserable A..
many Of us we're constantly m =.
there was q period when our foos =.
so bad and our quarters so poorly -.
that an epidemic Of disease brot. -.
among Us. fortunately for the =.
eral good. but lortunately for me =,
eral Of the physicians on duty s,n.
station wee aiken Ill. Nv mama -,
down on the prison register AZ n.
stefan, and one day | was copductss !.
the office OF the governor, who. st,.,
few questions IS to my fitness d,,s.,
ed me TO 70 to work among the sict
Naturally While on this duty I msN
tated upon whatever chance for ssC,D.
there might be IN 1t. was Young ana
my strength had not been espAci.p,
impaired. | therefore considered nl.,,
which would require me to fight nths,
than to resort 10 subterfuge. But hss
no weapon, and / knew that svs,,
precautiOn would be taken to preyo0t
my obtaining one. However harm,
access to the medical store, | was AM.
to appropriate an arm that not ever
one would have thought Of as surI
This was syringe
So much for weapon. | must ner
lay my plan. But this l found inns
sible. At least | could not carry ON,
any specially arranged plan. coua
only take advantage Of any happenIp,
that gave promise Of success. Nv On
portunity came one night when all but
those who were on duty as keepep
were In bed. was called upop %
visit a prisoner who required nv A.
tention. To get what medical imple
ments needed for him | entered the
supply room and, among other thinn
took a syringe and a quart bottle q
aqua FORTS. Fortunately I found
spatula, which I appropriated also
Having done my duty by the patient
left him, ostensibly to 90 to my room
for so long as / was on duty as phys
clan I was permitted to occupy q room
In the surgeons quarters. But instead
Of going there | walked out Of The
building and made straight, for be
inner gateway. There stood q senty
who blocked my egress. had fled ny
syringe with the deadly liquid and, sud
denly drawing 1t, gave him charge
both eyes. AS | had expected, be sent
forth a cry that would aroufe Tie
guard, but before they could respond |
was at the outer gate, a quarter Of
mile away.
Here the guard, having heard ths
signals and coming on the run, lev
eled his piece at me and called on ne
In stentOrian tones to halt / knob
ed his musket aside, and before Be
could recover his aim I had put %
ounce of aqua FORTS in bis eyes.
Had either OF. these sentries been
pierced by bullet he might possib!
have been instrumental In my capture
But, besides the excruciating pain they
suffered, they were blinded Indeed, y
intent were they on themselves thaff
Is quite likely some time elapsed befois
those who Joined them could lean
from them what had happened Al
any rate, l was well cut on nelds q
snow before l heard any one coming
In pursuit
There seemed to be but one cnano
for me. That was to leave the rosa'
penetrate the forest which lined u ado
hide In the snow till the search Tor d.
should be given up. So long as ker
the road would leave no FrlDT
tracks, for the snow had been pealn
hard, but there was danger when !
struck the loose snow. l ran Ike w
wind, taking my chances On ssuD
bling, till | heard shouts behind w.
then, choosing n point where tne wv
was much higher than the gouno v
side it, ran swiftly to the smDan,
ment, jumped as far as ! couio Nv
landed In a snOwdrift-
Scattering the snow about me. oais
ed to the forest, a few hundred yns
away. There | hid In a DRIFT ni -
following night, when, not hearing W
further sounds of those In pufsm. ,
continued my way westward gun
by the north star, which KEEP "
my right shoulder. 81,
had no provisions. lndeeu' I =
article | had provided myseii WIZ.
sides my gun and ammunition, ~
box Of matches. Being attacAe' :
single wolf. l gave him q ens .,,s
aqua forts In the eyes anu ,An
him with u billet OF WOOD a
skinned him with my spatuia - !.
from him sufficient meat 70 ~ 4.
alive for some time. Though w =
was Unframed, It served TO Issy =
from freezing to death on sew, ~