El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-26
MANY RUSSIANS
AWAITINGFATE
Noted Members of Old
Regime Are Held in Old
Fortress; Well Treated.
lContlnned Ion Page One.l

Regime Are Held IN Old
Fortress; Well Treated.
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by assistant governor Kurindin, the
correspondent obtained an idea Of the
treatment accorded the prisoners.
All the eight prisoners. who for
merry were compelled TO wear prison
clothing, now wear their own" said
NJ. kurindin. We supply gratis the
ration of a soldier"
PrOtOBOPff Won't Have Officers Fare
But the prisoners are allowed TO
purchase an officers ration, which
all Of them do except PrOtopOpff. who
declaring that he is the cause OF
Russia's misfortunes, persists IN eat
ing a private's fare. The prisoners
friends. who may visit them twice
weekly, are allowed TO bring certain
authorized foods. among which one
permitted 20 smoke but are allowed
no alcohol
Prisoners May Read
Most Of the prisoners" continued
the assistant governor among whom
are three OF Russia's most cultivated
citizens, read all day under no restric-
tons. except that newspapers are not
allowed They have little notion Of
the events Of the last six months in
Russia and the outside world. They
receive letters and may write them
three times a week The letters are
examined by the procurator, but after
the revolution the prison administra-
ton ceased the practice Of testing for
invisible ink which has been in vogue
continuously since the reign OF Peter
the Great
Exercise in Courtyard
The prisoners exercise in the court
yard twice daily with only their
guards for company They never see
one another. The doctor visits each
cell daily, but in case OF serious sick
ness the prisoners are sent 10 hospi-
tails outside. as were, for instance,
the late premier Sturmer and the for
mer empress's friend. Mile Virubova-
as there is no hospital within the
fortress The prisoners behave ex-
t1emely well and are never Querulous
now.
Rennenkampf Fears LynchIng
Immediately after the revolution.
however, We had here the Black
Hundred Jew Batter" OrlOff. who
quest we received lately was from
Cen Rennen kampf. who. being afraid
OF lynching. begged US not TO transfer
him to another prison"
The correspondent next inspected I
the prison guards. who are Of two
classes. The first is q regular mill {
tary unit, posted on the periphery Of I
the basttOn. The second is composed 7
or two representative Of every reEi- /
ment in Petrograd. who are stationed /
inside These men jealousy watch I
the prisoners.
says Escape ImposSibIe
Governor kurindin declared that +
escape from the prison was incon- I
ceivable and that none was on record l
IN modern times.
Court Yard Il Beautiful
The court yard, in which because !
of the rain that was falling al the I
time. no one was exercising. makes /
an incOngrous impression because.
.hough overlooked by the forbidding
barred windows, IL can be reached 4
only through a metal cage, IN which I
he prisoners wait The yard itself I
green paradise, oyerErOwn by /
low-flowerless jasmine and lilac
bushes and shaded by tall lines Of I
Doplars. aspens and naples II is
-immed with a broken pavement.
he crevices of which rise wild plants
and untrodden grasses. Under a
lowering tree in the center OF the
-ard shapeless bath house used by
he prisoners strikes another incOn-
sruous note.
The Real Death Traps
Next in order came a visit 80 the
.noccupied obsolete part OF the prison /.
-nder the commandments house. This i
onsists OF real stone sacks" with 4
arthen floors far below the river
eYeI ana with windows guarded by
umbrous bar works. designed to imi-
ate row Of medieval halberdS-
There" said the pr0CuratOr Ian
uished. believe. Peters son. Alexis.
efore he was tortured 10 death and
he next cell held the beautiful but
nfortunate pretender. princess Tara
hanOff whom adventures set up as
be daughter OF empress Elizabeth"
Maxim GOrky's Name Appears.
Returning TO the ChanceIlory the I
correspondent examined the roll OF :
asst captives. among whom were the ,
errorist assassin, Gershuni. and the ,
nemist. Nicholas Aorosoff. held in I
ne hastion for Sc years under sus- ,
iciOn Of completely in the assassina-
On Of Alexander II
In the roll were two other entries {
{ striking character in a different l
'ay. The first reads.
1906, January u Pieschkoff :
lexis MaXimovitch-" This is the
al name Of Maxim Gorky. The ,
acond entry reads;
-GilllE Issye. identity uncertain. q
eheved surnamed Mazantzeff, handed
yer for execution February : 1908"
Interview With PrOtOpOpOn {
While the roll was under eXamina-I G
on there occurred the most striking
.cident Of the visit After putting
Is head into one of the side rooms,
ie prOcuratOr announced that the ex-
within the room had been
4-1AeA- INTO the cnaucellOrE with Z
70 soldiers behind him walked. well :
-essed but collarless. a man OF
iddle height, slight figure. small :
atures and a short. grayish beard,
lth eyes unnaturally bright and al 8
ost feverish and an expression of
,traordinary refinement and dignity.
That" said the procurator. sis NJ !
g
The former minister OF the interior {
opped in the middle OF the room.
Urged Not To Speak English.
We can speak English he began. y
which the prOcurator interviewed. ,
lease do not" he said =
On this. n. Protopopoff with a o
nile apparently intended TO express y
rcasm. began speaking in Russian. :
5ked regarding his health. he AMI e
-ered systematically, 1T is too good" n
Convinced that he would not be al p
wed 10 touch upon politics. The AS =
clated Press correspondent inquired I
gardlng the treatment the former =
mister was receiving and as 10 +
neither he had any complaints to %
AXE.
Il have no complaints OF any kind c
swered NJ Protopopoff. and he con- a.
lued: a
Considers Himself a Criminal.
Would any Of you Americans com
ain II they knew they were desper-
e criminals"
Here N Protopopoff smiled again.
Iparenrly IN sarcasm, and the cor