Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14

construction of the building On one side of the corridor are barred win dows opening out on the court yard. while on the other side is row of red-painted, iron-bound, oaken doors with slits for peering and pigeon holes, which may be closed at will, for handing in food to the occupants.
 No Special Suffering.
 From the condition of a vacant cell the correspondent gained the impress sion that, so long as the jailer be- hayes considerably. Imprisonment in the Troubetzkoi bastion involves no special suffering. The whitewashed cell was a large and clean one. The cell was not damp and the sanitary arrangements were modern. The fur niture consists of a good bed and table screwed to the wall. The only defective arrangement is the made quate natural lighting, which the pro- curator admitted, saying that the five foot thick wall prevents the enlarge ment of the windows.
 From an examination of the prison, regulations and the statements made by Assistant Governor Kurindin, the correspondent obtained an idea of the treatment accorded the prisoners.
 Visitors Welcome.
 "All the eight prisoners, who for merly were compelled to wear prison clothing, now wear their own," said M Kurindin. We supply gratis the ration of a soldier, but the prisoners are allowed to purchase an officers ration, which all of them do except Protopopoff, who, declaring that he is the cause of Russia's misfortune, persists in eating a privates fare The prisoners friends who may visit them twice weekly, are allowed to bring certain authorized foods, among which one may find caviar. The pris- oners are permitted to smoke, but are allowed no alcohol
 Read Most of Day.
 Most of the prisoners" continued the assistant governor, among whom are three of Russias most cultivated citizens, read all day under no re- strictions, 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 examineds by the procurator, but af- ter the revolution the prison admin istration ceased the practice of test ing for invisible ink which has been in vogue continuously since the reign of Peter the Great.
 Exercises in Court.
 "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 to hospi- tals outside, as were. for instance, the late Premier StIymer and the former empress friend, Mile. yiru- bova, as there is no hospital within the fortress. The prisoners behave extremely we'll and are never queru- lous now.
 Immediately after the revolution, we had here the Black Hun dred Jew Batter. Orloff. who raised trouble daily. The only request We received lately was from General Ren- nenkampff, who, being afraid of lynch ing, begged us not to transfer him to another prison"
 Guards Watch JealousIy.
 The correspondent next inspected the prison guards, who are of two classes. The first is a regular mill tary unit, posted on the periphery ot the bastion. The second is composed of two representatives of every regi- ment in Petrograd who are stationed inside. These men jealously watch the prisoners.
 Escape Impossible.
 Governor Kurindin declared that es cape from the prison was inconceiva ble and that none was on record in modern times. In the library. the found volumes in Rus sian, English, German, Italian and even in Finnish, the last for the use of the Finnish patriots who. under former Premier Stolypin's preserve equalit" law, were tried and impris oned in Russia.
 'Stone Sacks"
 Next in order came a visit to the part of the prison under the commandant's house. This con sists of real stone sacks" with earth.