The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-03

 STAYS IN A
 RUSS PRISON

| V. Purishkcvitch. leader of the Rus sian monarchists. A man who was a | | prisoner at the fortress of St Peter and St Paul at the time of Rjevsky's | Imprisonment, tells the story thus:
 Tn the October days, immediately | after the Bolshevik revolution, was | imprisoned. together with a number | of officers at the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. There were officers | with me in the cell. Next to our cell | joining that was occupied by Grand | Duke Paul Alexandrovitch
 Shortly before my release a new prisoner was brought into our cell. | a lean. nervously active man, with smooth shaven face As the red guard | closed the doors of the cell. the new conner introduced himself as Rjevsky | Prisoners Are Hostile.
 My fellow prisoners. knowing the | man and his past. treated him coldly. 1 almost with hostility.
 foi t"o bds hJtNShS DtuuNtu himself Then he conceived the idea | he would like to get out. In order to accomplish that he began to put on the bluff of mysteries. He raved for hours, demanding freedom.
 One morning he insisted that Alex eyevsky. chief of the Bolsheyik secret service, be brought to his cell. He shouted
 I cannot remain hcrc any longer. This is an outrage. Unless you order me released vii. throw myself upon the bayonets of the guards at the , first opportunity
 "AleXeyevsky, desiring to stop the mans daily outbursts. finally ordered several soldiers into the cell and told them to place their bayonets at Rjev- . sky's convenience.
 You say yoA are tired of sitting here, Ijeysky, said Alcxeyevsky Very well. am tired of your silly scenes. Go to it. The bayonets are in sturdy hands
 His Bluff Is Called
 "Rjeysky lowered his head and | walked to the other end of the cell.
 "A few moments later a new prison CT was brought to our cell. It was Zelinsky In conversation with us Zelinsky hinted that he knew all the addresses of Purishkevitch, wanted badly by Smolny. Our fellow prison CTS were not particularly interested . 1 in the matter, except Rjevsky. He . heard Zelinsky's remarks and decided . to make use of them.
 Next morning Rjeysky requested to . be taken before AieXeyevsky.
 Certain of his weapon, Rjevsky | said:
 will you liberate me if l put at your disposal some very important facts"
 " That depends upon the nature of the facts, was the reply
 " Well, you are looking for a num- Der of prominent cOunterrevolution- ists-are you not?' asked Rjevsky.
 " That's no secret. said Alexeyev- sky.
 |" Yes, that is no secret said Rjev- sky, but the address of Purishkevitch is a secret for you
 Ruse Almost Wins.
 "Rjevskys remark at first hit the mark. For the Bolsheviki were really at turning Petrograd upside down to get Purishkevitch.
 " Do you know the address of Pur. ishkevitch?' Rjevsky was asked
 " No, l don't know it. but it is known to the man who occupies the cell next to me
 'Rjevsky was taken to another cell and the Bolshevik officials entered into conference on the question as to who might be the neighbor who knew the address of Purishkevitch. They finally hit upon Zelinsky. who had been arrested on the charge of having thrown red guardsmen into the Fontanka river.
 "Alexeyevsky disregarded Rjevsky entirely, summoned Zelinsky and ob- tained from him the address of Pur. ishkevitch
 "Rjevsky, on discovering this, be- came raving mad. He demanded his release. Alexeyevsky only smiled, saying:
 'Rjeysky, the best thing you can do is to carry out the only noble in tention you were ever guilty of. Go throw yourself on bayonet!