Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-11-14
SOE I'LL. ER REMAINS
IN RUSS PRISON
fried 70 Gain Liberty ~ Being
Traitor to Gel: Mate,
BIT Loses Gut.
BY JOSEPH sEApLEM.
OniteS fsresc Staff correanondent

Unites srasc Staff CORRESPONDENT.
New York. - Rievsky, Rasputin's
secretai5. lised to gain his liberty
from the bofsileyist by -he.raying V.
fuiisiikeFfteh- leader ~ the Russian
Hlois"ehista. i fnan who was a pris-
oue' AZ NaS fortress of st. Peter and
81; fans at the tiae Of Rjeyslty's in,-
P'.so"i.ieat ieAts tfa story thus:
IN The Dciobas Iayf. immediately
after the boislevist revolution. was
Mipfiaoaea. together WITH "a number
W olIicsrg ~ the fortress OF ST. Peter
ana st P,a.- There were officers
WIN me in TIE cell. Next TO our cell
were sonle jaf;kcrs. while the one adj
Joining that ras occupjed bv Grand
luxe Psai Ascraud-oyitch.
SHORTY hafcse my release a new
prisoner was ,aoncht into our cell. a
ieah' iierFatsssT active n,an, with n
snloo,f' asia e face. AS the red
GUARDS closed the doors of the cell,
Rjevsky. A's' 90
MY fellow prisoners, knowing
IkleWssr aad Ais y.ast, treated him
corn. -fr,ost win hostility.
For .wo days Rjeysky behaved
Ia n issS he conceived the idea
ne weuid like 10 get out. In order to
III nip!isa shas he began to put on
me buff OF Mysteries. He rayed for
hours. demanding freedom.
Ohe iuor1ilg he insisted tina Al
~eAeyeVssy. chief Of the bolshevist se..-
shouted: nv
MI cafiuot remain here any long IL.
me releaae ! viii throw myself u,,on
opportunity
"Alexeyeysky. desiring to t Rev
49, "ally ~oatDursts finally ordered
ssverai eoidssrs into the cell and odd
mem to. place their ayouet at
Aejsvs8yS convenience.
hor W gay you are tired Of sitting
me.s, 1sjevsky. said ~Alexeyevsky.
sery wen. I am tired Of your silly
scenes. Go 20 it. The bayonets are
IN sturdy handn.,
His eiuff 10 Called.
.K1evsky lowered his head and
"asKea 10 the other end of the ..ll.
lew moments later a new prisoner
vas brought to IL cell. It was Ze-
!ihsky: In conversation with us Zelin-
sAy hinted that he knew all the adj
dresses of Puris'keyitcll. wanted bad
~ ny Snloiny- Our fellow prisoners
were not particularly Interested IN the
mater. except Rjevsky. He heard
use of It. S'' 10 NhaNe
next mornt'ig Rjeysky reuue. ted to
ne taken before A~lexeyevsky.
certain of his weapon. RteyskS said:
Wli you uberate me il 1 put at
youa oisposai some very important
"Aloxeyevsl:y replied:
the facts
Wen. You are looking for a num-
~ OF prominent counter-revolution-
uts-are yOu not7'-asked Rtevsky,
That's no secret said Alexeyevskv.
xGS. Inal &c no gANSot vns1 n3-,
SKY. But the address of P,rfshkevitch
II q secret for YOU
R1evsky's remark at first hit the
mark. For The b~oishevfst were really
tnrninG Petf ograd upside down to get
DO you know the address OF pur-
isnkevitch! Rjeysky was asked.
h1evsky not ~~suspecttng the object
Q the question but satisfied he had
made on impression. said:
Nc, / don't know dt-but It is
known to the man who OCCUPIES the
cell yext to me-
.5ilevsky was taken to another cell
and the bolsacyist official entered into
conference on the question as to who
might be the neighbOr vino knew the
ADDRESS OF Pnrishlseyftch. They finally
hst pon Zelensky, who had been ar
rcsted on tic charge Of having thrown
fcA ~guardsnen into the Fontanka
river.
"Aiexcyevsky disregarded Rjcvsky en-
TREY. summoned Zeiensky and OBJ
tanned from him the addresses OF Pur-
ishkevfch.
"Rjevsky. on discovering this. be-
came raving mad. He demanded his
release A~lexeyeysky only smiled, say
ing:
10 to cs.r.y out the only noble Intention
you WIRE ever guilty Of. Go. throw
yourself on a h~aHnnefloy -: