The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-06
AMERICANS ARE
BADLY MISTREATED
Boishsvitd Ahuss Prisoners 1sis
Wtneut Trial

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WARSAW June s-The plight -
seven Americans. enc 81 them wom-
an. held b. the boisheviki n prisons
on various charges. u worse today
than ne any tlns since they we're tax 2
into custody. n the opinion ~ Cap
tain Merton g. Cooper. ~ Jackson
vile. who escaped recently from one
- the camps near Moscow. Captain
Cooper NJ the time ~ his capture wna
commander ~ the KosealAEko AIR
squadron a. the Polish army.
IAfe il q hoishisski prison camp is
q matter Of physical endurance a. q
two length ~ time one H. able 20 hold
oui II compelled - live upeu the food
furnished by the suVtofs Captain
Cooper said All 90 the Americans
would have died long ago. Cooper
believes. II IL hadn't been Tor outside
aid from timc r. time.
Captain Cooper said he was on the
verge ~ starvation several times
members o. a British railway mission
who were also prisoners. coming -
his rescue with food Ia one instance.
and. on other occasions. eatabies Lsv-
ing been sent him ~ foreign welfare
organizations.
The food ration q ms average camp
follows
Morning - Imitation coffee. hair
pound black bread. spoonful sugar.
N0on@Two apoomfuis cooked mush.
made ~ q cereal resembling bird seed.
NJ, a. Cup n bot soup. A small
amount - potatoes and piece ~
meat usually not larger than an cEg.
we're served on en- average q about
twice q month.
The black bread. according 20 Coop
er who. a. an aviator with the Ftrst
American army. VAS captured b. the
Germans during the saint Mihiei drive.
"a FAR worse than the bread served hs
the Germans even during the laal few
weeks ~ the war.
AIRS. Marguerite = Harrison. % Bal
timoro. q writer. arrested nearly two
years ano. a. % tne prison whsrn for
ciEncrs under investigation ~ the e.
tra0rdinary commission are -heid
Conditions IN THIS place are said -
me prisoners % be the worst ~ any
prison a. all Russia.
hatey tumldsntlfled) ard william
Flick moving picture operators. were
w NaH AAttlN fsfaaNA near aARsNHt#
where Mrs. Harrison h eonfiusd.
Thomas HAkeiweod. 81 san Francis
co. q United States soldier. captured
IN Siberia. was 81 4 prison hospital
Hardwood has never been sentenced
as he has been Under medical treat.
msnt most u the time Tor frequent
attacks or illness
n. 4. kalemantiano. a graduate 81
the University q Chicago. accused 81
being e spy. has been held nearly three
years. most % this time having been
in solitary confinement Originals.
Kaiemantlano Vas sentenced o. -
shot. Cooper heard but iatef this was
commufed 90 % years Imprisonment
and AZ last accounts the hentence had
been reduced 90 flve years kaieman-
tinno claims that - went - Russia
strictly iu connection with business.
Another American held ~ the hsi-
sheytki. la Royal G. Kelly. q civil en-
gineer arrested early Last year after
be had completea in Industrial survey
~ Russia Tor the aoviet government
AcoordinE 90 various peFsons who
have come from Russia during ~
last year. keeiy vas Imprisoned hc
cause He aroused the wrath q fhr so
vifts ~ writing the plain truth IN
his reports. although they were SUB
mitfed - no one except the soviet
authorities. Recent reports said Kee.v
had been sentenced t0 two years im.
rrisoumeuf.
The last sAmerasan 90 BE- arrested
Eas Emmett Klipatrics. 81 Uniontown
Pa taken last fall IN the Crimna
where he had gnne a. ar American
Rcd Cross worker.