Rivals Spanish Inquisition.
Russian Political Prisoner Writes From Riga Citadel of Horrors
as Awful as Those of tne Days of Torque
mada and the Duke of Alva.
A letter smuggled out of Riga cita
del ha? boon received at Geneva, Swit
zerland. telling of the tortures to which
Kussian political prisoners are sub
jected.
"There were seventeen of us," says
the letter, giving the names. "How
many there are now I canuot *ay. We
are incarcerated in damp casements,
entirely' dark, and subject to occasional
Inundation. For food wc receive from
one-half to thre^-quarter* of a pound
of bread dally
"Examinations of the prisoners take
place at night, aud the jailers drag us
before the court by the hair or beard
All the Jailer* carry blllled of hard rub
ber or of braided wire. The usual
mode of proceeding Is -is follows:
"The Judge asks a question, and be
fore tfco p-lsoner has time to answer
per teeth and then hammered on It
This is guaranteed tn Rnwsiar prisons
to cause concussion of the brain. Be
sides, It loosens tho teeth. This pris
oner was forced to swallow one of his
loosened teeth.
"\ brother of Ziral was lashed naked
through the corridors after the soles
of his feet had been bastinadoed.
Three times he faluted. ouly to be re
rived by application of Ice cold water.
After each revival the torture was re
sumed.
"One of the Sumuhl boys was per
suaded by torture to sign his own
death warrant in a confession so called
charging him with innumerable crimes,
lie will have to be carried to tho scaf
fold. for both hl< legs nnd several rllis
are broken.
"Marie Damberg after suffering un
speakable indignities for refusing to
confess was transferred to a duugeon
NEULAJJD HAD HOT IKONS APt*I.IUt? TO HIS BACK.
the Jailers rnln blows upon bla arms
<ud shoulders. We soon were made to
?r<!erstaad that the authorities meaut
to vwute us, for all sorts of charges
Invoi ?'?>,? the death penalty were
brought igalnst us, and we were ex
pected to ?.'vilt them, even though we
could cot pv**Jbly have been at the
place where th* '.rime was committed.
"When the knot/; vroved unavailable
in dragging forth tlv ?Jeslred 'proofs.'
other moans of torture nere employed.
After the victim had be?? gagged, his
feet and hands wore boir&tf and his
knees driven agulust his chlw another I
b-.'kIc of torture was to drag th*>M>uml j
arms across the knee, causing thr vic
tim to si* In a crouching position.
"Incriminating answers were order*.'. ,
aa.l if they did not come promptly steel i
kin. tits wero applied to the stomach j
an'! Haiti*.
"The prisoner ^omuier was subject-*
e.l to this treatment during three con- 1
s; cuti . . uigiits. and he has been vom
iting I>!.mM ever since.
'Oswald Neuland after being placed
In f.:P enaehiag position had hot iron* i
r? [ ? : I t?? hi* lack. /Ira), another of
o;:r frici.'.ls. lost all of his lialr aud |
be.. 1 i . i s i'gV night hossIuu. While
>ev?\ jailers were engaged lu tear
i.ig l.;eia >>111 others I >c In bored the na
fc? I - of his feet with a piece of
raril rubber.
T|w?> lo-rlble tortures falling, they
fas;ene?l a s.eel clutch upon his up
where only women of evil diameter
lire kepi.
"The guards told the poor depraved
creatures that Marie was an enemy of
the cxar. They rushed upon her. struck
her. s[Mit In her face. They will surely
kill her.
'?Prinoner No. IT. who could not be
?persuaded' by any ?f the methods
mentioned to con fess, was placed in
the 'museum.' so called? that is. in n
subterranean chaml>er where a num
ber of the old time instruments of tor
ture are kept There he remained for
four hours. He withstood thumb
screws, Spanish boots and hot Irous,
but after he bad worn the 'helmet' for
two minutes he declared his willing
ness to sign any papers the authorities
wanted.
"This unfortuuate's uatue Is Llppe.
The 'helmet' so called Is an Iron cap
insisting; of two parts After it Is
on the victim's head a screw Is
put operation which makes It tight
er nni tighter, according to the "tor
turer's fcUv.nu.re. Lippe's frontal bones
were sqiwpt.-sl to such an extent that
he could n<-? ..h. for the blood ruunlng,
while a na.' u; the top of tho cap
added to the ??-'?. suffered by the
tortured prisoner.
"The Riga po!V% jt-uJ the confes
sions to the state's aitarr>ry. who culls
some time later to have th.>m verified
by the signers. The slgnac-src-a ore al
ways acknowledged, sine*, -ofusal
would mean a repetition of tor
ture"
Lynched Negro Still Lives.
Hanged lo Tree All Night and Shot Six Times. Caiored Burglar
Refuses to Die and May Yet Be Tried.
Left in Tins from the branch of a>
i roc and with six bullet wounds In hl> |
V ??iiil uud body. Grover Franklin, a I
ik. t-vo burglur, was cut down by Sher
iff Cutler in Dothan. Ala., aud it Is
bcfcjYtJ be will recover. The mob
whlcfc l.m-bed him scattered In the
conviction t>.r negro was dead, and It
was not until fifteen minutes after
Butler hkd severed the rope that a
doctor (Uncovered signs of life in hU
?till form.
Mora than a hundred shots were
fired at th<> man after be had been
swung with his feet six feet from tbo
ground, but In the excitement of- the
mob the great majority of the bullets
went wide. There were 200 men in the
lynching party, and all swor* to kill
Franklin.
They took him b> main force
from Butler and three deputies. But
ler swore In about twenty cltlrena as
dqpnUes and pursued tb? mob so
closely that a quick hanging was de- ;
elded upon by ihe leaders of the xnnj?
? >f lynchers.
Franklla was tied band and foot und |
strung up ou a tree Inside the co/po- |
ration limits. One minute was given ,
the negro for prayer, and he took the
time in freu/icd appeals for tnercy.
He denied the crime with whii-o tic :
was charged and shouted In terror ,
when tinuily the noose was tightened (
around his neck.
He was very speedily drawn up by [
sis men catching the end of the roi>c ;
over the branch. They knotted the i
rope around the trunk of another tree
and when the mob was ready to neat- j
ter the Bring began. Two of the bul
lets scored the side of the negro's head.
The only serious wound is In the right
lunar.
Franklin is under the care of two
physicians in the couuty Jan. If he
survives, he will have to stand trial on
the chatffe of breaking Into the stor*
of A. C. Faulk of Do than.
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The indications last night were for a
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The wires being down there Is no re
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The result of the observation taken
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19(X\ is as follows:
Temperature time observat'n..41 above
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours. 73 above
Min. " " " " -36 above
Mean " " " " above
Barometer 3V.74
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NOTICE OF MM FOB PATENT
C. S. Land Office. Juneau. Alaska.
March. 11. I90*
NOTICE IS HEREBY GlVfctV thai Mrs.
Paul K abler. a resident of Juneau. Alaskh,
the legal assignee of Mattlc R. Starboard, ben
eficiary under section iSUC. Revised Statutes
of the United States, planting additional
lands to soldiers and sailors who served In
the army or navv during the war of tho ro
iielllon. has applied to enter the lands em
braced In D. S. survey No. <W. more particu
larly described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. I. north of Haines
Mission on the west side of Chllkoot Inlet, a
stone marked S-tW-Cor.-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 3 lioars S. 13 deg. 39 mln. \V. 31.19 chains
distant: thence W. 'JO chains to Cor. No. 1' . a
stone marked S-tW-Cor.-2; thence North 10
chains to Cor. No. 3. a Jstono marked 9-690
Cor -3: thence East 30 chains to Cor. No. 4. a
stone marked S 090-Cor. 4; thence South 10
chains to Cor. No. 1. tho place of beginning.
Magnetic variation at all corners 30 deg. 07
tuln. East.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of the aliove described tract are re
quired to file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office. at Juneau.
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under
oath, during the period of publication, or
within thirty days thereafter, or they will In
terred by the provisions of the statute.
JOHN W. DUDLEY.
Register.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the fore
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