Show SUBJECTED TORTURE Russian Officials Accused of Forcing Confessions by Diabolical Means St S1 Petersburg March Courtenay a member of the Academy of Sciences In an open letter today de describes describes scribes the horrible tortures to whIch he asserts the political prisoners at Warsaw were subjected by Chief of Police He cites as e ample or of orthe the cases itt in which prisoners starved and on tour four consecutive nights were beaten with clubs jumped on theIr hair pulled out by the roots and the soles of their feet cut with knives until they signed statements cOnfessing theIr guilt Reports of meetings ot of the small land landowners landowners owners to select delegates to the pro provincial provincial assemblies say the att attendance has been light on account ot of the din dis the delegates have to travel For example at province of there were only seventy out of 1417 delegates present the delegates almost invariably the personage of priests is notable In the southwest there are many Ger German German man colonies Germans have been chosen In the Orel districts the peasants elected two members who ho are now un under under der arrest One of theta them has been sen sentenced sentenced to 11 |