Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-04 | Page 10 | Many Executed without Trial

MANY EXECUTED WITHOUT TRIAL Revolutionaries Unceremoniously Unceremoni-ously Turned Over to Firing Fir-ing Squads. "TAKE THEM TO RIVER," SENTENCE AND WARRANT Clearing of Riazan Railroad Line Attended by Much Bloodshed. MOSCOW, Jan. 3. According to the I stories In circulation he re the number of summary executions of revolutionists Is large. Mr Smith, an Englishman and proprietor of machine works frhlch accidentally acci-dentally burned yesterday, says he personally per-sonally Witnessed a number of execu tlons. When the "DruJIns ' garrison of tho sugar factory surrendered the officer In command of the regular troops, after a few brief questions, picked out tho Victims, who were mnrched twenty paces In front of a llrlng squad, received B volley and dropped without a st niggle. "Take Them to the River." Mr. Smith even says lie thinks he recognized recog-nized Gov -Gen. DOUDOSSOff among those present It Is generally stated that tho victims were handed over to the tiring BQUSd with the command, "Take them to tho river." which was tantamount tanta-mount to a sentence and warrant for their execution Bloodshed Clearing Line. The clearing of the Rluznn line so far as Lubertzl, which fell principally on the Semlonovskl regiment, was attended by much bloodshed At every station troops dispersed the crowds by firing volleys. Three leaders. Orloffsky. Seml-QOSky Seml-QOSky and Andrew in. ft' were captured and shot and over 3uo persons are reported re-ported to have been killed or wounded. Find Bomb, in Coffin. A newspaper representative states that a number of PruJInists were placed In cofllns and smuggled past the troops In the Bresna district. An officer finally he-came- Suspicions, a funeral procession was stopcd and the casket was opened In-Hldo In-Hldo the soldiers found s man and four bombs. Thereafter all suspicious funerals were halted for examination, and the soldiers even went to the length of pulling the mustaches and beards of the mourners mourn-ers to ascertain If they were false. Wholesale arrests continue to be made-here made-here Ban on Lou-Jed Sticks The police arc- gathering In all persons found carrying loaded sticks or sword canes. Thirty revolutionists are reported to have been executed at L lmlnla station on the Nizhni Novgorod railroad. M. Mendelstam who defended Tvan Kalelff. the murderer of Grand Duke SerKlus. has been arrested f,,r active participation par-ticipation in the armed revolt. Deprived of His Rank. M.-iJ -Gen. Averlanoff, retired) president of the union of city employees, Is also under arrest in connection with the Insurrection, Insur-rection, and has been deprived of his rank and pension Another naturalised American named Boss, employed In the Baltic provinces, has filed a claim for damages done to his house In the Prennla district of this city.