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Show l Nllll IIIA. A I'rltou.r lb.liir.1 In n istp.s fir I llleen llnya. Ilosrov, Feb. 8. Die 7erafif to-morrow to-morrow wlllpubllihtliuitory uf Ca-Ulti Ca-Ulti Morris, nlallng hlscxierleucerui a prisoner for Ihreu iara lu n Blhcrian coat mini. CaUui Morris says ho w as is; tain ot tlie schooner "Helena," whlth sailed from Yokohama A ill II, lssl, on J cruliu for walrus They captured a walrus In ltustlan territory, nu I the schoontr wa ca lured by a Ituislau gunboat. Tho sthuoutr nud crew wire taken to ladlvostock. where they were trlotl and convicted of violating the aeil nud fishing law and tondeuimd to Imprisonment In the coal mine for three jiars. Hit) wire obliged to send up tin tous of cuil ier da) for thu first )rar and six ton ;er day for tho other )cnr. II the slated amount uf coal did not coma up. no ratlins would tieghen thimi. Cn; Uln Morrl was fahtened to a Pole, Hie chain Wing tight ftct long. After being fastened the iatalu sue nu one lut the l'olo until he wa lib-trated, lib-trated, iut btlngallowe-J to leae Hie mine during the entire thria yeirs. slot Ing on Ibo lloor of the initio and subsisting un ike soup. At the and uf three mouths his inmiaulon died, hut no one mine to releaac, him from (ha body. At the end of llflecii diys, the iatalu cut the l'ole'a body III two with a shovil au 1 got it upon a load of coal. W hen Morris came out hu found that F, C. Crockir of Bearsjiorl, Maine, one of his i rew, had Just I. -en relea-ed. logellur lhey walked ISO miles to Vladlroatock, tha ltiisxlana reluilng them traii)ajita(lon. They wire coal-U coal-U grimed, ragged and soru from bites nfveruilu Au Anurlcan vessel took them to Nagasaki, where Iho United H tales consul provided them with clothing and tbey took their first hot bath In threo yean Thu cou.ul fur nlthed Ibem with trantportatlon to Vokobama. from win ncu they went to Ban 1 ranchico, Morris filially ri aching lloston, hla native place, loat .Soyiiii-her. .Soyiiii-her. Lust rrlda) ho left the house of a friend lo comu to this city, an 1 sluco that Hmu hu has been missing. |