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Show Prisoners are Tortured. St. Petersburg. Proressor Courtc-nay, Courtc-nay, a mombor or tho Academy or Sciences, Sci-ences, In nn opon letter describes tho horrible tortures to which, ho assorts, tho political prisoners at Warsaw wero subjected by Chlof of Police Groun. Ho cites us example of tho casos In which prisoners starved, nnd on four consocutlvo nights wero beaton with clubs, Jumped on, tholr hair pulled out by tho roots and tho soles of their feet cut with knives until thoy signed statements confessing their guilt. |