Garland Globe | 1908-10-31 | Page 2 | Russia's Red Record

RUSSIA'S RED RECORD. Over Six Hundred Executed Since January 1 for Alleged Crimes. St. Petorsburg. Tho Hech has obtained ob-tained and made public tho ofllclnl statistics of executions lu Russia during dur-ing tho ycnr 100S on sentences Imposed Im-posed by tho military courts. Tho total Is C27, of which 81 wqro soldiers nnd D13 civilians. Tho figures nro considerably below tho earlier unofllclat estimates, which wero based on tho condemnations ro-ported ro-ported In press dispatches. According to tho ofllclnl ohiBslIlcatlonB, 153 per-Bons, per-Bons, or over 70 per cent, wore hanged or shot for murder or robbery, rob-bery, accompanied by vlolenco; C2 men wero executed for mutiny or other offenses against military discipline, discip-line, 71 for crimes against the stntcs, and four for desertion. Tho Haltlo provinces took tho lend In the num-bor num-bor of executions, with 131. This wna due to tho final stamping out of tho Insurrection. Tho Kiev regiment wns next, with S4 executions. Odessa had CO, Warsaw War-saw CO, and Moscow 59.