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Show ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS I ARE GIVEN FREEDOM LONDON, March 16. 12.20 a. m. "During the revolution." says a Reuter Reu-ter dispatch from Petrograd, "the hated hat-ed Kreaty prison was seized by the revolutionists after a short resistance by its guards. All the political prisoners pris-oners held there, including the members mem-bers of the workmen's group arrested a month ago, were liberated. The same course was followed at the preliminary' pre-liminary' detention prison and the women's wo-men's prison. Detective headquarters was demolished and burned with the archives relating to political personages person-ages and organizations. Among those arreRted were Bishop Petrira. the metropolitan of Petrograd; Petro-grad; M. Kurloff, who was in charge of the police arrangements at the time of the murder of Premier Stolypin and whose activities have been renewed re-newed recently, and General Smok-howlinoff, Smok-howlinoff, former minister of war. |