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Show RATS III PRISON TORTURE RED CAPTIVES Terrifying Conditions in Russian Rus-sian Jails Described by American BERLIN. Feb 26 (By The Associated Associ-ated Presp). Bolshevik prison methods meth-ods lack all elements of decency and civilization. Pays M. Schwartz. California Cali-fornia Socialist, and labor leader, who I with his wife was thrown into Bol-sheiik Bol-sheiik prisons in Moscow for four months after ho had failed to voice (approval of tho Bolshevist govern ment. Ills wife died of the effects or a hunger strike started while in pris-on, pris-on, as he has made Known in prev-' prev-' ions statement. My firxt two morths In prison were I the worst." Mr. Schwartz said after arriving In Berlin "My wife, who could "Ot rpeak a word of any language lang-uage but English. v j;. taken from me. I did-noi know whether she was in thf Sam- i -,- i-.. A n .t 1' ..i ' 1'"' of her. I could not get a word of satisfaction from ar.v of the prison officials. of-ficials. BREAK TRIFLING B1 LB. "There was a small peephole In the door of my fell Which opened into the main corridor- This had a little slide over it and there was a sign In Russian warning the inmates of the cell that they would be placed in solitary soli-tary confinement if they peeked out into the corridor. "Many times a day footsteps passed the door. Sometimes there wre light slops and 1 Imagined women were passing. To -tho horror of other men in the cell with me. 1 occasionally moved the slide the least bit in the I hope of getting a glimpse Of my poor wife. I became bolde ' and bolder. The corridor was so dark It was difficult dif-ficult to recognize the people who were passing. "Finally, in shorn- desperation, 1 pushed the slide far back one dy when light footsteps were audible. Tc mv horror the eye of the guard al-J most touched mine. Re opened the, door and asked me if 1 could read Russian. 1 admitted I could and explained ex-plained to him that my anxiety about mv wife was responsible for the violation vio-lation of regulations. HI NGR1 RATS M''V ST. "I was Immediately taken to a dark cell iii the cellar. It was full of hungry hun-gry rats- Wuter and sewer pipes ran all around the walls and lliore was so much gaB that I felt 1 was choking.; I began pounding on the door but tho guard warned mo not to and threatened to put mo Into a still lower, cell if I didn't keep quiet. "At the end of three hours T was. so badly overcome by the gas that I pounded on the door In desperation and asked to see the commbwar who was In charge of tho prison. The guard was apparently uneasy about my condition and called the commis-J sar. "I told the commissar my anxiety about my wife and asked Mm If lie would not have peeped through the hole under the samo condition He wus moved by my appeal and asked me If I would promise not to repeat the offense If he let me back Into my old cell- AGONY OF WOMEN. "You may be suro I promised and 1 kept mv "promise. 1 had companions compan-ions in my old cell and there weren't any rats und gas there I can't tell you how horrible it is to be confined urione. Even if one's companions have no common langunge, human companionship compan-ionship makes a cell more endurable. SollLiry confinement, such as my wife endured for two months, is tho most horrible punishment that can be In-fllcted. In-fllcted. "Think of a cultivated, refined Am-lorlcan Am-lorlcan woman being treated us he w is by tho Bolshevists: It Is no wonder l that her constitution was so under-; under-; mined by her Jail experiences that she ; died shortly after we w ere released. I But her blood Is on the hands of Len-llne Len-llne and Trotxky and Chltcherln (for-olgn (for-olgn minister). She appealed to them I repeatedly for a hearing and so did L i-tho finally ariecteu our roua.se oy urn hunger strike, but her strength was) not sufficient to survive the awful agony she endured. . oo |