Show A sentenced to be shot but rescued after burial c r pHILA DELP alia july 6 aifong the passengers who arrived iu philadelphia by the steamer rl tish grown last week wag a young man of german parentage but born in st petersburg russia his name he is a bright young fellow abou 24 years old band of refined appear ance he speaks russian german and hebrew fluently but cannot speak english though he under i stands what is said to him Hs is of average height well built and hia features are regular but there is ah ugly bear on his right cheek wh ere it was seared with ft red hot iron he has a very remarkable history and on being visited by a reporter nc ibe iho iise chero heffs boarding ahe cheerfully consented ld relate tha story of hi which d ashe proceeded bya G elmari friend the play bf his mobile features was ta study as he becam oinie flushed his eyes sparkling his lip s after fter recounting some particulars of bi early careers 1 which particular interest hs proceeded shortly after I 1 had passed my eighteenth year I 1 entered the university of st petersburg asa medical student I 1 had only been a few weeks there when 1 Yas sworn as a nihilist by leo hartman I 1 then discovered that the great majority of my follow students were members of the same organization I 1 attended meyeral and entered inlo the spirit of the conspiracy I 1 was made secretary of the circle to which I 1 belonged and in ihas manner got into the conspiracy czar alexander jiri 1 shall never forget tho day when the news came that alexana der was dead I 1 had been in the craw d ftfe explosion bomb and was able to give my half an didur reports were being circulated what speeches were made what toasts amk and what hopes engendered that night you can well the was closed like all other institutions when was i generally suspended Afew das after resumption I 1 made an alcid iti waa not noticed aby the professor aho I 1 was against our movement for regeneration of our country but I 1 was placed under ari rest my roomi were searched and a scrap of letter connecting me with the successful conspiracy i covered tor two to the most cruel treatment Ireat ment I 1 lay in prison I 1 believe jn cells the germs of disease were laid which I 1 scarcely hope ever to throw off one day I 1 was marched out and in prison buildings 1 ina a curtain was drawn asid and I 1 stood trembling in of 0 the K new Czar y ihei ir wasi pale and and i fancy he was afraid though surrounded by his chosen beaff Bt aff he hurriedly pronounced aj few 0 tenor af which was that I 1 was to out shot two days after though my parents were hebrew iwasan agnostic ortho most s aggressive aggress t iye i r type artt but i with i certna in therace th eface aln admit that I 1 was moved to prepare for the coming dissolution and to pray as I 1 had bean taught in my infancy at last my jailers jailors roy cell to conduct me out to the place set ifor execution i il nied them and bad great difficulty in restraining myself the gibba and ghastly jokes of the guard in the courtyard I 1 found seventeen were executed with me but all bore up bravely knowing they were flying in a good cause we were placed in n row our facca to the file of soldiers who covered us with their muskets the moment the given perio there etrue men among those cause but they could not betray their ll 11 brej I and simultaneously the rang out Befort th ekau eara iffa my after that I 1 remembered no more but kno all that afterwards after warda happened it is customary in russia whyna prisoner pria oner diegor ia executed to teat whether liea is bearing chiy cheek with a hot iron this mark on waife tall ram aiDed animation Aci mation wea au extent that even burning was enuf ficket to cauce tho vital Bpark ik bowab moved to grown cemetery attached toab arieon and thrown shallow gravid with the clay thrown loosely on top I 1 believe I 1 was about seven bours n the grave lying as dead 1 I had read a good ain f ir f f f V t deal about the effect of ail earth bath in cases of suspended animation and was now ito experience want I 1 scarcely believed before FEELINGS ain THE sty nerves first began to work painfully and to beat violently I 1 also suffered a deal i from tho pain in my shoulder was not yet breathing but as respiration began again a cold bacat broke over me for there was great difficulty taking in even a littlefair whilo in this terrible condition Ii heard tho earth being shoveled front over me then 1 eard cices engaged in conversation from which I 1 learned that my friends L been allowed to take my body aal were now ex suddenly chere wasa ray of light glimpse of facea peering over me and then I 1 was as though dead again when 1 recovered consciousness I 1 found out lin my coffin it was terror indescribable when the again to bu arse through my veins I 1 groaned and opened my eyes 1 I sawa look pt error on the faces of those around they soon recovered sufficient eprefence pre fence of mind to call in who was with us in the good cause 1 was unable to speak and be worked me all night before morning 1 was m a raving fever Everything wa done to keep anda mock fun held which had the of deceiving evelyb ody ten daya I 1 remained in the bever on th e eleventh the doctor all danger passed arrangements were then being begun for carrying me butof the country in a month I 1 was pronounced sufficiently recovered to be removed and the plan was operation I 1 had an uncle a wool merchant who was in the habit of paying frequent and he had me placed in the bottom of a perforated box and securely packed with samples the box was passed without question and in six weeks J found myself in london in the 1881 will ba found a report by dr J if jar ming haro 1 whose attention was called to my case by the doctor under whose care 1 was placed and who took agrest interest in me I 1 remained in london liying on money supplied me by my friends but as I 1 did not desire to do so any longer and be Keying that ina america I 1 should be able to obtain a position as correspondent and perhaps conclude my studies for the medical profession I 1 resolved on coming here thero are very few russians in philadelphia but several have called on mr and are convinced of the truth of this story the strongest tion of which 13 found in the scar ton his cheek and the fact that his left atrin aj useless cr Y mercury |