BEILISS IN PRISON.
HIS TERRIBLE ORDEAL. REMARKABLE DISCLOSURES. By Tolcßrapii-Prdßs Ausociaiioii-OopyrleM "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. . St. Petersburg, December !. .Ueihss, tiie .Wish elork. acquitted "I tho murder at KieiF of tho Jewish o»y named Yushcliiiiskv, lias been interviewed, and lias made remarkable disclosures regarding his treatment while in prison. _ Fearing poison, ] m Kn j,] ) j l( , a |, vavs induced his soldier guards to share liis iced. His celi ( ]„ nl . W!IS ] (I fl .(,]„,„ *n invito liim to escape. lie through once, and saw a mini holding a revolver. The man crept silently away. Beili.ss would undoubtedly have been shot if he had attempted "io escape. The night before the verdict in his case was reached, a soldier visited his coll ant] ordered him to strip. The soldier searched his clothes and mouth and combed his heard, In reply to his remonstrances, jho soldier said': "Shut up, you devil. I have been told to kill you."
Boiliss's cries brought the Governor, who said, "Wu are looking for poison." Afterwards be was treated more kindly. Mounting the staircase on the final morning, he passed two students wearing "Black Hundred" buttons. One of them, shaking his fist, said: "They will teach you to kill Christian children, you dirty Jew." Beilks was greatly cheered in the presence of one hundred journalists, knowing that all countries would be mado awaro of the facts, and that nothing would bo hushed up.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1922, 3 December 1913, Page 7
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233BEILISS IN PRISON. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1922, 3 December 1913, Page 7
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