UNREST IN RUSSIA
TRIAL OF REVOLUTIONISTS,
SEVENTEEN CONVICTIONS.
BRITISH YOUTH SENTENCED,
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 25. • At Moscow lp revolutionists were acquitted and 17 found guilty. Watson, a British youth, was sentenced to 16 months, while Yermakoff, the leader, and five Russian lads .were "sent to .Siberia for life.
The London Daily News records a strange story of Yermakoff accusing his wife's lover, Kvartalnoff, of being the leader of a gang of 27 revolutionists. Kvartalnoff retaliated by accusing Yermakoff. Tho police thereupon arrested 27 suspects at,random, placed revolutionary placards in Watson's house, tortured Yermakoff, and otherwise manufactured evidence. ,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14818, 27 April 1910, Page 5
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