UNREST IN RUSSIA
ST. PETERSBURG, April 25. At Moscow 10 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, Kywrtalnoff, of being 0 the leader of a gang of 27 revolutionists. Kvarta.lnoff retaliated by accusing Yermakoff. The 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 Witness, Issue 2929, 4 May 1910, Page 24
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