Horrible Atrocities.
ghastly Btorj e»f tie cold blooded miirder of a ntimber ef 'piisoners at Kara has at last been confirmed, and outIleroiis ovea theadvanse whispers,- The woman, Sakida, who was reported to have poisoned herself, whs rcilly hisljcd to diatk by older of a brutal and lieentious official, whwsc advances she ro-< pelled. She was a delicateijNna toned and highly educated Yet they stripped her naked and, gave her a hundred lashes,', WheH released Sa« bidfl was dead. Hoc three women companions oa'.' her fata took 'poison, fearing r tu'ey would sliate it. All four,wo»en were buried' in the yard of the prison, and the] officials kept'silehce on tho subject. Somehow or another, however, Jhe news Inalty reached ihe thirty male prisonous on tike other side of the prison. They had sworn to'poison. themselves if Sakida were flogged; andi they did po. Fortunately, or unfortunately, their giaans attracted'the attention' 1 of tho guard, Emetics) were administered, and the liveb of J all but two saved. Sabida's murder is heyand dispute, the punishmth't of 100 lashoi being entei ed i'h the prison,re«oidh. Ci..' wondeis how long England and Aineuca mean to leok on atrocities, whieh it is admitted are o^'constant cccurrence, tv iliront -remonstrance. - -
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6604, 8 May 1890, Page 1
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