. Siberia and the exile system. HOUSE OF DECEMBRIST THE POLITICAL EXILES CARPENTER-SHOP, CHfTA. to call upon him, and said that if I was interested in prisonsand the exile system he thought he could furnish me withsome material. I am not at liberty to name this officer, norto indicate the position that he held; but I can say, with- 336 SIBERIA out breach of confidence, that I did call upon him, and thatI am indebted to him for many of the facts set forth in thefour preceding chapters. He confirmed most of the state-ments made to me by the political convicts at Kara, gaveme an account
. Siberia and the exile system. HOUSE OF DECEMBRIST THE POLITICAL EXILES CARPENTER-SHOP, CHfTA. to call upon him, and said that if I was interested in prisonsand the exile system he thought he could furnish me withsome material. I am not at liberty to name this officer, norto indicate the position that he held; but I can say, with- 336 SIBERIA out breach of confidence, that I did call upon him, and thatI am indebted to him for many of the facts set forth in thefour preceding chapters. He confirmed most of the state-ments made to me by the political convicts at Kara, gaveme an account of the shooting of G-overnor Ilyashevich thatdid not differ in any essential respect from the narrative ofMadam Kutitonskaya herself, and permitted me to seeofficial documents of the utmost interest and value. If hehad in view any other object than the establishment of thetruth, I do not know what it was. During our stay of nearly two weeks in Chita I spent alarge part of every day with trustworthy citizens and of-ficials in order to avert suspicion, and t
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