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It is said that as many as one hundred thousand prisoners have been in the great prisons in and around this city at one time. IT IS SAID THAT AS MANY AS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PRISONERS HAVE BEEN IN THE GREAT PRISONS IN AND AROUND THIS CITY AT ONE TIME
 smiths were pressed into service and were compelled to work all night long cutting these iron chains. Many were chained to wheelbarrows and of course could not get away until their irons were broken. A committee of public safety was formed at once and precautions taken. A banquet was prepared in the dismissed governor's palace and sixty men whose chains had not been cut loose sat down at the table with their chains rattling. In one place the priest, while performing his duties in the church, heard the news and announced it. Fifty men rushed out to kill the local police captain who had been a regular tyrant. As they came to his home they were met by the captain's ten-year-old daughter, who stood in front of her father and calmly said: "You will have to kill me first," and thus she saved his life. In five days after the revolution, six thousand exiles had reached Irkutsk from other prisons. By the way, Irkutsk is the capital of eastern Siberia and here the greatest prisons were located. ED VENGEANCE OTHER SMITHS WERE PRESSED INTO SERVICE AND WERE COMPELLED TO WORK ALL NIGHT LONG CUTTING THESE IRON CHAINS MANY WERE CHAINED TO WHEELBARROWS AND OF COURSE COULD NOT GET AWAY UNTIL THEIR IRONS WERE BROKEN A COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS FORMED AT ONCE AND PRECAUTIONS TAKEN A BANQUET WAS PREPARED IN THE DISMISSED GOVERNOR'S PALACE AND SIXTY MEN WHOSE CHAINS HAD NOT BEEN CUT LOOSE SAT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH THEIR CHAINS RATTLING IN ONE PLACE THE PRIEST WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES IN THE CHURCH HEARD THE NEWS AND ANNOUNCED IT FIFTY MEN RUSHED OUT TO KILL THE LOCAL POLICE CAPTAIN WHO HAD BEEN A REGULAR TYRANT AS THEY CAME TO HIS HOME THEY WERE MET BY THE CAPTAIN'S TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO STOOD IN FRONT OF HER FATHER AND CALMLY SAID YOU WILL HAVE TO KILL ME FIRST AND THUS SHE SAVED HIS LIFE IN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE REVOLUTION SIX THOUSAND EXILES HAD REACHED IRKUTSK FROM OTHER PRISONS BY THE WAY IRKUTSK IS THE CAPITAL OF EASTERN SIBERIA AND HERE THE GREATEST PRISONS WERE LOCATED
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