The Archive · 1925

Driven to Suicide

Moscow, May 12, Boris Savinkofl, the well-known' former anti-Bolzhevik, committed suicide in prison to-day. A few hours before, he had written Comrade Djerjinsky, the head of the police, begging for liberation, He received a hopeless answer and himself from a fifth-foot arrested on August tied on the charge of being the leading spirit of most the counter-revolutionary plots is recent He was sentenced to consequent upon a remarkable state-h he said that he eon-sidered all his counter-revolutionary.

tivities mistaken and that he rejeogaized the justice of the revolu-in. Finally" he was sentenced to!

sears' deprivation of liberty, in consideration of a promise not [tight against the Soviet in future

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