He joined the Socialdemocratic Party and organized its Lithuanian branch. During one of his trips. on December 6. 1905. he was seized by Russian soldiers. arrested. manhandled. and jailed. A military tribunal sentenced him to death. An appeal to the Russian Prime Minister Count Vitte resulted in a retrial before a civilian court. When the trial failed to take a favorable turn. he escaped on June 6. 1906. with the help of his friends from the prison in Suvalkai and emigrated to the United States. Soon after his arrival he collected about 29.000 rubles to support the revolutionary movement in Europe. In 1907 he went to Bern.
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