sentences:  In October 1896, Tumas' brother Jonas was arrested in Priekulė for transporting a suitcase full of booklets printed by "Tėvynės sargas".The police also seized letters that implicated others in the book smuggling operation, but Tumas managed to bribe police officials and destroy the letters.Tumas was searched, interrogated, dismissed from his job as a teacher, and sentenced to five years of exile by the Governor-General of Vilnius.