The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-11-08
aglsGellaneung.
TEE FALSE DEMETRIUS.

q The TcigniEg Car, was piayirg in III
y court yard in the palace of Ugliioh
!, q with loCr other hojs, Lis attendants
n he had q knife in sne hand, witl
n wkich, ecccT6i1g u Gle account, h'
n n was cu;tir 2 piece OF #0od accord
"a ing to ar Other, lie was elae&y, ring Il
= = stick JBe knite in the ground. HI.
- gOverHsss, Lis nurse, and q femsl;
servant we're close st hand. Tht
$ attento on q the aoGen were drawn
2 fsom him for q few moments, and
. then he was zen hire up2n tbs
! : arourd. bathed i, blood, with va:
: flowing from Q. large Eo3Ed in his
! throat.
! The shlieks Of he terrified women
] on disCoveriag this appallirg trgg-
! edr, drought into Inc cGuTty ard The
! Cz2Tiiz1. who Without waiting 10
hea. a word OF explanation, accused
the governess o. conHiyigg at tbs
Princes muTaer, struck her e violent
blow on the hcsd gi-h q piece o:
Ro0d, and denounced as he assassin
!, Michaei Bi.isgotski, The co3trcllef OF
! TIE palace. AiicAsci, the brother OF
lie Cz-lijzs, Teeied into tie court
yard il stale Of intCxic5gioD, struck
and abused tie governess and order
ed the iccsin 20 be sounded. The
court yard was Immediately c:o1ded
Wi.h people D:tiagoiski appearing,
AID declaring thst the Prince must
have been st.scked By 3 fis, and fall
ing upon bis knife, vas set upon by
sisnGeTa, and fed for his life The
h9lss il Hhich he sought refuge was
a.tscked i.3 the mob, and he and bis
SOC drss g d 0u! ,snG slain in the street.
Every one wEu dianlayed tie least
sympathy with tie suspected persons
met with :ht ssme tate.
Demetr.uo had died without hay
i"g u;teT,d were. His corpse was
cariiaG 80 church, and an Inquiry
iLto lie ciGCums taDces G: his death
wSs oiGer,d by Boris Gcdenoy, S
noble, whose sister Theodore ihe
reigniog Cz Lsd married, and who
had taken advantage cf his Imperial
! bro:Ler i;.-iaw's uiunkea habits and
Uentg! iEcapscity !or The duties cfI
govorEmcnt 10 exercise tie cliei
authority IN tie State. TIE invest
CATION Wa= c,IdGc;ed iG secret, and
tais Circumstance, coupled by tee
facts that il was made by two MOBILES
Y ho were entirely under The influence
Of Boris, that Bitiegotski was slso
cne Cf his creatures, SID that subse-
quent events supported TIE suspicion |
thst he wss aiming 8. the thrcnc, hss |
caus ed him 10 he regarded by most
historians as She sathor Of consyir /
2cy OF which DeEeirius was the FIRST
victim. Without having made any
examination ur the corpse, or com
psring the wcund with The knife
which The Prince had in his hand
when he fell, the commissioners OF
Boris, arrived al the conclusion lhat
The death of Demetrius Was the result
Of al accident.
IL 1897, Tbeo3oge vas taken i'll
ard died, not SitECu; great suspicion
OF his having been poisoned by Boris
Godenoy, of WEich the Czarins wss
so well convinced thst she would
never speak 10 her brother asterHard.
As Theodore ieis no chi6re=,- ihe
dynasty OF Rurik, which hsd ruled
Russia upward of seven centuries.
same to an emo st his dsa:h. GoGeneV,
who already exercised ell The power
OF the Crown, aud would probably
have suffered nobody else 10 reign,
PRETENDED 10 be unwilling to accept
Tie crown, until urged To DO so BY
tie eat: eaiies Of the people; sud {
even then be made bis acceptance OF
it conditional On The success of an
expedition which be declared he was
about TO undertake against the Tor :
iaTs.
But il truth, there was no Tartsr
srmy in the field, and Boris had no I
CT attacking eitLer Kasan
OF Astrakhar. The pretended ex-
podiiion was merely sn excuse for
assembling SO army OF fifty thousand
men, az the most tffeciusl Eeihod of ;
securing himself oo The throne. .
About the middle OF 1903, Prince
Adam Wisni0Eietki, Polish noble, /
Icing annoyed by some neehgcnce
on the part OF one Of his servants. {
abused aud struck him
"You would not treat me thus il
you knew whom l am,'' said ;hs E
man. I
"Wbo are you, them" demanded !
;he piince, with look II surprise.
"I am Delneilius IvsBoYitch = e
wss Tie reply.
Tie prince Gec!ared ihat this was !
as the person mentioned I
had died, or been murdered dlzen I
years beioIt, snd probably thought :
at first thSt the young man must be {
Glitter luua.ic or 81 impaderl i'm /
p5sler. But the lSiter msintained 20 6
confidently that he was really the Z
rerson lie lepTesCnted himself TO be, :
ynd answered the princes questions !
with so uEch resdiness and plausi- {
b lily, tba. Wiszniowlccki was ct frst ;
staggered srd then Convinced.
According to the story toll by the {
, Cung mar, VINO lad 50 suddenly t
ASSUMED p.incely rank, ike E butter. !.
fly emerging from lis chryssllne csse, I
S!mcp, tie u5ysic;2n attached 10 the
ccuit o. Thec dore, had been tsmper !
I'd With hy Boris, and had pretended s
to isIi in with the usa:pers 3 schemes,
IN cider thst lie IIgat be able 10
avert iIom the youGg pEi1ce the dark
fate with which he vas thFeatened.
For this purpose lie procured q boy, 2
The son OF g serf, who resembled :
DcnetEins in height ard features,
and substituted lin for the prince On
the night alI Ioih,ed or tbe letters
assassination Dsmstrius Eas with
6raHn .ICm vaJipT', I'd The de-
C Itiun wss 10. di c0y.itd. Tie :
boy substituted or him w&s murder
ed, in re te.iH hat lie was the
prince, ard the physician and De
metIius fed. TIE latter wss CON-
mitted 20 the care OF iCysl gentle
msn, Who, for bis greater security,
plsced him in 4 nc nclsstery.
Both the physicsan sDd the gentle
msn to whose care Demetr:us was
alleged to have beeH committed were
low dead, and the only eoTrobcTa'lEe
evidence which the young maa
could produce consisted OF seal,
bearing The name and arms OF De-
wenius, aud a jewsled cross of gold,
said to have Eeen bsptismal gilt oi
his godfather, Prince Ivan Mats
lzuszi. Tne production OF these aItl-
cles satisfied Wisznlowecki that his
servant vas really and truthful Czsr,
and be at cnce lodged hin in tie best
spsItments of his castle, and pro
vided him with clothing, carriages,
horses, aud q retinue OF attendants
suitable 10 his supposed rank
TIE pretensions of the young man
were Immediately made known to
many of The leading Polish nobility,
TEo warmly supported them. Con-
irmasory evidence on his behalf was
obtained from one Pietroviki, ser
vart Of tie Chancellor of Lithuanis.
Who stated that he had formerly
heen Cre of the attendants OF De-
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