, 1876-11-03
Ills Trtn1 nt NIoscou

il, Ills Trtn1 nt AInscou
pxu,,s f,'t f1,t*tH",:st. y r.d {; 5,s,,,a re y,m.
sn twentyono breetars' 'asi a, o. antso p' sttsos,,
aioeeuw Commercial f.oan bunk, wns sot .! Ae
At Moscow On Oct. II. II u,,rcar. "' thItai1tl
stronhDetet possessing iinmt1,sr roa'u,,Dt aIss VI
irohWorks, and lpcDf.uitvo nMl raIlwo"a."al'aes,
Nah;ntaett,r'ss III Ucrmnny anl hu.trae eIIr1s;e Ia;;e
". !.!"sgii II coIhnihncatlun With The Mn,'sS5n
l!5el = finish curtain foun,!rIcs @ mi "rs.5 '',e5 t.
on Ills Bot1emlan estates. When In. 'msslosa .us,
vaseca upnn tho security nf huLa, ID,
1nartgagcs, railway;carrlagcs, aul b!Ils .!aa'e:,
exehnt'Go amounted IT, t'carly ;1M1na ids q
rup!cf1 1nu.n NM t.,e Moscow Bank would end M
stlado tho .Dsreetofs that apother ~, ~ Ef'
would finish his work, when lIi lhe A4san:e ,sIn
would hcco1nc 80 great us to !"a% poMs
tho bnstltoss exceedingly alyauasna'''assa' n''as'
Tho Directors hesitntcd, anil, I1ee?a.. TIiie i.
tue failure Of tho l'ank. Urn tIs Dr. DSIa;sl Stss.
berg was arrested OH the charge 1t borosis,s, spss
money OH insufficient suc,,Yty. I,r. siTn,s.sass!
replied That, nono of bis bills to tic bsnE hsts
tlua. thcrc Tas no reason to arrest bin In -.
count Of IBIS debt; while, rs reCafde,i ~ T.. r.
ffseIfty festIx ysf|isa1t S|iiven + f,' on ' have lee m
s Thought is would Se, to otai s' 's1Hsfe, s x,t.
This, moreover. was purely con,tnercj1l SS of,s
upon which no charge could be based I,, t,rda,,
any circumstances. a little later, the Fiji. 'H.
Prosecutor shifted ground, charging ''5,. D,.
stfousboFg with br'bIne certain Dliector,,
upon insufficient security. It seems tIst tI,t
tlo two Managing Directors who were iIkewi.sss VIA
arrested, confessed, ,no 10 have rccefyei i'.,s
Dr.. strousbcrg 10000 roubles a ii cssh uve ,na
coon In shares, atl tic other ia 900 rouGte,ia
ba'lk-slotcs-3o0 01o roubles more being psij i, ia
ftrrft In in,11tsi .STtI, Nm. hnr
hi6ltttg tho corruption Of public Officials aons.
Ing to the employees Of 1ointrstuek banks, tfo
alleged illegal intercourse between Dr. Strras.
burg and tl,e Managing Directors was the safr
| jcct uf a criminal chafgo against all three, b.
strous9eTg, wken tho confessions Of the Nan
aging Directors wcro communicated 10 hin,
retortod that Herr Lahdat,, QUO d
tl.e two Directors, Whenever u,skinv lin an
yanccs on bchnlf OF tho bauk, Ind deducted ctr
tain sums for l'tmselt and friends. Dr.. S,tous
berg Ind tolerated this, partly becausc lie Wv
smpaFfassfs a parss boes,o aaa "ats4 ike e tas s
crs, 10 was auder an Impression eifa la
| rothlng can be obtained tn Russia w!,hov,
feeling those In d position to ctyV trouble An,r
this statement Of the principal prisoner tIe
preliminary. Inquiry WIS continued. Eventually
IL extended. to. nineteen other directors 1t!
io%ing too great 1Ese 1Eeenso sf 70 iio Maaaza; ian, a.
Directors, mud with drawing up aul put,
fishing incorrect halance-slcets In 1a73 1874, asl
1875. Some Of these persons, aliiong wAun sre
thu DurgurnastGr Of Moscow and several
1nillonalres and leading bankers, arc he'll r.
russell condition Of tho bunk aud lcceylug The
| public, whlle otflcrs ara merely charged viii
| culpnblo neglect,
lilo public trial ca1ne on in JUNO, but, owing
to the dcpoaitions Of susnu Berlin wtnessrs nv.
having lccn received, WA immediately adausual
bankers Included 'n the Charge satEsfylne allcls-
tors whose dcmand nd not exceed 1,oN rouble.,
Tho assets Of tho bank amounting 10 i0p
cent Of tho dcNta, t11 tntke than WO Iouhhs
waE required to coycr tho ditIcrenro. On o.
II the trlal was hsuinGd. III Difference 10
Sp ESSESp''u on s'tes ;a y GS st 'pPsss ss.d 5' s t
sisted almost exclusively Of peasants unalle
to read aud write, this tlnu waa chiefly con-
posed OF tra1csnlnn. DR.. atr0ushetG, when
asked whether ho acknowledged himself guilty,
replied IN tho negative. adding that tho extracts
from hls lotters quoted BY tho prosecutor so"ss.ss
cd to uucai,. They were mlstranslatel aud
wYested from tho cuntoxt.
BERLIN, Oct. 18.--The jury In Tho strousbtI:
ami Commercial Ioan Hank ttlal 1t Moscow
consista of ono merchant, atr tratlrsEltl tHI
pnhlIc employees, antl three artisnils nhtf
charging TIC Jury, tho Jnslgc oiiserEcl that Jug
witt, financial md commercial details. aau tll'
therefore, they lsad better ask tnr csplahasitonh .
whenever they wanted them. Ilowcser rllt,'
lous thuir questions might appear e ~
lurymon themselves, tho Coart Tea'a as 1iuas q
f,oppy to answer them. The Prts'dsos
Iu.tGo also stated tl.ut no lcuo5itiols ta.
been rccclvcl FROM several pf those bsiila s S1
ncsbgs whose uo,l-appcurAncu had unused INC ilie
trial tl bo adjourned. Tlcir nof-apPcafaheeo o.
tho pressnt t,ccuslUn wns 6y tU''!IIlun en'tsa .s