Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-03
As An,erica,s IN Russia.
New York Times.l

New York Times.
Mr.. Charles Iraitteur, of Lincoln. Neb..
who is boarding in the Fifth Avenue hotel.
has been an American citizen about fifteen
years, served as captain in the 4th regi-
ment of Wisconsin cavalry during the war,
and subsequently held commission as cap
tain in the I'd cavalry United States army, up
to the reduction of the army in 1871, when he
was mustered out of the service. About two
years ago he we mt to Russia and entered
upon a series of peculiarly lively experiences,
which he narrates as follows:
went to Kischaneff to marry q Russian
lady of that place. We were married accord
ing to the rite of the Russian church. and
the certificate of our marriage was, as you
| see, put upon my passport and signed by the
American consul i'll Odessa. l was then
possessed of sufficient means to enable me
| to live in comfortable elegance for the rest
of my life, possessing valuable property in
Nebraska and also having large investments
in Russian real estate. My wifes ex-
| trayagance, however, almost ruined nue.. In
about a year and a half she managed to dis
sipate two-thirds of my means. Something
over three months ago, business called me to
st. Petersburg and thence to Germany. my
native country. While in Germany I re-
ceived from Kischanef a letter informing
me of the existence of a criminal intimacy
between my wife and Mr.. Mitaky, son of
the proprietor of the Commercial bank OF
KlschaneH. Shocked by the pertidy of the
woman, who. not content with financially
running me, must also dishonor me- at once
returned to lAischaneff to satisfy myself of
the truth of the allegations that had been
made. did not 60 to my home, but to a
hotel, and there, after few days, became
satisfied beyond doubt of her guilt. and
was told that she was about to elope with a
Mr.. Mitaky. l was told what train they
would take. reported the facts at once to
the chief of police. The first question he
asked me was
care you a Russian?'
| ] answered, mo-
Then he asked me. s:What religion do you
| profess?''
told him, Catholic
"Well, y he said, Il don't know what can
do, but will see.''
l earnestly requested him to put stop to
the elopement, and supposed, having put
him in possession of all the facts that he
would do 50. But on the evening fixed fol
the fght l saw my wife enter the depot and
go into carriage of the train, accompanied
by her paramount, and the police did nothing
| myself entered the car in which the couple
were, and my wife cried out for the police.
She is known as the daughter of o very in.
fiuential gentleman of Kischanetf At hel
call the police appeared promptly, but IN
stead of interfering with her elopement they
arrested me. They tore my clothing; hurled
me out of the carriage, and dragged me of
to prison into subterranean cell, withou
any light, and without any bed or Other
furniture. / had to lie on the wet. slippery
floor, subjected to constant inyasions by the
rats. The food given me was coarse ant
filthy. | asked to be permitted to communi
cate with friends. and was refused. | called
for paper that mi ht write to the American
ambassador, and that was denied me. Final
ly obtained some by bribing my jailer.
Iwrote to the American ambassador in st
Petersburg Mr.. Geo. Fl. Boxer, an ex
, Methodist minister, appointed believe, by
President Grant. Here is his reply:
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, ST
PETERSBURG, Dec. 26, 1ST.-Nr Churle.
TrGitteu1-SR: Your case seems to me tc
be a very hard one, but I fear that you can
not obtain redress through a diplomatic
channel, unless you can influence the de-
partment of state at Washington to take uI
your affair.
Without instructions from my government
I cannot address the Russian minister OF
foreign affairs on the subject, for he would
at once refer me for my remedy to the Rus
sian courts of law, to those very courts
through the corruptions of which, as you al
lege, you have already suffered. This prob
able reference to the courts by the minister
would close my mouth, because by oul
treaties with Russia, Americans residing il
| tf,n To, cnh pcalv
: the laws thereof, and to the channels
, through which those laws are administered
whether they be good or bad, we'll or cor
ruptly exercised. Russian residing il
America, III your unfortunate position
: would have no other redress for hi
grievances than an appeal to our courts Q
law, with the action of which our secretar
of state would refuse to interfere, even wer
he appealed to by the Russian minister a
Washington. and even were that appeal sup
ported by instructions from the Russian
minister of foreign affairs. All civilize
governments refuse to interfere with the in
5 dependence of courts of law, and if you can
e not obtain Justice through the RUSSIAN
: courts, cannot suggest to you i'll what wa
you may obtain it in this country.
y herewith return you the letters of Mrs
I Traitteur [ am, sir, your obedient servant
GEORGE II. BOXER.
| was subsequently set at liberty, ate
: seven days and nights of confinement in tina
!. dark and loathsome dungeon, without an
: judicial proceedings and without any ez
e planation whatever. BY that time my u1
l faithful wife and her paramour were ia
away. then sought to sue for divorce
but was informed that as I did not bolong t
the Greek church the Russian courts coul
/. do nothing.
i Where to Sell Good Batter.
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