Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-28

| only In the spirit but to The letter. One OF
| those unfortunate men wl1 seem doomed 70
| diSappointments and disc eaantmeuts during
| the whole Of their short earthly career he yet
| had such STRING faith in the goodness of human
| nature that he remained benevolent and crniid-
! Ing 10 tie end. His large income Of eiD 600 a
| year he considered poSitively burd4aSona, ana
| spent little more than tenth OF it on himself.
| The generosity of his nature was eVlncei in his
refusing to prosecute his Secretary-ol the
ground that the man was married and had chill
tlren-Who had robbed him OF f4,0lo after hav-
Ing few weeks previous received present OF
e2ooo from the very same PaStouchof 10 buy a
house With. The mans base ingratitude was
deep blow TO Pastouchof'S gentle and c0nfiding
soul.
BY woman, however, whom he had always
fdeaiKed he was destined TO be Stin more
cruelty deceived. He always feared lest his
fortune and not himself might rroye the OBJ.
Ject OF attraction in W0mlnS eye5-ThIe, in
seemed 10 heed no ones money, and who show
ed that she was not Indifferent TO him. he
thought he had net with the diSintereSted crea-
ture he had 50 long sought for. He was soon
painfully undeceived, and the bow proved too
strong for his impre5SOnabie and SeCretive ma
tuTe. whether man like that could have
committed forgery was the question the jury
had to decide. II they considered him incana-
Die or such crime, the guilt fell upon the pris-
oner ana her accOinplice. Several testimonials,
one from Senator, another from serene
HlghneSS-neltber OF whom appeared In court
as TO her unexceptionable character. We're read
in court, but only served, it must be confessed
" pIcJuulce Tie jury against ler rather than
for her. The evidence of the senator, man
named Tornau, was amusing and Irrelevant in
the extreme. He confessed he knew nothing
OF the bills in question, but considered
that the whole case had been raised bv
prosecution, simply for the purpose of putting
several "highly- placed perSOnageS'' In the Wit
ness box. La spite of such doughty defenders,
however, the lady and her accomplice were
found guilty. and sentenced to be deprived OF
their rights as citizens TO have their property
c0nf1Scated and to four years residence in SibP-
ria. Among the witnesses for the prosecution
was man OF forty, who had signed bills to the
extent Of 1,00e00O rubles. and whose property,
being valued at X rubles, fetched 6 rubleS
When sold by auction. The trial was also re-
markable from the fact that the public prosecu-
tor Prince trOuSOf whose powerful speech had
q eat influence on the jury, had been one of
the most famous barTiSterS in Moscow While the
counsel for the prisoner had lately been public
prosecutor. juryman was taken i'll during the
trial. His place was filled from those who are
kept in reserve in case of accident. They are
present from the beginning to the end of the
case 1t Is strange that there was hardly a sin
gle serious leading article in the whole of the ST.
Ie erobyfg press regarding so interesting trial.
While o. fe.titt'cns and caricaturGs there were
DOZENS. III l. SO much easier to scott at every
thing, tn treat the most important matters ia
an 0l1-hand manner. and TO SnGGr at witnesses.
tnan n consider subject seriously and with
. becoming dignity. There was much 20 wen9
over and little to laugh at in the whole of Arta.
m0yShy'S trial, which brought out In strong re
Lief very sad picture CT the rOttennpsS and
great names are employed for the purpose OF
c0nCoaiing the worst OF crimes. The G0l0a with
It's usual love OF philOSOnhic generalization as
SertS that criminals like ArtenOVSlZy and Mother
| Netrophania are the products Of q society that
does not give full scope to the energies and tai
n q Ia raE