The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-11
RUSSIA'S REIGN OF TERROR.
now n DETECTIVE WAS ENTRdPPED
BY MS NIHILIST SUBETHEIRT
The Rendezvous that Cost Serge Inwrowski
His Nose and Enrs-Jhe Fate Of President
NovikoR md OF the Informer Koprowski. |

The Rendezvous that Cost Serge I.nwrowski
uis Nose and Enrs-The Fnie Of President
NovikoR md OF the Inforner KoprowskI.
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A few weeks ago Serge Lnwrowsk one Of
the nlcst detectives attached to the Third De-
partmcnt. was sent from st. Petersburg TO Pol
tuva with instructions TO get ntthc secrets Oi the
N!hliisilG orgnn lznllon iirrH rsianlishod Mr.
tNtty in guiding the researches OF the lo"nl po-
lice mndn many acquaintanccs In different
chnrnters being an expert in changing his APP
pearnnce and mnnncr. and wins hopeful of suc-
cess IN MS mission, when his cvi fortune
daughter of n priest. named Admission This
girl, only sevcnteUn yeurs Of Hge. WIS affiliated
70 the associations. and had been planted upon
LawrOwslti by order OF the Poltaya Committee.
with the object OF bcjraying him into their
bands. After n iOrtnights ardent cOuttsilip,
Mile AchristofI allowed herself to he persundcd
to give her admrer rcnd Zvous by night In
garlcn Just outside tho town.
When Biwrowski reached the trysting place
he was SURROUNDED and seized by five masked
mon. armed with revolvers and knives who
bound him to tree and thcn cut OF his nose
md ears. Bleeding aud unable 10 shout for Ms
sislance. as he had been gagged 10y his mutlla-
tors. he remained whore they LEFT him in nm ug
ony Of pain until early morning, when he WIS
found senseless and all but dead from ioSs ~
blood. An open letter in his pocket contained
the following ferocious announcement: We
cut of his nose because ho IL slruthhound.
and his ears because he has proved himself 70
hn an ass. in thni ho paid court 10 ono OF Usf'
Mile. AchristOn has vanished from Poltava, aud
!ul lne eh,lIlb o. inc poitt 10 lTack mr. u'I
hiding place have proved utterly Intellectual.
Meanwhile. IawrOwski lies In u hopeless con-
dtiOn: and even should he rally from tho utter
exhaustion induced blythe hemorrha suffered
during that terrible night. hO will bear hideoue
witness on his disngured cOuntenance. Ms long
as he may live. to the pitllose anger oil the Pol
taya Committee.
The 81. Peie.sJvroe- Zeit,uio reports four at
tom pts at assassination committed ut KIsun.
the victims Of which have ono and oil boon
State officials of high rank. Three OF the four
persons. attacked haye died Of thcr wounds;
Ono of these hitter, Novikon the President Of
the district. walked into the principal restaurant
OF kHsan a few minutes before ho WINS elot. and
said to one OF the walters; Friend, give me
dram; perhaps IL will he tho last shall ever
drink" A glass OF yoiki was brought 10 him,
and tho waiter noticed that NOvikoff's hand
shook rs no lifted the liquor to his lps. Imme-
diatoly afterwards he lott tho restaurant; but,
as he opened the door. n bullet struck him full
since proved fatal. The agents Of tho commit
tee actually engaged In these outrngcs have
boon arrested. Two are work ing men, one 10 "a
Boyar. and another u handsome and highly
educated girl OF IL.
Tho atcst news from Kicff indicates that tho
revolutionary propaganda Ia assuming cXtraor-
binary dimensions in that province. Eight
peasants were brought into he provincial capt.
about sixteen wersts from Klew. accused Of dis
tributing Socialist pamphlets and insurrec-
tonnry proclamatons at the fairs and markets
OF tho district. These men confessed under
pressure that they had succeeded In circulating
some 10000 OF these publications among the
country folk. In another village. Toporowko.a
secret printing press wns discovered by tho Do
lice in the sehooiholse Of the commune. Their
search was instituted upon the strength Of in
formation supplied by tho scribe OF the Mir.
man named Roprowski. Next morning ne was
found dead In his bod with knife plunged to
the hit in his breast.