Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-27
HANGING A RUSSIAN OFFICER
The Evidence of His Connection With
the Nihilists Found In His
Possession.

s.. Pe@Ler.barE cor. london TeIegfaph:

Yesterday May p the officer Dou-
browne was hanged in the fortress be-
tween 10 and 1890 o'clock. A com
pany of the Preobrajinski regiment at
tended, under the command of Count
VorontschOf- Daschkof. 1t was not a
private execution, neither was the
usual official notification published.
The band of the above regiment at
tended with the company of soldiers,
and persons who happened to be in
the neighborhood, aud were attracted
by the music of the band, were able to
enter the fortress with the soldiers.
DoubroYine held the rank of sub
lieutenant. He was a native of ST.
Petersburg, and was twenty four years
of age entered the army ia 1876 was
appointed ensign in 1877, and sub
lieutenant in 1878. The charges
brought against him were that he had
attempted to kill Captain Romanoy-
sky, and had wounded two subordi-
nate officers Of gendearmes when they
came to search his lodging on the 10Th
of December last. Immediately these
officers entered his rooms, DOubrOYine
at ence fired his revolver at Romanov-
sky, the bullet striking the ceiling. 4
struggle Of course ensued, in the midst
of which he tried to fire a second
time, but the gendarmes rushing upon
him, he was disarmed. The police
officers, however, do not appear TO
have secured Doubrovine firmly, for
he found opportunity to go into an
other room and get possession of a
dagger, with which he wounded two
of the police officers before he was
finally oyerpOwered.
In addition to his revolver and dag
ger, there were found in his possession
a life-preserver, a bowie-knife ten
graved on one side Act, and on the
other " Defend yourself'') and a small
quantity of cartridges. Besides these.
and establishing his connection with
the secret revolutionary societies.
there was found a document in his
own handwriting, headed Notes
for Russian Officer Terrorists, 1878"
and dated December G., 1878. The
Official Gazette states that this docu-
ment contains a whole code ofinstruc-
tions for the use of arms, poisons.
forging passports and stamps, for
making combustibles and other means
(as stated in one of the notes) for
%effecting public demonstrations, armed
resistance TO the police authorities.
and, in short, all other measures u
which the reyolutionaries resort to
realize their programme.
The following is the conclusion OF
these notes " You know, gentle.
men, that a large number Of revo-
lutionary enterprises of the creates,
Importance have invariably failed
through ignorance, objectionable i'm
prudence, thOughtlessness and other
circumstances of the same kind. You
know that Hippolyte Myschine, when
he went in the uniform of a gendarme
officer, with the view of liberatine
Tchernyschevsky, put his Gordon.
(aiguillettes) on the left shoulder in
stead of fastening them on the RICH
shoulder, and this circumstance wa
sufficient to excite suspicion on til.
part of the commissary Of police o
Viliomsk. The results Of this mistak.
were very deplorable, and above al
irremediable. Jean Koyalsky twin,
was shot nelr Odessa on August >
1879, carried about with him 70
many years a revolver on the system
of the Adams Dean, without KNOWN,
it was a wretchcd system. and. as
matter Of course, this revolver nisse,
fire, and the backward Debrodeiev
(second captain) remained alive. Yer,
Sasoulitch also did wrong in choosin.
a Bourdelogne revolver of moderat
caliber. Madame Feodorow fred ais
with a revolver Of the same system
and that is the reason why she = =
If our dear comrades-thc Socialist
must die, let them die making til
largest gaps in the ranks Of our inhu
man, savage aud brutal enemy
During the preliminary proceedin.
after the arrest in December la
Doubrovino refused to make an
statement; but subsequently, G
January 18th. he asked to be Above
to give in a petition as to bis unju
Imprisonment, and drew up a docl
ment accordingly. The contents
this. and his conduct at the medic.
examination, which took place q
January 23d, induced the belief tn,
he was insane but a later examiu.
ton by specialist physicians estal
lished bis sanity. On the day of h
irial he came into court with his owe.