The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-22
THE RUSSIAN TERROR.
The Rendezvous that Cost Serge Lawrowski
His Nose and Ears.
The Fate Of President Noyikoff and of the
lnfonmer Koprowski.
London TeleRraph1 !

few weeks ago Serge Lawrowski, one O
Inc ablest detectives attached to the tbir,
department, was sent from ST. Petersburg t.
Poltava with instructions to get at the secret,
OF the N1hiiistic organization there estab
| lhshed. Arrived at Poltava, Lawrowski dis
played great activity in guiding the researches
OF the local police, made many acquaintance
10 different characters, being an expert IN
changing his appearances and manner and m
was hopeful OF success in his mission, when
MS evil fortune prompted him to fall in love
with the pretty daughter of priest named
Acnrlston. a. Ihis girl, only seventeen years
OF age, was AFFILIATED to the associations, and
had been planted upon Lawrowski by order of
the Poltava committee, with the object OF be-
traylng him into their hands. After a fort
nights ardent courtshp Mile. Achristoff
| allowed herset to be persuaded to give her
admirer q rendezvous by night in a garden
| just outside the town.
When LawrOwski reached the trystinp
place ne was surrounded and seized by five
MASKED men, armed with revolvers and
KNIVES, who bound him to a tree and then cut
OIL his nose and ears. Bleeding and unable to
shout Tor assistance, as he had been gagged
Dy MS mutllators, he remained where they
ielt MIN 10 an agony Of pain until early morn
ing, Wnen ne was found senseiess and all but
aead from loss OF blood. An open letter in
MS pocket contained the following ferocions
announcements: "We cut off his nose because
ne Is sleuthound, and his ears because he
has proved himself to be an ass, In that he
Saa oouie ~ one Oi Us! Mile Achr1StOH
OF the police to track her to her hiding place
nave proved utterly Intellectual Meanwhile
LaWroWski lies in a hopeless condition: and
t,an even should he rally from the utter exhaus
during that terrible night, he will bear
hldeous witness on his disfgured connte-
nance, as long as he may live to the pitiless
anger OF the Poltava committee.
o+tane ne ~ detersbnrger- -Ieit'sng reports four
san, the victims OF which have one and ali
peen State officials OF high rank. Three Of
the four persons attacked have died OF their
wounds. One OF these latter, Novikoff, the
president OF the district, walked into the
before he was shot, and said to one of the
WalIers Friend, give me a dram; perhaps
IL Will be the last | shall ever drink" A
glass OF vodki was brought to him, and the
waiter !s noticed that Novikoff's hand shook as
afterwards he left the restaurant but as he
opened the door a bullet struck him full in
the breast, inflcting an injury which his
since proved fatal. The agents of the com
mlttee h actually engaged in these outrages
have been arrested. Two are workingmen,
one me !; ls "a Boyar, and another is q handsome
ana 10. nlghly educated girl OF seventeen.
Inc latest news from Kieff indicates that
Ine revolutionary propaganda Is assuming |
fE4ieLaordlnary Eielh dimensions in that province.
pCeIonHbo WcLt UIOuRub lHGo tHb plo-
yincial capital in chains from village named
Chramowko about sixteen wersts from Kew, /
accused OF distributing Socialist pamphlets
and tnsurrectionary proclamations at the fairs
AMI markets OF the district. These men con-
fessed under pressure that they had succeeded
In circulating some 40, 900 OF these publications
among the country folk. In another village,
Toporowko, secret printing press was dis
covered by the police in the schooI-house OF
the Commune. Their search was instituted
upon the strength of information supplied by
5he escribe OF the Mir, a man named Koprowski. y
Next morning he was found dead III his bed
with knife plunged in his breast.