, 1879-07-17
A ST. PETERSBURG MURDER.

An Artstocrnt,o L,dy Murdered In Her Room
'-Arrost of n a1cmbcr os thn RnsAtan Mo-
bt,Ity.
nc iu'sS's "s"oss a,',o,' S :, r,,os. n,oat
particulars Of a mar''cr rh'ch is causing grea,
excitement IN 1T. Petersburg: On t'le loiIl Of
June bricklnrar, In ascending ladder 10 mend
s1sss ~. ,r.a,,ah ~. .i.an. 49,, .ha ,ccnnJ
pesee'sea .''''osu Wv "ntoo" VI Wv t1a
storT woman lying ssrctehea on Inc hoo'' u"
paid no particular attention to tho spectacle NJ
the time, hut on descending the ladder several
i,ours nf,rr,,sr, hc nb.crve, IN lIs SURPRISE
noMe Wy. w." ~ o'as! 's' .,a.a ,,,o ,nnrn.
,l'as INC he'lsc nau nos nossa s' ,%a ~, na,,sr IN
tho dvorn.ls. who, aecenllne tho ladder and
Nr,,u,, t,,o h-tcE,oxor,, .,o,cmtnt correct, sopt
~ -. Wv ~ ~ ss.ns,t ,'of,cc..,,,Ion. Tho no
OIL AZ once 10 'he Nearest po''es ~. ....s..
Ing himself atso that the woman vas still lying
nm tho ,1oor. he ravc orders lut Tho door OF The
1oa.,a,. ~ ~ rrcSsn nncn. Thts WIS done by
iodg'nE 10 20 p!o1c,, JUL l.. 40, ,,,,, a;..rg-
cred that strno. v!asoa, the oceaotcr Of the
ansrtmen,e, t,nl bcen crtiellY murdered In tho
arowfnr- -roon,. mt, her servant, Alexandra Sem.
s.,', 5.n. >, ,1oot III In t,,c hltrhon. rrou, the
posli1 tue poles .he roSe & ,napeetor o"1 arSM
the Inference iliat tac eessA',t tIo 1ecn lGnssG1
ns'si9lo .st ~ neaSs M p!oM T., iFo, istr ps'nn.
@ Mt atca s .o an rr hsr,, " ecor,1Isi'ed nu ,n
At'~ -
assas'in haa 5et,rea i,, 70 ~ HscbsH anM 1n,
islsetl Ills work witi 2 !iatenct After ms nn
aa apIarGn.y io r,nsr'n ",
WIFI Jun tne 'nos. snIs vnaote ~ "GpT1 hons
that Gould not mare ocen r, feanhea
wiinont danger Of detection. % nc men
carefully lockea tne H., aoor DOR, ,xsth,. M.n tMo W.
koys arg aeseenae ~ ,to a. aa sssGs. III !.
seemed % though ts,e crime was SO insoiSea IN
mystery t'nt u wonla % lnpossln!o los tns
pol!ee ~ !nS tticf hahae upon Hio el41na!. unt
~ % ts enx IA ua 1" sn the
apprehension ot the SUPPOSED murderer.
It sec'ns t1lat On we 0th OF 5une, tiie oaY,
from various indications ins'oe % t'e loaEanEs ths
Is s y, m 'nhsn asIrrr n
nc Uniform nl LIZ nuasus IT, onter =, W. w.
uwelillS q tnc V,eL' ~ is tnnT ~ -. ~
nh'ttctl o. the hrofhik. lhe latter scpllc9 tnat
he was n frequent TIsttor at the houae, and iIat ~
The servant OF Nine. Vlasoft had told him tl'at
hts name was Lieut.. !tandsbcsg, m oilscer 10 tlc
Imperial tlnas,s: Ihis Information was con,
i'rmed W tue dEofnik. who eSpscssed
h!s belief TINT Lan.ishcrg g. RS s M ille last to
enter tbs lodgings on tho night OF the murder.
The attention Of ING secret p9nee "as uefc.
upon 1tTcctce to"asu 1iie gNnrasnnn' lnqniIlea '.
extending over several daye enteltea .lat inG
morning ntseE Tue murder 'he nfi!rcr tlcmn,nlcu
'cayc Of his Colonel to ony visit to his estatsa
ut Shawl. N the Iso7tnce o1 dsoano, ann on ile
latter asElhg wt'at "as tne na.ter c wlLa !i nis
right lla'tl, which was sltspcnuea N sl'nE, tlae
i.tentcnant repiicd thhs he haa ncclaentatIy ~.
1ured u WIN MS s"qrtl' tlfousl1ont INC wi'otG
Journey 10 Shawl Lahdsecfg' usually eay ans i,
la!kat''e "ss taeltaEsl anu enilen n1in NC upIlf
m. t.sc woiG way, r9uf ~ a'Ys nss Ms at1sa y,
home NC srlecs"phea tos an c1!e'1snn ot III,
tsave. htia paiu VII. 10 eome iFlcaas a.
rmevE, near Ugh. !oa'cpens cstatGs. ~ tlle
LIN !iist. nu nat nut los st. tStorsnnfE
1lctcetNesi Wno "era a!lrndy on NY tlaeN
Ecpt llim IN hign.. ~ ncueS 70 t"e even'
. sc . NJ" ~ III, H. ,s ~,