The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-29

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Xahinse sSs~shsart
tYrom the London Telegraph
A few weeks ago Serge Lsxrowski.
one Of the ablsst detectives attached tn
the Third Department, Was sent from
81. Petersburg n Poltava with ins'ruc-
tons to get At the secrets OF the Sihs-
listic organization there established. Ar
rived at Poliava, Lswrowski displayed
great activity in guiding the researches
OF the local police. made many acqns;nt-
ances in different characters, being al
expert in changing his appearance and
manner, and Was hopeful Of ia
his mission, when his evil fortune
prompted him TO fall 10 love with the
pretty daughter OF . priest, named Ach-
ristof. This girl, only IL years Of age,
was affiliated To the associations a-d
had been planted upon ~i.awrowski
BY order Of the Poltava Committee,
with the objec; of ~betraying him into
their hands. After . fortnight's ardent
courtship, Mile. Achristoff allowed her
self To be persuaded TO give her sdmirer
. rendezvous By night in q garden jus,
outside the town.
When Lawrowski reached the Try sting
place he was surrou .ded and seized By
1--WE masked men, armed with revolvers
and knives, Who bound him 10 . tree
and then cut Oh his nose and BARS
Bleeding and unable to shout fer as
s~istance, As be had been gagged by his
mutila,ors, he remained where they lef,
him in an sgony Of pain until esriy
morning, when he was found senscless
and all but dead from loss of blood. An
open letter in his pocket contained the
following ferociOus announcement:
1--WE cut off his nose be-
cause he is slexthhound,
and his ears because he has proved him
self to be an ass, in that he paid court
TO one Of Vs." Mile. Achristof has
vanished from Poltavs, and all the ef-
forts of the police TO track her TO her
hiding.place have proved utterly inef-
fectual. Meanwhile, Lawrowski lies in
. hopeless condition.; and ever should
he rally from the utter exhaustion in
duced BY the hemorrhage suffered dur
ing th4t terrible night, he will bear
hideous witness on his disfigured coun-
tenance, - long as he may live, to the
UxIlt0o0 0UkCt VI tL0 Oit0vo
The 81 Pefersburger Zeitung reports
four attempts at assassination committed
ct Kasan, the victims OF which have n
and all been State officials Of high rank.
Three Of the four persons attacked have
died of their wounds. One of these lat
ter, Novikoff, the President of the dis
trict, walked into the principal restau.
rant of Kasau q few minutes before he
was shot, and said to one of the walters:
"FTiend, give me q dram; perhaps it
will be the last I shall ever drink" A
glass of vodki was brought to him, and
the waiter noticed that Novikof's hand
shook as he lifted the liquor to his lips.
Immediately afterwards he left the res
taurant; but, a he opened the door, a
bullet struck him full in the breast, in.
fiicting an injury which has since proved
fatal. The agents of the committee &C
tually engaged in these outrages have
been arrested. Two r w~orkingmen,
one is q Boyar, and another a handsome
and highly educated girl of II.
The latest news from Kieff indicates
that the revolutionary propaganda is as
sumipg extraordinary dimensions in that
province. Eight peasants were brought
into the provincial capital in chains
from village named Chramowko, about
Is wersts from Kew, accused of dis
tributing Socialist pamphlets and in
surrectiOnary proclamations at the fairs
and markets OF the 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,
. secret printing press was discovered
by the police in the schoolhOuse of the
commune. Their search was instituted
upon the strength Of information sup
piled by the scribe of the Mir, q man
named KOprowski. Next morning he
was found dead in his bed with q knife
plunged to the hilt in his breast.