New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-16
THE MURDER or MADAME sKoBELEFF
From Tie London T,legraph.

From Tie London TtisgrGph. -
The following details OF Madame Sk0beleif 5
assassinaiou by Captain UAiis nave r'ac"ed E'ehh"
n,daIe ,Eotre during her two ontis' stay Bul-
mad dovoteo ner unle money ana energies to the
development beneyO ent institutions IN dhcr III partS
of the prnc,airy ana had made numerous excursions
with object refusing the escort Oh gtdalneil o.
errd TO ner 10y local authorities. ON the ground ina
was too well known thIOushout ne coUily 10 luu
any RISK mOlestaon. During ihtse eNpedl lOns sue
only accompanied y young lemalr al 'eAl' %
faithful dnC lnteilgeh RUSSIAN uahseiN ~
of and By CAPTAIN UZatlsi rmery her sons ersonal ad
dec.mp who had elrncO great dshctiOh by NJ sPleh
did gallanly curing ihr late wal anu Wuoin so, " n, ~
customed ldress as her SON" To tins young uIcer
snc had upun several occasions presenid consderaDle
sums or money Ter me purpose % eiao'I5 vi" .. N.'
brothers,a evil ~necr. TO erect mil IN DPmendeie
village rear Phtt"ohs, OUT ha1 recently rtin'eu an
application on h,' part Tor lnIlnel -l n I O'
however, hOp's hat she might grant the askedor sub
SHY some future period. ,u
ing model farm III East ROumelii, ana started Oy
carriage from Pnippopo.s Tor Ichirlah Gu oulny;
suitable t. iument OF her pr ject, taking with her
$4,000 roubes. which Captain Uzhtis asslsted heI 70
pacA up In "A yallse. This money destined TO pay
Tor her purchase TO avoid the iutoerabie heat or he
summer she commenced her journey at p ni ac-
cOmpanied by usual attendants, with tue exception
OF Uzats who excused himself. alleging mdspooition
and the necessity Of remaining with MS Srohrr' WAC
waSAalso on the OF departure from Pnippopolis.
For half hours drive. after cutting the town,
vehicle containing Mile. SmOiekUh the dlrectress of
tnc Pniippopohs Hospital, aud russian officer named
close stone bridge over the Martha on the road
to Adrian, pie M4dame sk4beehs eatIdge nag pro pro
was sea ed box by toe cOacnmdn, esped Captain
IJzutls e distance off by the roadside, aud turning
round toward his mistress VINO III the meantime Dad
fallen ntO dUZe. awOke Der with the announcement
that pam approaching the carriage on root
ODD lady Oriered the cOachman TO stop, tnd lean
| ing out Il the window. was expressing her thanks
to Uzts for 10 trouble he mad taken 10 her good
speed on her journey, when lac sudGcuy drew MS nahG
| jar aud cut Iyauof uown. AT the same moment four
armed made their appearance ana iell upon the
attendants with their yataghans. Whilst they were
slaugh ering the Bulgarian auyef and Madame Skobe-
eis maluupon he former OF whom they inflicted feui
wounds aud upon the latter ionr terrific sasheS
each OF wnlcn sufficient death-Uzdis de-
bpraely butcbercd his aged bene actrtsS, despite her
pleuus appeals for mercy and despalrng Offers of all
her money and vaiuabies, II Un ne would spare ner
| life. lie thrust his broad-ba ed soimtar completely
through her body killing ner on the spot and then pro
ceeded to plunder the corpse Whilst his accomplices
Dr trunks and riff tnem or Their valuable
contents Meanwhile IvanOf lay still, ieigning death
He had received elgnt severe WOUNDS, out w0en Tue
murdeTers made of with their booty ne cOntrived 10
crawl away ana, after incredible GNertionS, during
| which he lost much blood that he repeaIeiy
fam ed reached the Russian Consulate In PhppopOls
about midnight, whore related the horrors OF which
he mad been u witness. A attachment OF cavdry
once dlspatcnrd Drnendrre, wnItncr UZatis be-
taken himself. having previously returned TO Phihpp
opohs for the purpose Of Changing his clothes ana
IA the MIL belonging 10 his brother when he
perceived the militia squadron approaching. Forthwith
they took horse and galloped of toward the Turkish
frontier, but found the high road occupied by
| "a section OF infanry the officer commanding which
| summoned chem surrender DlsmOuuung, they He'd
hillside, and took refuge In narrow glen. where
against the soldiers pursuing them Presently
however, seeing himself surrounded every SIDE
Uzatis put the muzze OF his pistol in his mouth and
blew his brains His companion WAS captured alive
later the other three rGaIs VINO had shared
IN his atrocious enterprise. The vaise containing the
stolen money has not yet been discovered Madame
Skobelen's body, embamed by order OF the Russian
uGeneral, Will Dc conveyed TO St Petersburg
Constantinople and Odessa