Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-28
DAILY APPEAL-THURsDAY.

IromiScuously. Officer TyrreIl, however,
fought msnfully until other officers came
up, who, after q desperate resistance, ca D.
tnred the gang and lodged them in jail. |
They had a preliminary examination this
morning on several charges, and in default
OF bail were reDauded to Jail. No occur
renee has aroussd such deep and ou,spoken
Indignation as the acts Of this gang vester-
day, and no effort will be spared to send
them TO Ihe psnitentiary, where two Of them
have already served term Of two years
The suihorIiies are determined TO crush out
all hcodlumi-m With an iron heel.
" omas's Wrong FearTaIIy Avenged
Alexander semilof, Pole, aged about
thirty five years, died recently at Reeds Sta
ton. He had only been there short time,
snd was regarded by his couuirymsn with
considerable awe. He came OF j noble fam
lily and was an able liuguist, speaking fluent
ly the English, French, Russisn and Polish
Eugusges, and was a higbiy-educated man.
DE was very reticent, rarely speaking TO any
person, and always wore downcast look, a.
il haunted by come terrible secret. o. Tues
day be was taken i'll. A priest and physician
were summoned. Upon being told that he
cJuld not live until morning, be said he d.
aired TO free his mind BY making a confes-
zion. Two other gentlemen came in after
ward, and In the presence Of tue four he told
the following story: I'm 1888 | lived with
my father 10 the Polish town of Iltomer, on
the Russian frontier. l was then only q
child. Ny mother had died some three yesrs
before. We lived in the town quietly until
in the fall OF the year, when my fathers SIS
ter, gay, handsome young woman, whose
husband was s.rving In the Russian army in
IurkestaD, came to the place 10 live. By
some means she became uuduly intimate
with q Capt. Romanof, son OF the project of
the village and captain of Cosssck regi-
meet. At last he betrayed her, and induced
her to hy from her husband. In a short time
she ended her wretched career in Baden
Baden in one of the worst resorts.
"As sCon my father heard OF her be-
trayal be took me upon his knee and m sde
me swear to sveuge the wrong by killing of
the accursed family. Soon after The pref9ct
WAS found lying dead by the roadside. Ny
father had killed him and left his pistol ly-
ing by his side, as to give the idea of sui
eide, and il was generally thought that the
project had destroyed himself Soon my
father placed me in an scademy at Warsaw,
and joining the Russian army in the Crimea
| followed out his PLAZA OF revenge. The be-
trayer and his brother were officers in the
| army, and were by some chance assigned to
| the regiment in which my father served.
One night they were found dead in their
tents, knife still sticking in The hearts of
| each Fearing detection, for it was father
| VINO committed the deed, he deserted the
| army, ald for ten years l saw nothing OF
| him. Occasionally he wrote me from vari
/ Gus points, all his letters breathing the same
| spirit of vengeance. Ole night he appe AIRED
| al the university in Disguise and requested
| me to follow him. Next morning We left for
Italy and in sho,t time arrived at Milan.
| From there we went to Florence, where my
father said our work OF vengeance was 10 be
1 DONE brother Of Rom nof, the project,
| was an attache of the Russian legation at the
court of Victor Emanuel and we determined
| 10 STAY him.
"For days we followed him, but could
| never find a chance TO safely accomplish our
| purpose. One night we saw him walking on
| the river bank, accompanied by another
genilemsu, aud determined TO kill him that
night. Trusting 10 the cover of our masks
my father sprang at the throat OF Romanof7s
compauion, aud, throwing him, held him,
while sprang upon Romauoff aud stabbed
him 10 the heart twice. Binding his com
| panion, we then threw the dead body into
the Arno, with the knife still sticking in il.
We left his friend lying there helpless and
| returned TO the city. Next morning my
father was arrested while sitting in church
on a charge OF murder. Hearing of it, es-
ped 10 the mountains. Ny fathers dis
guiss had not been perfect, and Romanoh7s
companion gave such a description Of him
that ha was identified Shortly after he was
tried, convicted and hanged. l joined a
band of brigands under the command OF
Splzzla, who vas recently captured in New
Orleans, and fof some time the wild life sstis-
fed me. Soon / returned to Polar and found
III At the Romanof family had been scattered
A number had been exiled TO Siberia for
treason, while three had gone to America.
Il Immediately determined to follow them
and after searching from 1876 to 1881
found them at this place, but before my ven
gesncs could overtake them two of the three
h,d died from disease, and but one, Albert
: b1boski was left. then secured work here
| and plotted bis destruction. One night he
disappeared. Nothing was thought OF it, as
mysterious dissppearspcts are common
among our class / killed him, and would
have gene back to Russia TO finish my werk
bad it not been for this sickness"
The listeners were appalled, by this story.
| TIE man then proceeded 10 tell 10 husky
voice the place where he had buried the m az
and, alter receiving the sacrament from the
priest, expired, thus escaping the power of the
law. The next morning party proceeded 10
the spot indicated and exhumed a skeleton
with a large, rusty dirk knife protruding.
There WAS then no doubt as 70 the truth OF
Semiloff's story. A post-mortem examipa
lion will be held on the body Of Loboski
| shortly