The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-05
MILE. FINGER.
Some Account Of a Female Nihilist-
Her Wiles and her Work.
nM York Herald.

NEW Aofk E1tEalu
The capture of an important female
nihilIst took place in the person of Mile.
PhilippofT better known under her maiden
name of Finger The Russian police
officials were searching for her about
five years without success though they
had convincing proofs of her active
participation in all the recent nihilistic
crimes. She was wanted for having lent
a helping hand to the nihilists who were
at different times digging the ground
under diverse railroad lines. with the
object of blowing up the late Emperor's
train with dynamite. She was mixed up
in the celebrated robbery of the Kherson
treasury vaults by the nihilists, and is
said to have been in st. Petersburg at the
time OF the assassination of Alexander H.,
having thorough knowledge of the
terrible plot. Belonging to the middle
class of Russian provincial society Mile
Finger was rightly famed for her beauty
and remarkable smartness She has
studied medicine in the University of
Zurich, Switzerland, obtaining a diploma
of nj. d; then she returned to Russia and
married young assistant of the Procur-
or of the Court of Kazan after three
months of married life she left her hus-
band and could not be laid hands on for
five years, battling all the traps set for
her by the Russian detectives, but being
invariably heard of in conjunction with
all nihilstic crimes of late years
The publications of the Russian police
and heir pride at capturing Mile. Philip
poff are better immagined than described
AS soon as the celebrated lady nihilist
was brought TO the capital all the officials
of high standing hurried to see her. and
found it hard to resist the combined pow
er of her glib tongue and her beauty
The chief of the secret police force in
st. Petersburg-M. Orgewsky-went to
see her first, with the object of impressing
her with the gravity of her situation, but
after few minutes of conversation with
her he beat hasty retreat remembering
-as the gossips of the capital say-fhat
he has been but lately married, in the
presence of the imperial couple, to the
young and accomplished Princess Nath-
allie Shahovsky, and being suddenly
seized with a mortal fear to be unable to
resist the charmer, Mile. Philippoff-
Then Count Tolstoy, the minister of the
interior, volunteered to see the fair pris-
oner He, however being an old man,
was no more afraid of the eonsort of the
best half of his life, and. staying an hour
and a half in the cell of Mile. Philip1of,
left it-as he himself subsequently owned
well nigh overpowered by the woman's
arguments, feeling almost himself con-
verified nihilism for an honr or after the
interview was over. The whole popula.
ton of the capital is eager to see Mile.
Philipof, but only few old privileged
individuals are admitted to her presence.
since it is seriously feared that, were the
younger of the high officials allowed to
visit her. she possibly could succeed in
persnading one of them to let her csc ape
from prison in his clothes, the gentleman
remaining behind in the guise of host.
age, to be disposed of by the government.