Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-17
MILE. FINGER.
Some Account of Female Nihilis:- Her
Wiles and Her Work.

A correspondent writing from st.
Petersburg says: The capture of an
important female Nihilst took place in
the person OF Mile. Philippoif, better
known under her maiden namc OF Fin
ger The Russian police officials were
searching for her for about five years
without success, though they had con-
yinoing proofs of her active particpa-
ton in all the recent NihiliStic crimes
SHE was wanted for lending n helping
hand to the NihiliSts who were at differ
ent times digging the ground under
divers railroad lines, with the object Of
blowing up the late Emperors train
with dynamite She was mixed mp in
the celebrated robbery of the kherSon
treasury vaults by the Nihilists, aad is
said 10 have been at st. Petersburg at
the time of the assassination of AlcNan-
der H., having a thorough knowledge
middle class of Russian provincial soci-
ETY.. Mile. Finger was rightly famed for
her beauty and her remarkable smart
ness. She had studied medicine in the
University of Zurich Switzerland, OBJ
tanning n diploma of Nj. D., then she
returned to Russia and married young
assistant of the Procurer of the Court of
kazan; after three months of married
life she left her husband 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 Nihilistic crimes
! of late years.
The publications of the Russian police
and their pride at capturing Mile. Phil
| lippotf are better imagined than de-
cribed. As soon as the celebrated lady
Nihilist was brought to the capital, all
the officials of high standing hurried t.
see her, and found it hard TO resist the
combined power of her glib tongue and
| her beauty The Chief of the Secret
Police Force in St Petersburg, NJ. Or.
gewsky, went to see her first, with the
object of impressing her with the grayt
/ ty of her situation, but after few min.
uteS of conversation with her he beat d
| hasty retreat, remembering as the gos
sips of the capital say that he has beer
but lately married, in the presence OF
the Imperial couple, to the young ant
accomplished Princess Nathalie Shohoy
skoy, and being suddenly seized with ,
mortal fear to be unable TO resist til,
charmcr, Mile Philippof Then Coun
Tolstoy, the Minister of the Interior
! volunteered 20 see the fair prisoner. He
/ however. being an old man, was n,
more afraid Of the consort or the bes
half of his life, and, staying an hour anC
a half in cell of Mile Philippoil, left i
as he himself subsequently owned
well nigh ovorpowercd by the woman'i
arguments, feeling himself almost con
vertcd to Nibilism for an hour or SO afte
the interview was over The whole pop
ulation Of the capital is eager to SO,
/ Mile Philippoif but only few old
privileged individuals are permitted t.
4 her presence, since it is seriously fcareC
that, were the younger Of the high Off
cials allowed TO visit her, she possibly
would succeed in pursuading one o
them to let her escape from prison il
his clothes, the gentleman remaining
behind in guise Of u hostage, TO be dis
posed OF by the Government