The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-18
A STRANGE STORY.
How the Growing of a Hen
Cost q Fortune.
A Singular Illustration Of the
Power of Superstition.
It Causes q Criminal TO Return to
the Hands of Justice.

Nicola and Peter DejakuIrsku, VINO, by
honest industry snd the former frugality
OF their father. had amassed sufficient
fortune TO enable them to carry on sue.
cessfullv prosperous trade in furs. They
we're counted we'll to do merchants, and
| were much respected by the community
ard pc sessed slmOst unlimited credit
During the troublous times of 1870 and
1871, however, they lost heavily on some OF
their ventures, and the heavy tax and
severe restrictions of the Car, which fell
especially heavy upon their line OF bust
ne-s, added sill greater hsrdships to their
misfortunes. Finding themselves
DOOMED TO CERTAIN POVERTY
If they continued their business, and al
ready severely hampered, the brothers,
after 6onsultation, decided to save them
selves by d ght TO America, ard In order
Ihat they might not arrive empty handel 1,
like tie ancient Jews, when ey
bid farewell to Egyptian bondage,
| the Del akulIskus went out sm0ng their
f.iends borrowing as much funds as they
could.
In this way tbe7 managed to cure lO0,-
600 roubles (about S75,000), and with this
,mcnn, man. ged to Set out undiscovered on
th-ir voyage In the ear Y part OF 1873. In
due time they arrived in New York city,
where they managed 10 eiude the vigilence
Of the consular authority and secret. them
selves. Being un bic TO spesk English and
finding few OF their countrymen, life TO
them was anything but pleasant. 10 spite
o. their We ilth. In New York CITY at this
time, was another Russian, one
ALEXIS RAGAENsIN,
an adventurer snd refugee who had Il d
mis- nstive land because of his real or sus-
pecied connection with some NihiIistic
transactions. R~g ,eusin was in the habit
of freguenting the headqu sr;ers o! the Rus
sian diplomats ard glesnIng as best be
could any information of matters trsusp.r-
ing in tas old country tn t might be talked
of.
In this way il that be learned of the
emb zZz,ement and flight of the DeJskui-
rskus, md il was not long Of er their arri-
val in New York that he came across them.
The meeting was a pleasa t one 10 them as
they found him companion who was able
10 make their needs known and to con-
verse with them in their own tongue. 1t
was not long, however. until Ragaensiu
made known to them his acquaintance
with
THEIR EscAPADE IN RUSSIA,
and in order to prevent him from carrying
out his Unrest OF exposure, they agreed 10
receive him into full partnership with
them and divide their wealth vito him
Upon this agreement all went we'll and the
three friends we're Son dispensing their
wealth with lsvi h hand. In The latter
part of 1873 they arrived in Sedalia and
sfter looking around TOR a location pur
chased in January, 1874, 260 acres of land
in township 46, range %, near Dresden,
where they b'gan farming, but it was here
that fortune seemed to have deserted them,
and determined upon repairing them for
tie evil they had done In defrsuding their
creditors in Rus.i,. Like all Russians
these three were very superstitious. One
day shortly after they had opened their
farm, as Nicola was passing through the
yard he he ,rd
AHEs GROWING.
Fill, d with terror he went to the house and
told his companions what had happened
and they too grew uneasy. But when |
q few days thereafter q little child of an |
employe died. They grew M Re easy and |
dismissed the mat er from their minds. |
Hardly had they done 90, however, when |
Nicola one morning early while on his |
way to the barn saw the hen crow again |
and again was their souls filled with ter |
or. That day, which was March Sd, 1874, |
he two brothers came 10 town 10 a wagon |
10 make some purchases and on his way |
home Nj Ola vas accidentally killediby his |
cam running away. The notice of the |
accident (which appeared Jim the BAzoo |
It the time read as follows.
"FArAL ACCIDENT.
Some time ago two Russian gentlemen |
,amed Ragostin and Djsck, arrived in this
vicinity with their families, and having
ONE available capital, invested In United |
states bonds, from which they realized |
advance. They rented house
# Mr.. Houston for three months, and re.
entity bought a farm near Dresden. On
Cue.dsy they came to This city with
cam. and on their way home, Dick got
ut of the wagon to open a gate, when the
horses started, crowd ng him against the
eace, and crushing him to death. His re.
mains wtr. sent to Dresden yesterday on a
reight train. Deceased was an intelligent
well respected by all who knew
nm"
Shortly after the decease of Nicola,
dr. Mentor Thomson ass, by the request
{ NICOLAS brother, who represented him
elf as his only heir, appointed admins
rator of the estate, which represented
z ZOO in $40 bonds in the Citizens
ank, and some $4,000 in other
property then began the set ling up of the
state which had not been half completed
then one morniug as Peter was passing
through the yard he, too, saw a hen crow.
almost paralyzed with fear Peter sought
is house and with the utmost effort he
Tss prevented form committing su;ciie.
irowing calmer, however, he decided that
he only way for him to escape death
Iould be to
RETURN TO RUSSIA
onfess his crime and surrender himself to :
10 autboritiaa and mako such restitution J