The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-22
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The New York Zeitunr contains
Q cable from Paris their regular correspond
emit telling Of o possible clew Il the White
| chapel murderer. The correspondent says
that years 8 when he was in Paris. thaat
city was startled by o series Of murders BY
q mar who was called ttSavior Of lost souls,
The correspondent made inquiries into the
case and CLEANED the following facts:
His name was Nichalaus Wassillyieand he
left the Russian city Of T~iraspolon the first
OF January this year. Wassallyie haa been
imprisoned there for many years. This is
the story Of his career in Paris.
In the year 1872 there was q movement in
the orthodox church of Russia against some
sectarians which caused a great deal OF ex-
element. Nichalaus Wassillyie left a good
home and rich parents, but Nichalaus
was a fanatic and sectarian. He soon as
sumes the role Of leader among them. The
chief belief of his sect vas the renunciation
of all earthly joys in order SO secure immor-
tai life in paradise. Wassillyie fed to Paris,
He was an excellent type Of a Russian.
He had q tall, elastic figure o regular
physiognomy, with burning, ~languishing
eyes and waxenlike complexion. He
used to stay oil day long in his room, study
ing some large books. at nightfall he went.
out and wandered aimlessly through the
streets until the morning daWned. He was
often seen talking with abandoned
women in the street and it soon became
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doing SO. That is when the voice of the peo-
pie calls shin Savior OF lost souls.' First
he tried mild persuasion in speaking to the
fallen creatures. When mere words had no
effect he went SO far as to put premiums on
virtue, and gave large sums of money to the
cocottes on condition that they would lead
O new life. Some Of the women were touched
by his earnestness and promised to follow
his advice. He could often be seen on the
corners preaching to gaudy nymphs, who
bitterly shed tears, but his mission did not
seem to be crowned with success. He had
often met girls who had taken as holy oath
that they would sin no moro again on the
street. Then there was q change. He would
approach Q woman, speak to her kindly and
follow her home. Then, when alone with the
helpless creature, he would take out butcher
knife, kneel on her PROSTATE body and force
her to take q holy oath not to solicit again,
He always went away seemingly happy. One
his home. In the Rue de Richelieu he met a
young woman. She had an elf-like elegant
figure, and beautiful blue eyes. Wassillyie
was armed against the chances of women, but
this girls look seemed to make q deep inn.
preston on him. He spoke to her. She was
q lost one, Too. Not with brutal force, but.
with KIND sympathy he touched her so
deeply that she told him the story
OF her iie-the story of q poor parent
less girl whom fate had torn from happi-
ness and splendor, into a world of misery
and shame. Wassillyie, for the first time in,
his life, fell in love with a woman, He pro-,
cured her q place in a business house and
paid literally for her support, although he
made her believe that she was supporting
herself. For several weeks the girl, whohadt
SOM regard for her protector, Kept straight
in the path of virtue. But one day when
Wassillyie visited her home-a thing he sell
don did, and then only when and old guard
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was gone. She had left q letter to him, in
which she said that, though thankful to him
for all his kindness, her life was now too "En-
neyant" for her, and that she preferred to be
lett alone. Wasslllyie was in a fearful mind
after this. H~ewandered SO restlessly through
the streets as to awaken the attention of the
constables. Eight weeks aiterward he disap.
peared. At the same time Madeline, the
woman whom he had supported, was found
murdered IN the quarter where she had form
erly led o life of shame. Two days afterward,
IN q quiet side street of the Faubourg st.
Gernaln, the corpse of another murdered
woman was found. Three days afterward q
phvyne Of the Quarter Maufeaard waa
butchered at night time. All the murders
were perpetrated in the same horrible
way as those in Whitechapel. Jewels and
everything of value on the corpses
remained untouched. Five more victims
were found butchered in the ACCOMPLISHMENT
des Pantheon between the Boulevards ST.
Michael and de L'Hospital. Then in the Rue
de Lyon an attack was made on a street girl
who had the chance to cry for help before she
was strangled. A throng gathered, thepoliee
arrived and the Would-be murderer was cap
tured. 1t W Nichalaus Wassillyie. Themob
wanted to lynch him, but he was protected.
When his trial was in progress, his lawyer,
jules Glannier, claimed that his client was in
sane. The jury decided that such was the
case and Wassillyie was sent back to Russia,
after a short stay in the private asylum OF
Bayonne. From Teraspol he was released
on Jan: l of this year. Is Wassillyie the
,Whitechepel murderer? He is in the posses
sion of considerable wealth.,