Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-26
THE DOUBLE MURDER
ROMANCE uNpeRLIes THE MURDER
iNAvleNNA TRAIN.
- fcyc and Dcvotion--An Innocent Man
Goes to Jail TO Shield %
Woman

SAYS q Vienna telegram OF the ga IN
slant In its details and in the general
atmosphere of romance that surrounds
IL, il reminds many English readers oil
tho startling incidents narrated in the
well-known novel, 1.-The Man from
Scotland Yard"
The victims upon this occasion were
two trusted employees OF Warsaw bank
and they had been dispatched with
IS, 200 roubles about 1888, 0OO) on a
special and secret errand to a distant
city. The reason for this errand, with
such q sum of money, is most romantic
and in its intricate meshes the police OF
this city and st. Petersburg still hope
70 find some trace Of the two young men
who were known to have occupied the
compartment with the murdered men
and are therefore believed to have had
hand in the killing.
Come months since a sensation was
caused in local society by the imprison-
ment OF well-known young man whose
parents were semi-noble, and through
whose veins there pulsed a minimum OF
patrician blood that emanated from O
King and came 10 him only slightly
diluted.
ARRESTED AZ A BURGLAR.
One night great uproar was heard in
fashionable street with calls Tor the
police and q general turmoil that be-
spoke the happening Of an unusual event.
The police fastened to the house from
whence tho cries came and there found
n well-known member Of the higher
circles of the business community leaning
forth from bis window and shouting
for help, while he held at arms
length n by no means desperate-looking
intruder whom he claimed had broken
into his house, was in the act of robbing
it when he entered, and had been caught
red handed in the midst OF his gathered
plumber. with bracelet Of diamonds be-
longing to the lady of the house IN his
pocket and variety OF other spolls con-
veniently arranged for transport on
table near.
The young man was hurried of 70
prison, and when arraigned gave fictl-
tious name that conveyed no intlmatlon
10 the public OF his true identity. This
disguise he maintained until he was SEN
fenced 10 five years in the States prison,
and was Transported and closed behind
TIE bars of the most dreaded place In the
entire kingdom.
A MYSTERIOUS PRISONER.
Then it became rumored around that
the Young mans name was not such as he
gave it all, but if it were known 1t would
he found TO duplicate that OF one OF
the highest officials in the Emperor S
household. And yet there was nothing
tangible concerning the now mysterious
prisoner. Periodically paragraphs would
appear in the paper suggesting that the
yelled prisoner, as he came 10 be called,
was of titled birth, or that he was pos
sessed OF great wealth, or that an effort
was being made to compass his release,
or some such mention, serving to keep
him fresh in the public mind and re-
minding the world daily Of bis crime and
It's disastrous result to the principal.
OF sudden the nature OF these para
graphs changed. and it became known
hat lady supposedly of high origin
and certainly OF most honored name had
waited upon the Emperor, and in tears
aud evidences of the most sincere con-
triton had made al appeal for the re-
lease OF the confined house-breaker and
given as her reasons for the appeal q
most startling and sensational story.
LOVE AND DEVOTION.
She admitted to being tho wife Of the
well-known fnancier whose house had
been invaded and who had shouted from
the window when he discovered the in
truder and stranger making away with
his Jewels and his valuables. she said
that she had been present at the time
and from an adjoining room had listened
to the outcries, and had been a witness
in part of the sensational incidents that
had followed.
She declared that the young man who
had been seized in the house was there
with her knowledge and consent-indeed,
M her invitation, and he had come there
not in the guise OF burglar or q rob
Der, but in the more peaceful and
worthy though equally serious guist
of lever. In short, the lady haG
permitted him to call upon her and Sc
Letting an hour when the husband Wal
usually absent he had gone TO the pa
latial residence and had been received IL
the madame's boudoir, which looks GU
upon the principal thoroughiare. Her,
they passed hour after hour. The tim,
fled with the unconscious rapidity o
thought and before they were aware o
il the sound of key in the front doc
warned them that the husband had re
turned and it was now too late for nc
treat
CAUGHT BY THE HUSBAND.
With the quick thought that is Dor
OF an emergency and great danger tn
young man pushed the lady into tn
adjoining room, and realizing from tn
approaching footsteps on the stairs th
husband was rapidly approaching, escap
was useless, he opened drawer OF th
dressing and seized the first IewC
that came 10 hand. He cast out tn
precious bits Of gold and gems that wer
concealed there and stood with the spo
in his hand awaiting the entrance Of til
husband.
The result was as no expected, tb
husband came, discovered the man
the act Of stealing, supposed him TO /
an ordinary thief and turned him over
the police. No defence was made at b
trial and he was duly sentenced.
RELEASED BY THE EMPEROR.
When the Emperor heard this tale tn
almost surpasses credibihty he was owe
whelmed with surprise, and at once gay
an order for the young mans. releas
There was an attempt 10 suppress u
particulars Of the case, and everythir
possible was done TO spare the names
the parties concerned, and thus fnr III
has been in q great measure successful
The names arc unknown, but the circur
stances have become public propert
and the honor Of man who would u
complainingly accept an imprisonme
OF five years in order to spare the nan
OF lady was too precious to be exploit,
In the papers, and yet too creditable
escape public mention.
CLAIMS TO BE PAID.
But when the Emperor released 4
young man there were other claims