The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-17
A RUSSIAN ADVENTURES ss
She Pursued Her Career OF Duplicity
and Crime Even IN Siberia.

| Prom the NeU York Sun.
About fifteen years ago a young woman
of noble birth, Miss Goolak-Artemovskaya
went from Volhynia to ST. Petersburg, and
soon became figure in the social circles Of
the capital. Her youth, beauty, refinement
and sympathetic nature" as the Russian
papers describe it, attracted to her drawing
room a host of admirers. Officers of high
rank and young mobiles paid homage to her.
Miss Goolak-Artemovskaya lived in high
style; stories were current In the city about
vast possessions in the Crimea and
| the Caucasus which she had inherited to
1 account for the luxuries in which she in
dulged herself. But her days Of glory we're
| of short duration. One morning several
military officers of high rank discovered
that they had been taken advantage of by
the beautiful Miss Goolak Artemovskaya
| at the innocent game of dooratchky
Ia most simple game of cards which
| is very common in RUSSIA, and that
since they had been acquainted with her
| they had lost many thousands of rubles
They reported their case to the police
authorities, who found that the lady pos
| sessed no property, and that she derived
| the means OF high living by fraud, not only
fleeing her admirers at the card table, buC
even forging was traced to her. She was
| condemned to deprivation of all personal
| rights and exiled to Siberia, in the govern
ment Of Irkutsk. A romantic incident was
connected with her fate. A young noble,
one OF her admirers, to whom she had paid
but little attention in her palmy days, at
tested his true love for her. He married
her in prison and followed her voluntarily
| to the place Of her exile.
| When the couple arrived at Irkutsk early
in 1880 the governor of that province as
signed to Goolak-Artemovskaya dwelling
in an isolated village about 100 versts from
| the city. Her husband, as a free man Of
good education. easily found employment
IN the city Of Irkutsk. He made his con-
demned wife's existence as bearable as his
| means allowed, spent on her his salary and
all the little income he derived from his
possessions at home, and considered himself
happy when he could spend few days with
her in the village when he was off duty.
| But her isolated life did not suit the
willy lady; she wanted to live in the city Of
Irkutsk, where life is gay and opportuni-
ties for sociabillty comparatively plenty.
| The means to obtain this end she found in
religious hypocrisy. She acted as a very
pious and penitent woman. went TO church
as often as opportunity presented itself, and
became known in the neighborhood for her
| goodness" Through this she attracted
the notice Of Bishop Benjamin, who,
making his official rounds in the
district, met her at her village. AS he
| spoke to her words of comfort and
religious cheer. she began crying and said
that all she desired was TO expiate her sins
at the foot of the altar. But unfortunately
this consolation was denied her, since in the
| little church of the village services are held
only once month, or still less often, and it
sometimes happens that just when such
| services are held she is too uuwell to attend
them. 1t the holy father could but get her
transferred to the city of Irkutsk, where
there are many churches and opportunities
| to attend religious services almost every
hour in the day, she would consider herself
happy.
Her pleading appeared so sincere that the
prelate was taken in by it. He went to the
governor and urged him to transfer the
convict Goolak Artemovskaya to the capt.
tai of the government, in order to afford
her an opportunity to engage in works of
piety and devotion. The governor could
not deny the bishop his request, and allowed
the artful woman to settle in Irkursk
Here, at last, she and her husband
appeared quite happy. They set up a
respectable little household and lived COM
tortably together for a time. Their little
parlors soon became the center Of attraction
for the jeunesse doree and the military Dig
| nitaries of the city. But reports reached
the governor that the penitent Goolak-Arte-
movskaya, who indeed visited the churches
during the day. amused her guests in tire
evening with the game of dooratohky. No
tice was sent her that under no considera-
ton should cards be played In her house, or
she would be sent back 60 the village where
she had been located before.
Card play had to 10 given up. The hus-
band of the tricky woman found out after
awhile that she conducted her household on
! larger and more luxurious scale than he
could afford. He discovered, moreover, that
she had dresses and jewelry which he had
not bought for her. At last he learned that
she had become too intimate with the rich
merchant who owned the house in which
they lived. He demonstrated with her but
could get no satisfaction. Having con-
| WINGED himself that the woman was incor-
| rigible he abandoned her. But abe continued
living In her fashion. Her charms were
great and she never lacked friends. She
could insiuuate herself In the fsvors Of any
one who knew her.
It seams. however. that her last trump
was played this winter. Among her friends
was q Roverness, who had been brought
from Moscow by one of the rich merchants
of 1rkutsk for his children. The lady was
highly educated and refined, and in stature
ana appearance ressmbled Goolak Arte-
movskaya. Since her arrival in Irkutsk the
willy Artemovskaya has become her inmate
friend. Although the governess was highly
respected. no one wondered at her friendship
| for the convict, because a lady of better
education and tact could not be found in
the city. Last autumn both Arte-
movskaya and her friend, the govern
ess, disappeared from Irkutsk. Searches
were made, but the fugitives could not be
discovered. At last peasant reported that
he had found the body of a respectfully
dressed women near the river few versts
distant from Irkutsk. IL was the body of
the poor governess. As she had dissp-
peared from the city together with the con-
Wet Goolak Artemovskaya, the suspicion
arose that the latter had played her foul in
order to get possession of her passport.
Searches for the fugitive convict were made
with increased energy. Early this March
she was discovered in the town Of Maryinsk,
in the government of Tomsk. She had as
sumed the name Of the poor governess and
used her passport. She was arrested and
| taken to Irkutsk for trial.