Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-13

him dead for having betrayed him, where upon he shed tears of remorse over the dead body of the murdered man in the presence of several witnesses.
 At Salina he one evening entered cafe chantant, where he aroused the suspicion of the prefect of police who caused his arrest Leczinsk, who offered no resis- tance, was led through the streets of the town by two constables, the prefect of po- lice bringing upethe rear at a respectful distance Suddenly the desperado broke loose from his captors, turned, and level ing his gun, shot the prefect through the head. Before the constables had recovered from their consternation their prisoner had escaped, and, making for the Danube, reached the river bank and rowed himself leisurely across the stream in a boat kept in readiness.
 In October, 1887, he was again taken prisoner, this time at Tulcea, and was con fined in dungeon in that town. Here he gave an account of himself characteristic of the man, describing his manifold ad- ventures in humorous strain, and only giving signs of contrition when alluding to the period of his life anterior to his ca reer of crime, when he manifested much emotion.
 'tI was always a hard-working man." said he, land the task-masters under whom served never accused me either of idleness or dishonesty. But in return for my unblemished character had often, in my Restitution, to sleep on the bare earth with stone for my pillow. When evil thoughts rose for the first time in my mind l overcame them and sought refuge in a monastery. had hoped to find God-fear- ing men among the fraternity, but found only scoundrels and thieves. 1 left the monastery and pitched my tent in the for ests, and in time I became a successful highwayman.
 At the end of April, 1888, Leczinski eff fected his escape from the Tulcea prison, and since that time he has not been recap tured, although the government has spent upward of eighty thousand francs in at tempts to take the redoubtable brigand. A large number of more or less probable and improbable stories are told of the manner in which Leczinski has succeeded in evading justice.
 There are times when he has emulated the proverbisl benevolence of Robin Hood in robbing the rich to alleviate the misery of the poor. At such times he becomes sentimental, and the expression of his ha- bitually ferocious countenance softens to one of commiseration. The needy way farer has found in him liberal benefac- tor, but woe betide the more prosperous traveller who, in offering a resolute resis- tance, incurs his wrath. He is then de scribed as a wild beast, and his ferocity knows no bounds.
 The Roumanian government is now bent on summary vengeance, and with this end in view the minister of the interior is about to hold council to discuss plan calculated to rid the DobTudtcha of the famous robber. The belief is general that his ultimate capture will not so soon be brought about, as the rustic population in their superstitious dread oi their ideal hero, " have over and over again afforded him protection when pursued by the po- lice and military, and it is not probable that they will care to have his capture and his death laid at their door.