St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-12
A RUSSIAN ADVENTURES.
She Pursued Her Career of Du-
plicity and Crime Even in ST.
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IBERIA.
New York Sun
About fifteen years ago young
woman of noble bmth, Miss Goolak-
ArtemOvskaya, went from Volhynia to
st. Petersburg, and soon became a fig
ure 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 host of admirers. Off
GERS of high rank and young mobiles paid
homage to her. Miss GoOlak-ArtemoyS-
kaya lived in high style; stories were
current in the city about vast posses
Sions in the Crimea and the Caucasus
which she had inherited, to account for
the luXuries in which she INDUCED her
self. But her days of glory were of
short duration. One morning several
military officers of high rank discovered
that they had been taken advantage of
by the beautiful Miss GOolak-ArtemOvS
kaya at the innocent game of dooratchky
"a 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 possessed no property, and that
she derived the means OF high living by
fraud, not only fleeing her admirers at
the card table. but even forging was
traced to her. She was condemned to
deprivation of all personal rights and
eXiled to Siberia, in the government of
1rkutsk. A romantic incident was con-
nected with her fate. A young NOBLE one
of her admirers. to whom she had paid
but little attention in her palmy days,
attested his true love for her. He mar
ried her in prison and followed her vol
UNFAIRLY to the place of her exile.
When the couple arrived at lrkutSk
early in 1880 the governor of that prov
ince assigned to GOolak-Artemovskaya
dwelling in an isolated village about
hundred versts from the city; her huS-
band, as free man of good education,
easily found employment in the city of
lrkutsk. He made his condemned
wife'S existence as bearable as his
means allowed, spent on her his salary
and all the little income he derived from
his possession at home, and considered
himself happy when he could spend a
few days with her i'll the villgge when
he was off duty. But her isolated
life did not suit the willy lady;
she wanted to live in the city of
lrkutsk, where life is gay and oppOr-
tunities for sOciability comparatively
plenty. The means to attain this end
she found in religious hypocrisy. She
acted as a very pious and penitent
woman, went to church as often as OPP
portuniIy presented itself, and became
known in the neighbOrhOOd for her
goodness" Through this she attract
ed the notice of Bishop Benjamin, who,
making his official rounds in the district,
met her at her village. AS he spoke 20
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 I'M
fortunately this consolation was
denied her, since in the little church
of the village services are held only
once a month, or still less often. and it
sometimes happens that just when such
services are held she is too unwell to at
tend them. If the holy father could but
get her transferred to the city of
lrkutsk, where there are many churches
and opportunities to attend religious
services almost every hour i'll the day,
she would consider herself happy.
Her pleading appeared so sincere that
the prelate was taken in byit. He went
to the governor and urged him to trans
fer the convict GoOlak-ArtemOvSka
to the capital of the government.
in order to afford her an opportunity
to engage in works of piety and devO-
ton. The governor could not deny the
bishop his request. and allowed the art
full woman to settle in 1rkutsk. Here,
at last, she and her husband appeared
quite happy. They set up a respectable
little household and lived comfortably
together for a time. Their little par
- Of
lion fOl the jeuneSse dOree and the mill
tary dignitaries of the city. But re-
ports reached the governOrthat the pen
itent GoOlakArtemovskaya, who, in
deed, visited the churches during the
day, amused her guests in the evening
with the game of dOoratchky. Notice
was sent her that under no cOnSidera-
ton should cards be played in her
house, or she would be sent back to the
village where she mad been located be-
fore.
CaFd play had to be given up. The
husband of the tricky woman found out
after a while that she conducted her
household on larger and more luXuri-
Gus scale than he could afford. He dis
covered, moreover, that she had dresses
and jewelry which he had not bought
for her. At last he learned that she
lidu UCNOluC lOO With lilG IlCH
merchant who owned the house in
which they lived. He demonstrated
with her, but could get no satisfaction.
Having convinced himself that the
woman was incorrigible, he abandoned
her. But she continued living in her
fashion. Her charms were great and
she never lacked friends. She could
insinuate herself in the favor of any
one who knew her.
1t seems, however, that her last
trump was played last winter. Among
her friends was gOverneSS, who had
been brought from Moscow by one of
the rich merchants of 1Tkutsk for his
children. The lady was highly edu-
Gated and refined, and IN stature and
appearance resembled Goolak Artemov-
skaya. Since her arrival in lrkutsk
the willy ArtemoYskaya has become her
intimote friend. Although the govern
ess was highly respected, no one won :
dered at her friendship for the convict,
because lady of better education and
tact could not be found in the
city. Last autumn both Artemov-
Skaya and her friend, the governeSs,
disappeared from Irkutsk. Searches
were made, but the fugitiyes could not
be discovered. At last a peasant re-
ported that he had found the body of
espectably-dreSSed woman near the
river few verstS distant from IrkutSk.
1t was the body of the poor governesS.
AS she had disappeared from the city
together with the convict GoolOk-Arte
movskaya, 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 assumed the name of
the poor goVerness and used her pass
port. She was arrested and taken to