The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-29

sutnclent for my purpose in seeking
to illustrate the iniquities of his system. &C.
CURED very lately In the a rest of Olga
Bebaroff. a young woman OF excellent social
connections and who fell under the ban of
the dreaded third section. Thu circum-
stances of her experiences at the hands of
Gresser and his underlings, while they can
not, for obvious reasons, be- given in detail,
disclose . condition of affairs almost in
credible. Information had reached the
police burenu of her connection with the
nihilists. and it was believed that she,
though not herself active in the cause as
others, could be forced to throw certain
light upon the movements Of seve al women
who had formed themselves into a special
conspiracy which was directed agains no less
an object than the czar himself. Later
on more extended reference ia made to this
arrest, whom all other means to force her to
inoriminats her friends had failed of their
object, Olga was subjected to indignities
which f.om their natures can only b
limited at here. Extraordinary was her de-
votion to what, from her view. was a sacred
duty-tbe preservation of silence. Not
even the fanatical fortitude of such women
as Vera Sassulitch and Sophie Psrossk ava,
who were executed for participation in the
successful plot to destroy the late Gar
Alexander H.. was more remarkable than
that of Olga Bsburoff. dresser and his
satellites could obtain no info! nation
from her.
When the illness of Project Gresser grew
alarming and the symptoms of poisoning
were unmistakable. a feeling of deep ap-
prehension seized upon the authorities. But
whsn the t~yrant's death followed e1traordi-
nary efforts were at once put forth to solve
the mystery. This servants of the dead pre-
fect's household were rigidly examined and
the cook in particular came in for a special
share of attention. Suspicion that he might
have poisoned his masters food was nat
urally enough raised against him, and
though the unlucky man suffered some of
the ~severest tests which the ingenuity of
his intsrrogators could suggest, nothing
was ELECTED from him. At length a settled
conviction of his innocence caused his per-
s~ecution to be abandoned. The police be-
gan to cast around for evider 90 in other
quarters. Then it suddenly flashed upon
them that the solution might perhaps lie in
the medical + eatlnent Gresser had received
during his illness, and forthwith his m Id
ical attendant, DR.. Gatchowsky, was ar
rested, as briefly mentioned above. This
man has recently been pursuing a some
what notable career in st. Petersburg.
Physieaily Dr.. G~atchowsky Is Il Pole of
strongly marked Hebraic features. He
jumped into sudden notorietv as the in
ventor of a medicine on behalf of which
claims we're put 70 tn very similar to those
supposed virtues which gained for DR..
Brown-Sequard's elixir OF life wo ld-wide
attention some few years ago. He gavo it
the title of ~vltaline. and invited the aged
and decrepit who had become so either in
the course of a ture or from premature
causes, to visit his laboratory in search of
renewed youth and vigor. Numerous were
the instances daily reported of the e~xtraor-
binary cures that were being effected by
the use of v~itnline. In Russia. as also il
Catholic counties, the clergy have nlways
advocated the efficacy of miraculous faith
cures. The visiting of shrines where sacred
relics were ex posed, aid the possibility of
supernatural visitations, such as the visions
of the Virgin at Knock. in Ireland, or the
power of the holy water at Lourdes,
IN France, ara allowed and accepted
by the Greek church. The consequences was
that crowds of patients ovsrran the recep-
ton rooms at DR.. Gatchowsky's house, and
there might be seen persons of all classes
though the ri0h Observation-Disclosures
with hearts full of faith to put themselves
under his treatment. Soon the fame OF the
cures effected began to spread, and the
clergy themselves were filled with feelings
Of jealous apprehension. It seemed to
them that this quack physician was en-
eroaching upon their preserves. The other
doctors also took the alarm and FASTENED
to stIRmatize this new empire as 4 fraud
Ihsy could not, however, shut their eyes to
} the fact that cures were effected. but they
explained this upon the ground that mere
1sish IN anything goes . very lonR way a
4 therapeutic. About six weeks ago Pre-.
fecs dresser was taken with an illness, and
even he becans \ patient of DR.. Catch
owsky. The latter informed the prsfsct
! tass ais nalady was q slight one, and