Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-29
news By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
VICTIMS were PLENTY.
The Murderous Work of
Two Brothers.
the FREE COINAGE BILL DEAD.
Silver Men Give Up the
Fight.
DEATH OF COMEDIAN PAT ROONEY.
The Arbitration Treaty to
be Ratified To-Day.
DEATH OF COMEDIAN PAT ROONEY.
BY THE wHoLEsALE.

MURDER BY THE WHOLESALE.
What the Arrest OF Two Brothers
on the Charge of Killing a Peasant
Revealed-The slaughter OF Emil
. grants on the Frontier-The Police
Estimate That tho Number of Vic.
= Tins VIII Foot Up to at Least
Forty-How They Worked Their
Deadly Plot.
WARSAW, March 2S.-Police inquiries
into the cases Of the brothers Kloukovsky,
imprisoned here on the charge of murder
ing and robbing peasant near Bielostoct,
has revealed the practice of wholesale
murder of emigrants on the frontier. Al
ready the bodies of five victims have been
discovered in the snow adjacent toSthe
house of the brothers. The search for
bodies is proceeding. There have been
many disappearance of late in that neigh
borhood and the police estimate that the
persons. The revelations have caused
much excitement throughout the whole
district. The elder brother was peasant
farmer. The younger brother had been a
soldier in the Russian army, but his time
had expired. He took to smuggling across
the frontier and became acquainted with
all the paths that led into Prussian terri
tory away from the eyes of tho watchful
frontier guards. Many persons DESTROYS
of leaving Russia, particularly emigrants,
were not supplied with the necessary
passes. These persons would bargain
for safe conduct beyond Russian soil.
Fugitives from justice also availed them
selves Of their knowledge of the frontier
to escape from the officers of the law.
The brothers would select for their victims
only those who had good outfits and
money. The others would be taken across
in safety. The victims would be taken in
charge by the younger brother and would
be conducted singly along a narrow path
through dense forest. The elder brother
would hurry by short route to a
spot agreed upon and when the VIC
tim approached he would be attack
ed by his guide and the man who
was in ambush. The unfortunate would
be strangled and the brothers would beat
in his skull The body would then be
robbed. At the outset the brothers care
fully buried the bodies, but as time went
by they became careless and showed the
bodies under the brushwood after strip
ping them. The wife of the younger
brother, it is charged, helped in the crimes.
She would indulge in firtstions with
strangers who came to Monki, and would
make engagements for them to visit her at
her home. She is a comely, bu1om woman
and admirers would hasten at night to
her house only to meet death at
the hands of the husband and
his brother. Among the last of the Klou-
kovskya' victims was a peasant who sought
shelter from inclement weather In their
hut He fell asleep and the brothers ct
tempted to strangle him. The man awoke
and made desperate struggle for his life.
While he was held 30 he could not escape
boiling water WAS poured over his head
and face, and the murderers succeeded in
strangling him. The finding of this body
led to the discovery of five more in the
woods. The woman was also taken into
custody and is kept separate from the
men. All have been subjected to pro-
longed examination, but refuse to confess
anything.