The morning call., 1892-02-05

invited me to his private Office. Wien
! was alone with him the idea came to ma
that now was the best time to carry out my
plan. My revolver | always carried with
me. He began to boast about his great
power and wealth and asked ME if l ever
saw million francs, adding that lie had
that sum in his desk.
did not care TO see the money, but i
thought / might see papers of importance
to us if killed him now. Then he wanted
me to become his spy and report to him
regularly all about the dOings of my Rus
sian acquaint9nceS and what the people al
the club did and said.
''At this | could not restrain myself any
longer, and awaiting a good opportunity L
pulled my revolver and fired at his head,
crying out:
Take that for those bombs!
''He fell slowly forward upon the desk
aud remained there motlonleSs. l tried 10
search the apartment, but was frightene q
away. On my way out | passed young
woman and bid her bon jour pleasantly,
which she returned.
81 found myself on the street in a daZed
condition Of mind. Finally | jumped on an
omnibus and went TO the home Of my friend
Duc-Quercy."
The nihilistc friends of lotto Heller"
had much difficulty in keeping his uneasy
spirit curbed, and only fears of Russian de-
tectives held his sOcialstc enthusiasm in
proper check. Soon the presence Of several
curious foreigners caused his hurried depar-
ture from the city. and on March D, 1891, he
took passage under the name OF
OTTO HAUSER.
On a steamer bound for Galveston. BE
carried with him letter of Introduction 10
a gentleman in San Antonio, which stated
among other things that the bearer was IN
retirement. This gentleman procured him
employment with a man named Schroeder,
A,lr.. IL - To- uVf,1f
spOnd with his New ork socialistic friends,
and to one Of his letters signs his real name.
He stopped writing without explanation Ia
October, and in reply TO anxious inquiries
from his COmpatriOts Schroeder wrote them
that Hauser had committed suicide.
Otto HauSer or Stanislaus PadlewsEy
was found dead in a park in the city of san
Antonio on the morning OF October 2S,
1891. with a small revolver lying in reach OF
his right hand. Three chambers of the
weapon were empty, and in the center OF
the forehead Of the corpse was tiny hole.
An inquest was held, but, strange to saw
The proceedings OF the inquiry are missing
from the District a Attorneys Office and are
believed TO have been stolen. From a copy
Of the verdict IL IS learned that deceased
was a Russian Pole, 80 years old, and
known as Otto HauseT.
From witnesses it was learned that he
was unsuccessful in his new calling as
lab0rer, drifting from situation to situation
and consequently growing respondent.
Although destitute he was too proud TO ask
assistance and preferred TO suffer in silence.
This fact gave rise to the idea of suicide.
Stauislaus Padlewsky was born in PO-
land thirtythree years ago. His grand
father played an important part In the
revolution of 1910 against Russia and died
on the battlefield. In the more recent re-
volt Of 1862, his father and uncle took i'm
portant parts, and when this was suppressed
the Gar took especial pains to impoyerlsh
and humiliate the family. In 1876 Pad
lewsky was volunteer in the Seryian
army, where he first imbibed the doctrines
of the socialists. He was many times ar
rested and served several terms of imprison-
ment for his nhilistic labors. As he was
known to be the assassin of General Solver
stotf ana at the mercy Of the merciless police
agents Of Russia, there is much reason to
believe that he was, like his victim, assassi-
mated