Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
A POLISH HuRDERER'S ODD FIX.
HELD N RUSSIA FOB Az OLD CRIME
BY czAR's OFFICIALS.
Arrest Of VIneeat washkssites for
KiIiinE HIS brother In Geek
csHnty, III>-Asks That a Nithess
lie sem to Poland.

chlc1so. ssu. 7.-yiaeea; washle-
yIsch IS Ia jan in Russia charged villa
killing his brother. wladystoa Washke-
Witch. in Cox county. Whether he VII
suffer death fos hls crime depends en-
tireiy upon the payment q witness
expenses 10 Russia Washksvitch u
he'd. bat ;he Russian government = n
doubt about the getting Of a wituess
from Cook county. Ard the Law de-
partment here IS Ia doubt whether
Cock county shoait pay the expenses
% TIE Russian E1ve-umsat IL uietlnE
cut justice 70 a criminal who Is s-asna-
BE 10 the laws o. this country.
IN the year 1888 Viaesnt aud wladys-
ton washkeyl;cn. Two brothers. wee
employed as section hands on the Pan
handle railroad 81 Dalton. Their earn
lnss weTe small and vincent Complain
q much- lis brother was more hope
1ul AID Urea 20 encourage vincent by
assuring lin that .hey would be able
10 command tltte- wages acter tt4y
had been Ia America longer aad bad te-
s1ne acquainted and accustomed 70 the
American ways o. dong thlngz
The b=UtlE1s had f1- a h1lseks=per
FloEa NeNlllIE, q country w1mal- on
the Night % October y. t.s4. N.-celt
Wash ceFitcu killed bis brother He
struck WAlys.Ja V.Ih ar Il, split
ting open Lis head and tae1 hack
the boty- Florz Mskzuik was the only
witness OF the crime NIucel- bad
killed his hr1tns- Tor TIE sake ~ 80,
sh.rh had chat 1zy ben pa.1 90 Wlzd-
ys-1u az bis U1-ll.E wages az l--
bl-er on TIE railroad Eectl1l. Nil-s1t
warned F-1rz MaEzlllk 70 keep guiz-
and disappeared An inquest was held
nest day and the jury recommended
that the murderer D. sppreheniz1-
The murderer Fszlpe1 from TIE -u-11-
try. however. and early last year az
rived il his native ;ozn q Wtccizwak.
Ia the government q warsaw Before
his arrival there, however, friends %
the murdered man mad agLl=3 his
friends So WafsaW % his trlg-c death
a. the har1s % Vil1sl-
soon after the LATTER reached bis for
fuer home he WAS arrested, and be has
been ned since. a~a.t.as come action
on The psr- 70 tle --t1Hsii-E7 = COX
county. Yestar5ay Car5uer aEcEals r.
cslved g c1uuuli -s-'.l from 81 = D.
TlEi. the res dent Russian c-1sli, ask
ing him 70 Summon F-l-a MeEz-.lE
before thc fra department e the disc
trsct criminal c-a--. ia rbe city -
H'g11taWes government Of " arzz1-. ca
February r. 1856 as q witness 81 ,a.
case o. Vincent WlsEEev..ch. 90 Dc
tried under The pu--slrnaat law
IL appears by the documents accom-
TauyinE the letter tla- vincent wash
Eavlich was l1lla.e3 az Wtoctnv=i o.
tober . lsaA The master was referred
20 Assistant States Attorney KliEht,
who vii have a c'us-ltaton vylth Con-
sui De Thai today. Consul De Thai
told the coroner yesterday that all .hzt
was desirCd was hat he summon tae
desired with sss. and that her expenses
would he paid by the Russian govern
meat.
Assistant s;atss Attorney Sullivan
said yast--iay ttl: an Indictment had
haeu found against Vincent Washke-
witch the Nnyemn Der following the muir
der % which BE is charged The Rus
sian consul notified the states attorney
OF the capture % Vincent Washkevi;ch
several moaths ago. and the question
% his return % this country has hinged
entirely on the expense q getting him
here Some enc must advance the nee
essasy money. Al Appropriation FOR the
expense would have % be made By the
county board Of commissioner.
Il don't know what the Russian laws
are but ! can not SEQ how the Russian
government mas any Jurisdiction IN a
crime which was committed Ia Cook
county" said Assistant. States Attor-
ney sullivan. II Is probable that some
rFE ans % aEiraditns Washkevlich will
be devised to-day.