The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-10
TIE ROANOKE TIMES, THURsDAY OCTOBER TO- 1895

crying injustice had ever actually wit;
nesscd and when talking with u frionG
who was n relative Of ono of tho ministers
told him so.
He was astounded ut what told him
md asked mo to draw up an account OF
Kaffsky's case in writing. He wculd see.
no said, that Justice should DO done.
had no difficulty In obtaining precise
particulars. l discovered oven tho name
of tho forwarding prison. ovcr 1000 miles
away, in which Kaffsky was then inferred,
and having made out very strong case L
gave my friend tho paper, and he present.
cd it to his relative, the minister.
a week passed, then n fortnight, and
still there was no answer.
One day my philanthropic friend shook
his head, said my data wcro all wrong
said that Kalfsky was tho most dangerous
conspirator that had over been trippcd up
in the very nick of timo, and that he
would advise mo to keep aloof from polit-
ical rcformcrs in future, rs it was evident
they could make black appear white with
out an effort.
Six years later heard that Kaifsky was
no more. He died of disease or was shot
in n tumult or disposed of in some such
way The particulars wcro not very pre-
cisc, but he was really dead; that was GER
tain.
Nothing else but death is certain in
Russia, l remarked to an ex-ministcr to
whom 1 had been telling tho whole story
after dinner.
So you arc going to writo about it, you
say" no asked me, "to case your feel
ings?"
Il am, " l replied
every well, then, ii you will como hero
in two or three days 1 will supply you
with most interesting postscript
And he did
His statement was based on official doc
umcnts, and this is the gist of it:
When the terrorist movement was at
its height, the leaders wcro invisible and
ubiquitous. We suspected that they were
in tho university, but that was only n
guess. Once or twice KafTsEy appeared to
dc in the movement, but VIC had no proof
and could get none. 1t then occurred to
General o. of the secret department. to en-
ploy spy who had never played tho part
of n detective before"
81 know. You mean tho scoundrclly
informcr, Boorman," broke in.
"Boorman? Boorman? Was he? Oh,
of course he was. Yes No: Boorman was
not the detective. Boorman, I see, was
nearly rs dangerous rs Kaifsky. He was
Kaffsky's right hand man, and he got the
Same punishment"
This announcement took my breath
away, but it only dccpcncd the mystery.
Two thousand three hundred rublcs
was what it all cost, ana dirt cheap, too"
he went on.
you mean the detectives rcward?" 1
asked.
Yes; that, of course, was over and
above her regular salary, which was 30
rubles Il month. 1t was the only clever
stroke OF business she ever did,
'Shc:" L repeated WAS it woman,
them"
ooh, yes. Didn't tell you? And n
woman with the making of Il saint III her
too Ha! hn ha She is now IL God fear
ing scctarian-a pictist of some kind"
"Wel, l remarked, 'shc would need n
good long course of penancc, We're it only
to atone for the fatc of poor Anna Pavlonn,
whose life she snuffcd out. -
"Ha! ha! han' he laughed till tho big
tears rolled down his furrowcd checks.
why hang it, man, Anna Pavlona was
herself the detective. But that was tho
only clever thing she ever did She soon
after left the service found salvation, as
they term it, in some obscure sect and is q
pious bigot now. "-London Telegraph