The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-12

as he should be in position to support
a family. His bride is not at all pretty.
In year he will leave her for me- My
beloved sWore to me on the cruciflX:
You know, darling Anna, that I love
you alone and never will desert you
Why, mother dear, should l doubt the
word of my beloved in any respect?"
AT the beginning of this year Miss ST.
mon visited her parents in Budapest.
Boitcheff had not been promoted; he
had almost forsaken her; still she must
be near him, and after a short sojourn
at her home she started for Philippopo-
lis. although, as she told her mother,
she was mot sure of even her life in
that city"
In a street of Philippopolis she met
Boitcheff with his WIFE, She asked him
If she might speak with him alone. He
pushed her away and called her a vile
name. She struck him with her para
sol. That street scene sealed her fate.
Captain Boitcheff's wife told her faith
err that Miss Simon must be put out Of
the way. Major Pope. although al
ready gazetted as first adiutant at
court, and known throughout Bulgaria
as an officer of great ability and a man
of honor, did not hesitate at the
thought of murder. He simply drew
twenty thousand francs from the bank,
gave the money to Captain Boitcheff,
and told him to use 1t In having Anna
Simon silenced forever. Boitcheff went
to Novelic, his friend, who, as Prefect
of Police, could not only murder, but
supposititiously stop any investigation.
He gave Noyelic fifteen thousand
francs for himself. and Novelic con-
scented to help kill the girl. He would
pay his chief of detectives five thou
sand francs to assist him. Boitcheff
himself could lend a hand. With only
| these three in the secret, the deed could
be done without fear of discovery.
| The murder was planned to the last
revolving detail When Boitcheff drove
in cab to meet Anna Simon by ap-
| pointment on the outskirts Of Philip
popolis, Novelic sat beside him. On
the box was the chief of detectives,
Boaddan, disguised as cabman. I'm
der the seat was a hempen rope made
fast to d large rock. Boitcheff was in
the full uniform of the princes house
hold infantry; Novelic, in the uniform
| of Bulgarian Project of Police. Both
went in this gala attire to the slaughter
in order that they might not excite the
girls suspicious by anything resembling
| disguise. The carriage stopped where
Miss Simon awaited 1t. Boitcheff
jumped out and embraced her. and she
began beseeching him to return to her
He told her to enter the carriage and
he would talk the matter over. She
went. AS soon as she saw Novelic she
became frightened, but Boitcheff closed
the door, and the chief of detectives
whipped UP the horses. At first the two
officers quieted the girl with trivial con-
Versation, burt as she noticed that the
carriage rolled ever further from the
city, she again grew apprehensive and
she began to scream. Novelic prompt
ly threw her back on the carriage and
gagged her. The carriage passed
through Czirpan, q suburb Of Philip
popolls, and stopped on the bank of the
river Martha just opposite the island
on which is Prince Ferdinand's summer
palace. The girl was dragged out.
Boitcheff pushed chloroformed sponge
under her nose. She tore it away and,
with the strength Of despair broke
away from the three murderers. She
| fed screaming toward Czirpan. The
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chief of detectives pursued her half q
mile, caught her, and carried her back
to the spot in view OF. the princes pal
ace. There the sponge was saturated
again with chloroform and pushed
against her face. Bound though she
was, the girl struggled on. Then Move
lie and Boadan. forced her on her back
and held her. fast until the sponge in
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The body was stripped to prevent iden-
tification. The rope was knotted tight
ly to her back -and'the body was swung
out by all three into the Martha rapids.
There it lay until, disturbed by a. fisher
mans nets, it was rolled gradually in
shore and drawn out by party of
peasants. The finding of the body was
reported to the police. There was no
unseemly hubbub about it. The police
merely had the stone cut loose, the body
buried, and the record of the day made
| out so as to read that an unidentified
girl had been found in the river, and
that she had been woman of the town
and had committed suicide.
The whole affair would have ended
with the police record had it not been
| for the fact that about eight weeks ago
Anna Simon's father celebrated his
birthday. His daughter always had
sent him birthday present and u let
ter, but this year neither came. The
parents wrote to the girls former ad-
! dresses In Sofia and Philippopolis. The
letters came back addressed in French
hand to simon, Budapest" Recalling
| their daughters fear for her life, the
| Simons wrote to the police of the two
cities; still no response. Then a
| French governess In Sofia, who had
| been friendly with Anna simon, wrote
to Budapest that the girl had disap-
peared, adding: she was seen last
with Boitcheff." All further efforts OF
| the Slmons to get Information directly
from Bulgaria were fruitless. Mr. ST.
mon then told his story to the Budapest
police who laid the case before the
ministry of the interior
In three days the imperial govern
nent in Vienna was set to work on the
mystery. The Sofia government was
requested tartly to investigate the case,
and, to guarantee good faith, two Aus
| TRAN detectives were sent to Philippop-
oils to hurry along the Investigation.
| The course OF their investigation has
been published in the brief paragraphs
already printed regarding the murder.
| It led to the arrest of Boitcheff and
Roadan and the confession of B0adan,