The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-24

mother, she was mot sure Of even her
life in that city"
In a street of Thilippopolis she met
Boitcheff with his wife. She asked him
ic she might speak with him alone.
He pushed her away and called her
vile name. She struck him with her
parasol. The street scene sealed her
fate.
Capt. Boitcheft's wife told her father
that Miss Simon must be put out of the
way. Major Pope, although already
gazetted as first adjutant at court and
known throughout Bulgaria as an Off
Ger Of great ability and q man of honor,
did not hesitate at the thought of mur-
der. He simply drew 10000 francs from
the bank, gave the money to Capt.
Doitcheff. and told him 10 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 Novciic
$1,000 francs for himself. and Novelic
consented to kill the girl. He would
pay his chief Of detectives 5000 francs
10 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.
The murder was planned to the last
revolving detail. When Boitcheff drove
in q cab to meet Anna Simon by ap-
pointmcnt on the outskirts of Philip
popolis, Novelic sat beside him. On the
box was the chief Of detectives, Boa
dan, disguised as a cabman. Gnder the
scat was a hempen rope made fast to
large rock. Boitcheff was in the full
uniform of the princes household in
fantry; Novelic, in the uniform of
Bulgarian prefect of police. Both went
in this gala attire to the slaughter in
order that they might not excite the
girls suspicious by anything resemb-
ling disguise. The carriage stopped
where Miss Simon awaited it. Bolt
chef jumped out and embraced her,
and she began beseeching him to re-
turn 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 trivia; conversation, but as she
noticed that the carriage rolled ever
further from the city, she again grew
apprehensive and she began to scream.
Novelic promptly threw her back in the
carriage and gagged her. The carriage
passed through Czirpan, suburb Of
PhilppopolIs. and stopped on the banks
of the river Martha. just opposite the
island on which IS Prince Ferdinand's
summer palace. The girl was dragged
out. Boitcheff pushed a chloroformed
sponge under her nose. She tore it
away and, with the strength Of despair.
broke away from the three murderers.
! She fled screaming toward Czirpan.
The captain, the prefect of police, and
the chief of detectives pursued hec half
a mile caught her, threw her to the
| ground and bound her, and carried her
| back to the spot in view of the princes
! palace. There the sponge was satur-
ated 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
BoltCheff's hand had done it's work.
The body was stripped to prevent iden-
tification. The rope was made fast
| around her waist. The rock was knot
! ted tightly to her back and the body
was swung out by all three into the
! Maritza's rapids There it lay until,
! disturbed by a fisherman's nets, it was
rolled gradually irshore and drawn out
by party of peasants. The finding of
| the body was reported to the police.
There was no uEseemly huEhub 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
| TIE river. and that she had been
Won an of the town and had committed
| SulclQe.