The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
FOUR STRANGE MURDERS.
RICH MEN get RID VIOLENTLY OF
ANNOYING PERSONS.

ANNOYING PERSONS.
A Rursian Nobie stays n Usurcr. . BuIRarian
Prcrrct Of PoIico Throws = Girl Into .
River. an italian Landowner and = Brittsh
steel Manufactures Kil wotncu.
An epidemic Of crimes Of violence by persons
wol-to-do seems 10 be passing over Europe,
four remarkable murder cases from Russia,
Bulgaria, Italy, and England being reported in
q single foreign mail. In all four cases the per
petrators were quiet, respectable persons with
wealth and social position to lose, and cvery
ono Of the four contains dramatic elements
enough for an old-fashioned romance
Tho trial just ended at Kherson brought out
q story that throws q great deal Of light on
egrarian troubles In many parts Of Russia, and
explains the hatred shown there against jewish
money lenders. NJ. Butoni dc Katxmann DO
longod to an old and respected family Of Bees-
arabian mobiles. He was 80 years Of age,
owned q nno estate near Goroki, had an un-
blcmishod character, and the reputation Of bo-
ing n kind-hoarted man and n good landlord.
A succession OF bad crops mado 1t necessary
for him TO borrow money from an usurer, as
many other Russian landowners are Obliged
to do. He applied 10 n jew named Oiscr
Dimant, a miscr noted for his wealth and harsh
ness. Though possessing many millions Of
roublcs Dlmant had cast out his own wife and
family, who arc living in great poverty in
Khorson. He had ruined n widowed aunt Of
M. do Katznann, and obtained her estate,
which bordcrcd on tho lands of hur nephew.
lie had often declared that ho would ruin and
disposscss De Kat2mann. The latter, although
well able to pay tho mortgage, neglected to
collect the money for tho day on which 1t fell
due, expecting that no could obtain extension
OF time as usual.
Dimant. however, had a gridge against him,
ami not only insisted on forcC!osing the mort
case, b9, w'shed 70 do it IN person, and accom-.
II. wal TO draw UP nm inventory of the estate.
NJ; de katzmann, although much excited. re-
ccivcd him politely and was courteous through
out the Interview. lDimnnt, on the other hand,
was brutal and insulting. and addressed
thou" differences Of opinion arose as TO
whether parts OF the estate came undor the
mortgage or not, De Kaiznann yielding I'M
! they came 10 u wagon and pair Of horses, which
he wished to use to go TO a neighbours funeral.
He, asked the Jew to leave them out for, forty
mean, 20 Strip the shirt OF his debtor i"I back.
Then De Hartmann turned upon him, and, say
shot hiln, The eail lodging il the JsW,s, back:
your interest in full" and put three more bull
let; int1 The @surer,s head, killing him out
mirsary could not Interfere.
DE katzmann surrendered himself at once.
He was soon Frustrated with brain fever and
taken to stand his trial. The case too up
eight days. when the jury acquitted him on the
ground That tho brutal Conduct Of his creditor
had made him irresponsible at the moment Of
shooting. AZ soon as he was released Dc, Ketz;;
mann was taken back to the Asylum, as he had
not yet recovered his senses.
The Bulgarian and Italian cases are alike In
tent r ID each ". th sn peS%liarisS in w boIR b %Ss F 9bo
social position of the murVterers., A handsome
young Hungarian woman. named Anna Simon,
disappeared suddenly from Phllippopolis last
April. She was known to be the mistress Of
Major Bo!tchetf, a member Of Prince fcrdi:
child by him. Wien She he was vas no long longer seen zen
he was suspected Of having done away with
Vienna saying that SHE was visiting friends
there and asking that her letters be sent to her.
ans bgIsSar ,hs T 2tsHI.is 7 nn;}cS ie io 5he , IhSis ,Sr r ms
up. They found that the sender was II checsomon-
ger, who had been asked 10 send the dispatches
polls .raiiroad station. Following this cue
they finally found a gendarn'e who confessed
to having hsd n shpre in The murder and told
Anna Simon mad irritated her lover by ask
Vienna and to tell her friends of her intention.
He entered the same carriHge with her on the
poiiSe IN at f0n PEiIiyypO %'lh ~ and nSvG the s TaSdiSGs OF
formed s,, the girl and when the train rsaehe t
II through the wind3w, letting ii fan into the
and had then overfowed its bank. 80 that it
was sure that the body would be carried away
de- are under arrest. but the trial Is delay cd
while search Is being made for the body: -,
of t ;he ITALIAN sG"H army ago n bhhs'; qu iSfen i at voshsra
with his regiment, made the acquaintance Of
a country, giri named Rosa ArdiZzonc. one re-
suit OF which was the birth Of o boy, Of whom
the Captain was declared TO be the father. He
expected to shake of, all responsibility, but
Rosa was tenacious and followed him from ore
garrison to another. begging him to acknowl-
edge his soppa paternity a nu, Sac ,d pursued e him to Fo;
where the Captain died without having salts
fed her demands. She then appealed to his
relatives for justice, and ono night last July
Ncri.Serneri, the Captains brother, and asked
to see his wife, They told her to go away; 4;
household took part, and soon after Rosa Ar,
dixzone's dead body was found on the highway
covered with bruises and cuts, and near by
was 4 heavy sword cane which serneri's wife
Mrs. serneri died in prison before the trial
came Off. Her husband has just been sem
i i5.oSa francs f9 tsn to ysthhS s m amGaTisS%n@ %aman to i pay
and 10000 francs to the Government for the
costs OF his trial. One OF his servants was also
condemned to a long term OF Imprisonment.
The motive Of the English crime Is as yet @
mystery. Mr.; Spencer, a very wealthy and
castle. has n beautiful estate at Grcenhaugh,
on Of the e. pTTett ie spots y N the North Tyne
vo,edly attached to his young wife. One pleas.
ant th s,yeninE, a fortnight ,pd ago, the two were
ss%pt,RE to 's sSop s trees eS ~itS h fns ssm NJ; sRsnfi sT
half an hour. starting then for the house with
his wife. HG WAS seen an hour later near q
certain part OF his wood very much excited.
and tried to avoid some friends who drove up
in a carriage. Mrs. Spencer not appearing, a
party was sent out to search for her. and the
police wore called in. When asked by the Ser
"Oh. sho is In the wood gathering deiiodils,
She. will come shortly" Another search was
made, when Mrs. Spcnuer's body was found IN
the wood lying face downward, covered with pine
boughs and tufts Of grass that had been pluCked
by hand and carefully. laid over her. There
were wounds on her hoad, neck, and back
Her husband was arrested. and charged with
II was not a joke. The only explanation OF
ferod 80 far Is that he must have been seized
with q sudden attack OF insanity.