The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-21

lowing day in field on the outskirts of
st. Petersburg. Swords were used, and
the two noblemen, both skilled in the
use of the weapon. fought as only the
deadliest enemies fight-with intent to
kill. It soon became clear that Count
Kazimoff had found his mater, and in
the fifth round he received wound in
the right arm which disabled him and
caused the seconds to put an end to the
duel. The combatants shook hands at
the finish and Count Kazimoff ex-
pressed a desire that their old friend
ship might be revived and the cause af
their enmity forgotten. The reconcilia-
ton seemed complete, and not long af-
terward Count Dolgorouki accepted an
invitation from Count Kazimoff to go
hunting on his estate at Djubjana, in
the province of Nov gorod.
On the third day of their stay Kali
moff and Dolgorouki were out hunting
and the topic of Fedora Tebloff seems
to have been raised again, for the
iluntsmen and heaters in attendance on
them noticed that the two noblemen
fere engaged in hot dispute. Their
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tendants heard Count Dolgorouki
threaten to inform Count Kazimoffs
fiancee Of his fondness for Fedora Teb-
loft, to which Kazimoff replied that he
would kill him if he did. At the height
of the quarrel they suddenly found
themselves at close quarters with two
wild boars, and started off in hot haste
to get shot at the game. The attend
ants were left far behind, but they
heard the sound of many gunshots, adm
concluded that the two noblemen We're
having good sport.
Nearly an hour later Count Kazimoff
rejoined the party of heaters and in
quired where Dologorouki was. Dolgo-
rouki, however, had not been seen, and
as he did not put in an appearance
when darkness set in a search was
made for him, but in vain. The next
day the search was resumed, and,
guided by marks of blood, the rescue
party found his dead body buried in ten
feet of snow about half a mile from the
spot where he had last been seen In the
company of his host Count Kazimoff,
who was at once arrested on suspicion
of having committed the murder. OF
course, the evidence against the count
was overwhelming. He was accused of
having feigned reconciliation with Dol
gorouki in order to lure him to his re-
mote estate, and there to butcher him
in the woods, confident in the assump-
ton that his own retainers would not
give evidence against him. No strange
had been seen in the neighborhood for
weeks, and no one else was in that part
of the forest when the crime was COM
mitted.
Kazimoff protested his innocence, but
his protestations were disregarded and
he was found guilty of murder and SEN
fenced to death. This sentence was
committed to one Of lifelong Punishment
to Siberia, with penal servitude for the
first ten years. Before his start east
ward Kazimoff had to undergo the or
deal of being formally degraded from
his rank as an officer. This ceremony
was performed in the presence of all
the officers and men of Kazimoff's regi-
ment. The count was brought to the
parade ground in chains, and two COM
mon soldiers stripped him of his uni
form and dressed him in convict garb
before the eyes of the assembled regi-
ment. This accomplished, they took his
sword out of it's scabbard, broke it, and
beat him with the blunt edge of the sew
cred halves. Next, one-half of Kali
motifs head was shaved and the hair on
the remaining half cropped close. FL
nally he was led around in front of all
the ranks while the soldiers showered
blows on his bare back with the knouts
used by the Cossacks. This process, it
is interesting to note, is still practiced
in Russia in case of degradation of Of
ficers from their rank.
Count Kazimoff broke down utterly
before the degrading ceremony was half
over, wept bitterly and toward the end
had to be dragged around in fainting
condition. A day or two later he start
ed on his long and terrible journey to
Siberia. To put the finishing touch to
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