The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-07-15

NON some weeks ago, ana no
body knew what had become Of him.
says the st. Petersburg correspondent
OF tho London Telegraph. His wife
falling III at the same time. quite n
cloud OF mystery hung over the fam
fly. all the more dense because OF the
absurd rumors that were circulating.
One report had &c that he had CONF
mitted suicide while In a no OF dcprcs-
sion. Others affirmed that lie had
failed TO account for large sums OF
money entrusted 10 him. aud had been
arrested Tor cmbczzi,mcut. According
10 third story. he had spcculated
wildly ON the exchange had lost enor-
nous sums, and, being unable 20 meet
bis liabilities. had fed the country.
His friends shook their heads. and re-
marked that it was not On him 10 com.
mit such f0llics. The rumors were
absurd. But most absurd OF nll was
the statement that he had sold plans
describing the despatch OF war mate.
rial and provisions 90 the Far East,
and was a traitor TO his country. Any
thing was possible. they affirmed. rath-
er than that.
To what Government could he have
betrayed the secret OF his own coun.
tryl or course, TO the English. people
answered. The English sovereign cir
| culates I'm all continental countries.
English spies are everywhere. the Sc
cret service fund OF the British For
eign Onlce Is inexhaustlble. Besides.
the person whom he frequented most
-. But that being a doubtful point
people remarked that proofs were SUI
periiuous. for everybody knew that the
English had brlbed the official, made
him traitor, and ruined him and his
family. But what use could the Brit
ISL have for the commlssarlat plans?
skeptics queried. a mnkeshlft an
swer was quickly found. which would
satisfy the average Russian man. and
the matter was judged. All over the
capital the report spread that England
had bought the plans In the possession
OF the official, and that he had con
fessed his crime.
In time. however. II leaked out that
NJ. X. had sold his plans TO Japan
shortly before the war broke out, and.
II was added. this act OF treason en-.
abled Russla's foe to seize the Yekat-
erlnoslay, with It's stores and provls.
ions. The traitor had already been
tried, condemned aud hanged In the
terrible prison OF Schlusselburg. But
the official papers have published no
account OF the arrest. trial. condemna.
tion or execution. Hence nothing Is
known for certain. except that NJ. Y.
has been spirited away by the authorl.
ties on a charge OF treason to his coun.
try.
The latest version OF how he was ar
rested and proved guilty is very inter
estlng I'm itself. II also throws n side
light upon the ways OF the secret DO.
lice, and who are now organized after
tho French model. and act with far
greater clrcumspectlon and skill than,
say, ten years ago. This is the story.
for the exact truth OF which l cannot
vouch.
The authorities suspected Y. OF hay
Ing had dealings with the japanese.
but they lacked proofs OF the fact, and
Il was now impossible 10 obtain any.
one or two indications there were
strong enough. perhaps, to awaken
misgivlngs. but not sufficient to hang a
dog. The matter was placed in the
hands OF the secret police. who are all
disciples OF Sherlock Holmes. y. was
shadowed day and night; every person
TO whom he spoke. at home or abroad.
was also watched. but no facts Of i'm.
portance were ELECTED. Whatever he
might have done in the past. he was
not selling his country's secrets at
present; but then, there was no one to
betray them 10. since the japanese en-.
bassy had gone.
A certain foreigner, against whom
the police had nothing to urge, was
among the acduaintances whom x.
met from time TO time. One evening
the two were seated together In res.
taurant ON the Neysly Prospekt. which
is commonly frequented by German
merchants and by foreigners. Beer Is
the chief, but not the only, beverage
there; the principal German newspa.
pers are taken In, and the yernaculaT
OF most OF the guests is the Teutou
tongue. y. and his friend or ac-
quaintance were at table In n little
room, at the far end OF the restaurant,
chatting, drinking aud smoking, and
there was no one there but themselves
indeed. the whole place was nearly
empty Just then, because the theatres
would not be over FOR two full hours
yet Hence tho pair were surprised "a
see stranger walk into their room
and sit down at a table near their own
II was his right 10 do 80. as the apart
ment WAS not engaged, but
The stranger was well-dressed
frank-looklng man, who seemed &c
. have had his fair share OF champagne
at dinner. He was a Russian to the
backbone; for after having listened e
the conversation OF his nelghbors FOR Q
2 few minutes he corrected slip OF
, theirs here and got in an additional re
mark there, At last he moved hi,
chair and sat by them. Curlously
p enough. he seemed specially takeT
/ ! with tho forptmupr n kvhout hn apotsf