The indicator., 1904-08-13

"HoW many Of the AmeeS's soldiers dost
thou see, holy onsf"
q, Alma Jurnieff for releasing said
prisoner Koura Biartelkis Ii not un-
der arrest. You shall 60 at once to
Tinis for trial"
In the office Of the governors palace
at Tifis sat man of powerful build
wearing q uniform that betokened ax-
alted rank. He was General Urioff.
governor general Of the province. .
man of blood and iron and one In whom
the czar placed so much confidence
that It was said that command from
Urloff was a command from the car
himself.
Before him stood three prisoners. He
listened attentively while they told the
story of their adventures. 1t IL nst
necessary to repeat the testimony that
was given before the governor general.
In the main 1t was Harvey Irons cool
voice that rehearsed the adventurss
that eliminated In the arrests by A.
miral Platoff.
When the story was ended. Gensssl
Urlon said:
with his knowledge Of the matter,
having been told by Lieutenant Nevis
~ what he knew, Admiral Platon was
justified in making the arrests and
bringing the prisoners here. AS mattar
of fact, 1t was fortunate for you that
he did 90. Conditions have changed In
Tifiis. came from Stavropol solely 10
investigate the fact that an American,
of whom l had never heard. was In q
Russian prison. supposed 1t was
one of those blatant nihilistS who
claim American citizenship, but after
q thorough investigation learned that
the mans only crime was loving a Rus
sian beauty. heard all about the Biar-
telkis case and had my own officers in
vestigate 1t, with the result that Hadx
Effendi and Bokharan named Milk
are now in the prison from which ths
American escaped. There is no charge
against the American.
sHThis brings us to the case Of Alma
JurniefI, who really did commit seri-
Gus offense in the eyes of Russian law
But l have weighed this matter well.
I have taken into consideration her
youth and the fact that the man she
released was guilty of no crime, but
was imprisoned by intrigue and false
swearing. Therefore have decided
that there is no charge against Alma
Jurnieff.
"As to Captain Orskoff, 1t appears
from the testimony of ofsLieutenant Ne
visky that he had arrested the Ameri-
can and four robbers, whom he should
have brought at once to Tifis. instead
Of which he gave them their liberty and
went upon Bokharan territory. which
h forbidden. This, too, l have studied
well. My decision is that Captain Ors-
koff performed his duties. He is here
% see that the law against selling wo-
men il not disregarded. 1t is his duty
to follow and rescue any taken away.
He has done this in the case Of Koufa
Naartelkis.
II am glad that the news of the. CO.
espe came to me, for justice would not
have been done had the AFFAIR been left
n the hands Of local officials. brought
sAarges Of conspiracy against Colonel
JurniefI and threatened him and his
hesther. the general, with Siberia. He
hecame enraged and died Of apoplexy,
Rsincs Dellnlko6 has been disgracsd
aad removed from the army for per
uitting a woman to wear his uniform
and impersonate him."
II sincerely thank yca for your JUS
lscisions," aid Harvey. -'Somswhert
- the volga have some valuable
vindmills, and want to md them and
aks tAsm to tie fair at Mini Novgorod
= ssll Alma and shall BE- married
q sesa % We can and some 60 4
porfesn ~ earsmooy, and sha0 ~
~ With mAI".
sEeuea and shall b married at ~
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: ~ - Harvey.
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