The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-15
TRIBE MEN ACCUSE HIM OF HAV-
ING CAUSED DEATH OF MIN
ISTER OF JUSTICE.
Noted Man Dies in Great Agony After
a Love Feast in the
Palace.

by the mysterious death at Cettinje,
the village capital of Montenegro, of
the Voivode Shaulitch, minister of
Justice of the little principality. The
shadow of suspicion has been cast on
Prince Nicholas l., the ruler of Mon
tenegro and rival of King Christian of
Denmark for the title of ''father-in-law
of Europe"
Relatives of Shaulitch believe he
was poisoned by the prince, and those
who know the temper of the Montene-
gro tribesmen would not be surprised
if the tragedy were followed by a more
sensational one-the assassination of
the prince.
Shaulitch had been minister of JUS
tice for several years. He represented
the young Montenegrin party, pow
erful body, which sought to introduce
prince chafed under the constant de-
mands Of this element, and would have
been glad to Dust the Voivode but the
Shaulitch clansmen represented too
large a part of the wealth and influ-
ence of the mountain principality to
warrant such a step.
Was Curb Rein On Prince.
Shaulitch was the most popular
man in Montenegro. He was humane
and patriotic, and looked with hor-
ror upon the seventies and persecu-
tons to which offenders against the
princes authority were subjected. He
thought these prosecutions were SOW
ing the seed of peril for the state, and
as far as he was able, he sought to
nullify the acts of the prince.
The relations between prince and
minister were so strained that for
more than a year they did not address
each other except on the most formal
occasions.
About month ago, the 1000 inhabi
tants of Cettinje were surprised to
hear that there had been a reconcilia-
ton between the prince and minister.
The news was confirmed, and few
days later Shaulich was invited to the
palace to dine. To those who knew
of the invitation, the dinner was looked
upon as a love feast to mark the end
of the controversy.
Dies After Love Feast.
When Shaulitch appeared at the
palace in full uniform he was received
affectonately by the prince, who kissed
him first on one cheek and then on the
other, as is the custom between guest
and host in Montenegro. Toasts were
drunk and vows of eternal friendship
were made on both sides. The min
lister returned to his home convinced
that the feast in the palace was a pro-
logue to reforms that would make the
government of Montenegro a modern
system.
In the morning the news spread like
wildfire from Cettinje to Dulcigno on
the sea that Shaulitch had died sud-
denly in the night. The minister's
kinsmen poured into his house frown-
ing, taciturn mob. They were informed
that the minister had been taken with
. ,i,,c off hi ,nfr1r
from the palace, and that he had died
in two hours.
Physicians summoned by the min
listers family made an examination of
the body and declared he had died of
arsenical poison.
Relatives Accuse Prince.
When the news of the minister's
death reached the prince he was great
ly shocked and expressed the most pro-
found grief. When he heard the YER
diet of the doctors and learned that
the relatives of the Voivode were de-
claring their kinsman had been pois-
oned by him at the palace he sum-
moned them to audience beneath the
great tree under which he holds court
and dispenses justice.
When court arose it was with the
understanding that the prince would
submit to a thorough investigation of
the affair and that he would summon
medical experts from Vienna to per-
form an autopsy and determine the
cause of Shaulitch's DEATH The find
ing of these experts was to furnish
vindication of the prince.
After the application of the tests
of science they announced that Shaul-
itch had died of syncope of the heart.
Syncope of the heart is used to indicate
the cessation of activities of the heart.
The cessation may be caused by
peumonia, consumption or any of the
long list of human ailments in the ma
terra medica, including poisoning