Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-23

To the cellar to begin their long period
of incarceration. During this they were
well fed, well clothed and well attend
ed, The cellar was wen warmed In WIN
ter and well ventilated In summer, The
baron and his companions We're reduced
to passive Obedience BY chains attached
10 their ankles with leather straps,
which prevented them from violent
movements without otherwise seriously
mountaineering them, Every night
they were permitted to leave the eel
lar and take one or two hours exer-
else In the surrounding park. On these
occasions they were tied together and
closely guarded by three or four of the
merchants most faithful servants. In
the earlier months OF their captivity
they attempted to break loose and to
attract the attention of the merchants
household by noisy demonstrations
These outbreaks, however, were
promptly suppressed by application OF
the knout. and in time the baron and
his two servants became accustomed
10 captlvIty and found II more advisable
TO submit passiyely than to increase the
setenty OF their punishment by resist
ance.
LIBERTY AFTER MARRIAGE.
Three years and six months passed
by before Miss Ostrclsky married. and
Baron Llupianoffs captivity continued
throughout this period. ON the day of
the departure OF the merchants daugh-
ter on nor honeymoon journey the baron
ana his two fetainers vera liberated and
let loose In country TO which they
had become practically foreigners The
baron made his way to his home and
found that he aud his companions IA
been formally and legally adjud-
dead persons. Their mysterious disap.
pearanee had created much curiosity at
the time, but AZ months went by uaa
no trace OF them could be found they
were written off IN the Russian state
records as non existing and their prop
orty passed into the hands OF their legal
heirs. a distant klnsman had taken
possession OF Baron Liuplanoff's great
estates and was enjoying his position.
III e wives of the two servants had both
taken new husbands and were any
thlng but pleased TO sec their former
partners IN matrimony re1ppear.
MADE ESTATE FAY.
What must be described as one Of the
most striking features of this remark
able case has not, however, yet been
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he returned from st. Petersburg To his
estates Baron Liupanofr's affairs were
In an Indifferent condition, owing TO his
years OF dissipation in the capital. AMI
though he then made a drastic change
IN his manner OF living, II Is doubtful
II he ever would have succeeded in
replenishlng his depleted golfers. This.
however, and a good deal more has
been accomplished By the klnsman who
succeeded the baron In the custody OF
his estates An energetic, resourcefu
man OF affairs, In the nearly four years
OF his proprletorship he has completely
transformed the Liupianoff estate, ana
made Il pay as Il never did before, with
the result that, II Its former owner gets
II back, he Will enter into a vastly
richer domain than that which he quit
so suddenly,
The present possessor Of the Liupla-
non estates refuses to acknowledge the
Identity OF the man who has reap
peared after three and q half years
absence as that of the rightful Baron
Liupian0ff. The unfortunate prisoner
has, therefore, gone To law to recover
possession OF his property, His plead |
ings have already been filed at Kazan, !
and the case VIII come on In the cours, |
of the winter. After Baron Lluplanoff |
has proved his identity and his right /
to possess his own property proceedings 1
viii doubtless be initiated against Ivan |
Ostrclsky for his treatment of the bar (
on and the barons servants. It Is sig |
nihcant that Ostrelsky has gone to the !
south Of France for the sake OF his l
health Baron Liupianoff has emerged .
from his Incarceration greatly aged In /
appearance and enfeebled in health. so
that he has indeed been severely pun
ished for his wrong doing.
SERGlUS NOLkHOVSKY.