The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-01
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Retribution for the villain Of a Re.
cent st, Petersburg TRAGEDY

scsElWutlOu lOf the Villain OF Kes
cent st. Petersburg Tragedy.
General, Baron Pistolkors, who Is
generally understood to have accepted
100000 rubles from Grand Duke, as
the price OF the unattended divorce
which his wife obtained from him, in
order to enable her to wed morganati-
cally her imperial lover, is just at
present figuring in the role of the
villain in tragedy which is creating
tremendous stir at st. Petersburg. One
OF the most beautiful women of the
Russian capital was Nine. Andrejiefr,
whose husband, a universally respect
ed multi-milliOnaire, is president of
the chamber OF commerce and OF the
stock exchange of St. Petersburg True,
she did not belong to the court circles,
for she was OF Jewish birth, being II
daughter of leading usurer of Odes-
sa, named Levin. But. nevertheless,
the Andrejieff house, or, rather pal
ace, at St Petersburg was frequented
Its magnificent hospitality and to the
influence and importance of its owner
in the financial world.
Among the visitors was General Ba-
ron Pistolkors. But when the latter
became too assiduous in his attentions
to the mistress OF the house her hus-
band showed him the door without
ceremony, giving him to understand
that man who had been ignoble
enough to sell his own life for money
ought not to insult with his attentions
the wives of honorable men. In spite
of this the general, who is between
forty and fifty years old, continued to
meet Nine. Andrejieff, and when she
went abroad for the summer, leaving
her husband at home, he attached him
sell to her train and Travelled about
with her everywhere, matters being
made worse by the fact that she had
with her her thirteen-year-old daugh-
ter.
Not long after her return to St.
Petersburg, Andrejieff, through an i'll
discreet remark of his daughter, be-
came aware of the fact that his wife
had been travelling about with the gen.
eral. He proceeded to her bOudoir, de-
manded an explanation, which result
ed In his selling a Finnish hunting
knife which lay on the writing table
and in stabbing her to the heart there
with. He thereupon took possession
of her papers, rang the bell for the
servants and ordered them to notify
the police, and then, explaining to his
young daughter what he had done, ex-
acted from the girl, who is devoted to
him, a solemn pledge that she would
tell nothing but the truth If subjected
to any judicial examination. The i'm
pOrtance of the man may be gagged
by the fact that in spite of his action
in notifying the police of the murder
they did not venture to arrest him,
but left him at liberty until the fol-
lowing day. 1t is probable that he
will be acquitted, popular sympathy
being altogether in his favor.
AS for General Pistolkors, it is ex-
pected that the Car will request him
to leave the country and will deprive
him OF his commission in the army
His former wife lived for several
years openly with Grand Duke Paul
before her divorce enabled her to mar
ry this uncle of the Car. In fact, her
eldest child, of which the grand duke
Is the father, boy about seven years
old, was born while Baron Pistolkors
was still an aide-de-camp of the grand
duke and a member of his household.
This "menage trois" might, indeed,
have gone on indefinitely had it not
been for the appearance of the baron
ess at court ball at the Winter Pa
lace covered with jewels which had
belonged to the late Czarina, who at
her death had bequeathed them to
her youngest and favorite son, Grand
Duke Paul. The widowed empress,
who recognized the gems, became so
indigant that she first of all called the
attention of her son, the emperor, to
the matter, insisted upon the immedi-
ate withdrawal OF the baroness. and
then proceeded to take tho Grand
Duke Paul to task.
This brought matters to climax;
the grand duke was ordered to
travel" The baroness accompanied
him and instituted proceedings against
her husband for divorce. which he did
not defend, and which was thereupon
decided in her favor. She then mar
ried the Grand Duke Paul abroad, NOR
ganatically. and has since been created
Countess Hohenfelsen by the Prince
Regent OF Bavaria and makes her
home with the grand duke in Paris,
where they have beautiful house
looking on to the Avenue Bots de
Boulogue. Grand Duke Paul has
been pardoned for this mesalliance to
the extent OF being restored to his
former rank in the army, but his wife
remains exi1ed from Ruccia