The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-17
RUSSIAN PRINCE
A COARSE n S 3. BRUTE B !.
Subjected Mile. Smirnof to Re-
voting Treatment - Girls
Brother Seeks Revenge. 5

Warsaw, Aug. 17.-During yesterday,
thruout Poland, eleven policemen and
one gendarme were killed. and four
policemen were wounded. - -,
Journal Special Service = 80
St. Petersburg, Aug. 17.-The fog
ging Of Mile. Smirnoff, member Of the
Russian aristocracy, by soldiers of the
fashionable .Chevalier guards, one Of
the swagger regiments in the ear s
army, transcends all other topics.
Mile. Smirnoff, member Of q notable
family of St. Petersburg, is the victim
of the extraordinary brutalism charac-
teristic Of the military officers now sta
scared and apparently believe the del
.ugevis near, to, hence they do not care
what they do or what happens. -"
. Basil Smlrnoff, the victim s brother,
who is member Of the best clubs
here, has written to Premier Sto1ypin,
demanding the punishment of the Of
ficers of the Chevalier guard regiment
who were guilty Of the outrage. He
says;
der of an officer whom his comrades
discovered the prince 8 identity
Annals offense consisted in following
unintentionally a detachment, of the
Chevalier guard passing along the
street, when in spirit Of levity she
remarked aloud, t'Oh, such heroes,'
An officer of the guard nearest her
shouted:: we'll show you some he
roes:' $500.
her arrest. : RI
"Officers drove her to the military
nj, Two
There they struck her, called he1
unprintable names and spat in her face
The officer whom everybody addressed
as prince commanded soldiers to spread
some hay over the courtyard and threw
my sister into it, telling the soldiers
Now, you can do with the girl what
you will
1.-The soldiers, being gentlemen, I'm
like the officers, Indignantly refused tc
attack my sister.
| Then the same prince summoned
seven privates, armed with whips: usec
| for fiogging convicts. The prince or
dered the soldiers to- bring nv sister tt
the post courtyard and commanded the
seven to give her twenty-five blows.
! My sister tainted under the fog
ging. The officers cheered while the
whipping progressed. My sisters bach
was mass Of bleeding, bruised flesh.
=, = doctors fear. that She may die, anc
that, anyway, if she RECEIVERS, she will
suffer permanent internal injuries from
the terrible flogging., -: :: !:
~ have not yet discovered the
names Of the officers guilty of the ont
rage. The regiment contains many of
tcers who are princes or counts, bu,
no, matter how; exalted their position
~ never rest until I've. secured al
investigation and the punishment o1
those guilty. of the brutal fogging."
r.. Not Miss Nelka smirnoff,. Il.
Avon, n. Y, Aug. ia dispatch
was received today by Mrs. Herbert
Wadsworth from her niece, Miss Nelka
Smirnoff, in Finland, saying that she
is well and knows nothing of the case
of Miss Snirnoff, who was beaten by
/! the Chevalier guards at St. Petersburg
several days ago.
+ = - Bank Breaker Escapes. <.s4s
7 st; Petersburg, Aug. l7.-Belenzoff
the Leader Of the band which pilfaged
the. Credit Mutual bank of Moscow
I darlngly escaped while on his Way te
Moscow from Switzerland, whence he
had been extradited.: He was on boari
train heavily guarded and when near
Pskov, diVed thru the glass of a viii
dow, gained the forest and eluded puur