The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-11

Vienna. Sept 10-The circumstances at
tending the murder Of count Komar-
vosl1y, at Venice Thursday. have now
been unfolded before the Austrian po-
lice. who are holding the Countess Ko-
marvoslzy, the fance Of the nobleman. a
prisoner here.
The police place her apart among his
torlc women for whom men will commit
any crime. Not only the Count Komar-
vosky, who was murdered. but the Mos
COW lawyer Prilukon, who is a prisoner
here, and the actual murderer, Naumon.
who is a prisoner in Italy. left their
wives their children, and their posses
sions and ruined their careers to follow
her over Europe.
The confession Of the countess. which
was given in the highest state OF excite
ment. is as follows:
She had known PriIukoff for three
years. He was her lawyer in her divorce
case against her husband. and thus they
fell in love. He committed an embez-
element in Moscow. and they fed to-
gether last spring to Vienna. where both
lived at the Grand Hotel under assumed
names Then they Travelled to France
and Berlin. In May last they lived for
some time at the best hotels in the latter
place, and then the first separation oc-
Cured. She went to Russia He did not
dare TO follow her. He went 70 Paris and
sent the countess telegram after telegram
implortng her TO meet him in Vienna, but
she refused to do So
Casts on PrilukOn for the Count.
In the meantime she had joined Count
Comarvosky, whom she had known years
before. and went with him to Berlin.
Prilukof followed her there. and they
had violent meeting. There we're Grim
nations and recriminations. She told
/ PrilgkoI that she was determined 10
Emarry the rich count and leave him, but
hat she was willing to pay him half the
money which he had embezzled. Prilu-
koT denies this. Ese says ne wished 10
end the acquaintance. and demanded his
bank book so that ne might get his money
and rehabiitste himself II is certain
that the countess gave him $4,000.
"On the same night she sent her maid
with q request that he return half that
sum. He refused When the maid re-
turned with that answer the Countess
hastened late at night TO his hotel and
besought him TO give her some money.
and finally he promised to do 50 the next
day That WAS the morning on which he
disappeared, leaving a note IN which he
threatened her with vengeance. The
countess explained 10 Count KOmarvOsky
that she had been robbed, and, believing
l-her ne promised to give her the amount.
TWO days later there came another tele-
gram from Pyilukof, asking forgiveness
and making d rendezvous at Munich. Ex-
planning that she had got clue of the
man who had robbed her. the countess
persuaded the count 10 leave for Venice
with her son and daughter while she went
10 Munich 20 meet the Russian. promising
to follow the others later.
Put Up n Job on NaumoH.
THE countess and Prilukon had a re-
Cancellation at Munich. and when she
started for Venice three days later he ac-
companied here to Verona. Later he
arrived az Venice and at a secret meeting
there she confessed to him that a young
Russian noble Nikolas Naumof, who was
madIy in love with her and whom she
was also beginning 90 love, was following
her every footstep So wildly jealous was
Priluloff that she had the greatest diff
Guilty in calming him by endearments
Then came the FIRST idea of the murder
plot She and PriIuk0ff agreed that Nau-
moff would be a splendid tool. She al
leges that Prilukoff suggested TO her the
idea OF using Naumoffs jealousy of Ko-
marvosky. telling him that the count had
treated her in a shameful manner. al
though she was betrothed to him. This so
excited Naumoff that he determined to
shoot the count.
Countess source OF Varied Scandals.
The countess is a tall. fine-looking
woman. She is the daughter of Colonel.
the Count Orurik descended from the
Irish family OF O'Bourke), who. with his
wife, was well known as a prodigaI host
Of her former husband. the Count Tar
nowski. The latter was extremely
wealthy, and they had splendid home
at Kieff While the Countess was seen
driving every afternoon with her two 1T
tie boys and her little daughter, TO whom
she behaved as most affectionate
mother, there We're many scandals con
cerning her relations with officers in her
house.
One evening before her husbands eyes
she acted in an endearing manner toward
a man whom the count shot dead on the
spot A jury acquitted the count on the
charge Of murder, and he obtained a de
vorce from his wife Immediately after