Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
THRASHED A PRINCESS.
Young Russians Queer Way to Hasten
Hearing In a Lawsuit.

An odd case of private vengeance
growing out Of the laws delay Is IN
the hands of the police of Odessa, Rus
sia, for settlement. Two men Of high
social standing are in a hospital for
repairs preliminary to appearing In
court
The trouble broke out one day In the
latter part Of last July when the
Princess Urussowa appeared in the
Odessa railway station to take train
for st. Petersburg. Just as she was
about to step into the railway carriage
a handsomely dressed young man
armed with a riding whip stepped up
to her.
Madam" said he. ut really dis
tresses me to hurt a lady's feelings,
but"
He paused. raised his eyebrows and
shrugged his shoulders in token OF dire
necessity. Then seizing the lady by
the arm he administered a sound
thrashing upon her back and should
ers.
Painting and hysterlcal, the lady was
hustled into the railway carriage. The
young man walked coolly to the quar-
;ers of the railway police and related
what he had done. He said he was
Edward Narzissowitch Jokitsch and he
had thrashed the princess as the re-
suit of we'll considered resolve.
Some time before the railway station
scene. Jokitsch had sent to every one
who had any social standing in or
about Odessa announcement cards
with the picture Of Prince Sergius Nj
colaiwitsch Urussow and a statement
that he had by dishonest swindling
methods obtained from him an estate
worth 100000 rubles for $4,000 rubles.
Jokitsch had also brought a suit
against the prince for restitution OF
the property. The early hearings
brought out from the prince admissions
that he had not acquired the property
in q strictly regular way, but he utter
ly refused to give it up on any terms.
He fought the suit by dilatory tactics
and in the midst of them he died.
After the death Of the prince, his wife,
a young and handsome woman, showed
herself equally obstinate. She would
not let go the property and she had in
fluence enough to keep the legal pro-
ceedings dragging along at a snairs
pace.
Jokitsch at last hit upon the idea OF
infiicting a public chastisement on her
with the idea that it would compel the
authorities to take notice Of the case
and render a speedy decision. To make
the goad of publicity more effective
he sent out later another set Of an
nouncement cards with the portrait OF
the princess and a sketch OF the whip
and this text:
Princess Jewrosinia Constantinowa
Urussowa, a notorious female cut
throat, was thoroughly beaten fol
swindling in Odessa on July q, 1906"
The princess refused to prosecute her
assailant either for the assault or the
cards. But Jokitsch brought venge-
ance on himself by sending a number
of them abroad.
One of these finally reached the
hands of Anton d'Almeit. a Greek and
a relative Of the princess. He was seiz-
ed with a rage for revenge and posted
hot foot to Odessa, where he lay in
wait for Jokitsch on the street.
When they met, Almeit, without
warning. struck Jokitsch a blow with
a stick. which cut his head open and
knocked him down. Then he jumped
on the PROSTATE horse -whipper and
beat him numerically with a stick up
on the head and body until Jokitsch
drew g. stiletto from his breast and
pulling Almeit down on top Of him
plunged it into his side.
Both combatants were bathed In
blood when the police reached them
There are criminal charges against
both, and when the trial comes up the
princess will have to appear and ex-
plain her possession Of the disputed
property.