Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-13


drama than that WHICH has been nm.
rayeled by the Vienna police in solv.
Ing the mystery of the murder of
CONT Kamasovsky mt Venice II few
days ago Although some details OF
the crime have doubtless been cnblel
To America. the story in It's entirely
is OF such dramatic interest that Il
is well worth telling In full
II Is the story of u beautiful she
devil and the domonincal power which
her wondrous beauty ana powers Of
fascination enabled her to exercise
over men who fell victims to her
charms For the real author of the
murder of Count Kamarovsky Is tho
Countess Maria Nikolyeffna Tarnov.
ski, who for some time has been daz.
zling Vienna with he. lovely face and
magnificent dresses. The other char.
hoters IN the tragedy were her pun.
pets-men whom love OF her had
made her plant slaves. willing for
the chance of winning her g risk the
Sallows IN this world aud Gamnation
in the next
Tho countess is one nf those seduc
tive sirens Turing men 10 icsi,iot,ol
tha, YOU read about rma..nica in
o,cls aud then doubt if;heir counter
part in ieal life ever exists. She is
vet yet III Ky nnl time Ia, merely
ripcncd her beauty Her face gives the
lie to psychology With her deep
soulful eyes she looks angelic Her
beauty, perhaps. Is heritage from
her Irish ancestry for she is descend
ed from u gallant Irishman named O.
Rnnrko. vho settled in Russia hun
drcd years ago
She was not eighteen when she
married Count TnrnOvski n 3nsainn
noblcman of ancient lineage and pos
s7ssod OF large estates. Aftor few
years she tired OF her husband and
solnccd herself with lover firing
of him. too. she denounced him In an
ANONYMOUS letter to the count. The
result was the count challenged him
and Killed him in duel
The death Of one lover left her
froer Ia cnsna,c others. But Count
TarnovslSis cyos-wrre opened at last,
and instead of issuing more chal.
lenges TO fight ducls he procured n
divorce. The countess wns glad
enough To ho released f-om her mn
irimonnl letters. rhe process brought
hcr another victim In the divorce
PROCEEDINGS she employed II Moscow
lawyer, NJ priiukoff At that time
Prilukoff was making something like
$4,000 year cnjnyed an unblcn'
ished reputation and was happy In
his domestic relations frlukoff sue
cunbed to the fascmntions of his ell
ant. The result was that his law
practice went all 10 pieces, his wife
got divorce from him and he fled
from Russia with $4,000 with which
he had been intrusted BY clients le'
fore he was onsnared In the tolls of
the countess. Prllukoff tagged after
her about Europe.
Before leaving Russia for gave
European fields the countess cast her
cvil but hewitchine SMELLS upon Rus
sian nobloman, Prince Naumoft,
Princes are rather plentiful in Russia
and are not necessarily included
among the topnotchcrs OF the Russian
nrlstocgacy. But the prince had
money and that was what counted.
most with the countess. He tagged
after her, too. almost as persistently
as Prilukoff, for he was most madly
IN love with her. His mfatuation has
cost him $4,000; his Wife is suing
him for divorce, and that he viii
be hanged hardly admits of question
for he was the man who actually Kill
ed Count NnmalOVsky.
In the course OF her travels the
countess Glanced to meet Count KAN
arovsky, an old acquaintance whom
she had lost track of for some time,
because the count. as captain of the
Ccs snck guards. had gone to the front
In the war against Japan and had
there been severely wounded The
count had lots of money aud the
1,pf
Prince Naumoff had about exhausted
his immediate resources on he. ac
count. and prilukoff had been deao
broke for two years or more.
With the countesa, of course. the
first preliminary to getting hold OF
mans money was to make him fall
in love with her. She was an adept
at that Count Kamagovsky proved
an easy conquest He had wife At
the time. She l. ought suit for di
vorce against the count but before
the case came UP for trial she simpli-
fled matters ny dying. Then Count
Kamaroysky and the Countess Tarnov
ski became formally engaged.
But marriage with him formed no
pa of her plans 1t was his wealth
she coveted. and marriage might
prove ali obstacle rather than an aid
to it's complete possession She got
the CONT to insure his life in hei
favor for 100000. Prilukoff selected
The conn any in which it was taken
our The countess told him to make
sure that ir case the CONT was killed
there could be no question Of disput-
ing the payment. Her next step was
to induce the count TO execute will
in he. favor by which, in the event
of his death, the whole of his grea:
fortune would be hers. The count