The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
THRAsHED A PRINCESS.
Young Russians Queer Way to Hasten
 Hearing In Lawsuit.
From the Washington Post.


 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 hospital for repairs preliminary to appearing in court.
 The trouble broke one day in the latter part of last July, when the Prin- cess Urussowa appeared in the Odessa railway station to take train for St. Petersburg. Just as she was about to step into the railway carriage hand somely dressed young man, armed with a riding whip stepped up to her.
 Madame" said he, ''it really causes me distress to hurt 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 with the whip upon her back and shoulders.
 Painting and hysterical, the lady was hustled into the railway carriage. The young man walked coolly to the quar- ters of the railway police and related what he had done. He said he was Edward Narissowitch Jolkitsch, and he had thrashed the princess as the result of well 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 Nicolai- witsch Urussow and a statement that he had by dishonest and swinding methods obtained from him an estate worth 500,000 rubles for 24,000 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 a strictly proper way, but he utterly re- fused to give 1t 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 influence enough to keep the legal proceedings dragging along at a snail's pace.
 Jokitsch at last hit upon the idea of inflicting public reinstatement on her, with the idea that 1t would compel the authorities to take notice of the case and render speedy decision. To make the goad of publicity more effective he sent out later another set of announce ment cards with portrait of the prin- cess and a sketch of the whip and this text
 Princess Jewrosinia Constantinowa Uruossowa, a notorious female cut throat, was thoroughly beaten for sWindling in Odessa on July 27, 1906."
 The princess refused to prosecute her assailant either for the assault or for the cards. But Jokitsch brought vengeance 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 seized with rage for revenge and posted hotfoot to Odessa, where he lay in wait for Jokitsch on the street.
 When they met Almeit, without warning, struck Joldtsch a blow with stick, which cut his head open and knocked him down. Then he jumped on the prostrate horsewhipper and beat him unmercifully with a stick upon the head and body until .Jokitsch drew stiletto from his breast, and, pulling Almeit down on top of him. plunged 1t into his side.
 Both combatants were bathed in blood when the police reached them. There are criminal charges lodged against both, and when the trial comes up the princess will have to appear and explain her possession of the dis puted property.