The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Demetri Treshenko, Aged As,
Waylays Dorothy MaIaka-
nOff, Aged 10
Girl Is Shot While on Way TO
Participate in Lincoln
Exercises
infatuated Man Then Turns
Revolver on Self and
May Die

While on her way 10 attend the Lin
coin day exercises at school yesterday
morning 10 year old Dorothy Mala-
ksnor WAS shot and almost instantly
killed by Demetri Treshenko, a re-
'ected suitor IS years OF age. The girl
.fell 10 the ground as two bullets tore
into her breast, her school books fall
Ing from her arms around the body.
She expired without an outcry. The
murderer then turned the revolver upon
himself and drove a bullet into the left
side or his head He viii die
The murder comes as a tragic end
10 persistent effort on Treshenko's
part TO win the little girls love and
persuade her TO elope with him. The
mans attentions TO the young school
girl we're discouraged by her parents,
and on one occasion not long ago the
Russian was forced by the police TO
leave the neighborhOod- Il was thought
that Treshenko had left town. as or
.dered by the police, but he had taken
q room at 32s Third street, and Thurs
Cay night he appeared al one Of his
former lodgings. SS4 Arkansas street,
drunk and armed with revolver
gAYLAID THE CHILD
Then yesterday he laid in wait for
the girl at TWenty-third street and
= POtrerO avenue. and sent two bullets
intO her body after pleading his love
unSuccessfully.
Dorothy Malskano1 lived with her
parents at 1929 Carolina street, within
a block Of TreshenkO's Arkansas street
Tod CIV I., In hn
b grade Of the Bryant school, and yes
terdav morning. in the short special
session OF all the classes in honor OF
Lincoln. she was to recite verse
Treshenko was standing on the
corner when the girl came along Po-
trero avenue. Tending himself from the
pouring rain with umbrella As
the child neared him he stepped for
ward and placed the umbrella over her.
shutting of the two from the gaze Of
The bystanders.
he bent down and asked her again
II she would leave with him. The child
shook her head, and told him TO let
her go, as she would be late at the
exercises
Treschenko then thrust an arm
around her and with the other drew a
IS caliber revolver and placed ii
against the chiid's back, while she
struggled 10 free herself. The revolver
shot a second rang out. The girl fell
10 the sidewalk with a bullet lodged
near the heart and another in the
lungs.
FALLS BESIDE VICTIM
Treschenko stood a moment looking
at her. and then placed the revolver
against his head, driving a bullet
through the skull. He fell to the walk
beside the girl and was allowed to lie
there for time. while four men. wit
nesses Of the shooting. carried the
child-s body TO Frisbee's drug store at
Twenty-fourth street and Potrero ave-
nue.. The coroner was notified and the
body taken TO the morgue.
Policeman George II. Graham had
TreschenkO removed to the central
emergency hospital, where DR.. Till
man extracted the bullet from his head.
Then the wounded man was taken TO
Lane hospital.
Treschenko seemed to have plenty of
money and appeared able to exist with
out working hard. His neighbors say
that he was in prison in Russia and
escaped TO this country with some
treasure.
PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER
Treschenko often took the little
g schoolgirl, whom he murdered, about
town before her parents forced him to
l4cCDuLlAub MS dlltnllOHS TO ueT. ana
came several times with the child to
Priests photograph gallery in Mission
street, where pictures of the twain
were made separately and together,
with Treschenko's arm about the girl
The infatuated man also carried to the
gallery 2 nude painting upon which he
wished the girls head pictured, but
Priest refused to take the job. Tre-
schenkO undoubtedly was deranged.
\ Witnesses TO the murder were: John
Neubauer OF 1860 Potrero avenue;
Philip Barry. e77 Hampshire street;
David Davidson, 2619 Twenty second
street; 6. Crow, 2s19 Twenty second
street, and p. J. Gillespie, mail car
rier.
Treschenko is being guarded at the
lane hospital by Policeman Standley.
but it is not expected that he viii
recover.