The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
WAR CLOUD LOOMS
AGAIN IN THE EAST
Austria and Montenegro Both
Claim Strip of Land
RUSSIA rs WATCHING
GhostIy Discovery DiscIoses Grusome
Method of Robber In Robbing Men
Who Were Also Thieves.
Wholesale Murder
RUSSIA rs WATCHING

st. Petersburg, August 0.-CSpecial.) y
Russia is watching a dispute between
Austria and Montenegro, which, while
not serious as yet, has potentialities
which may stir up the whole Balkan Sit
uation Austria claims a strip of ter
ritory which has always been regarded
as Montinegrian and Prince Nicholas
stoutly refuses to consider Austria s
claim. The fact that the territory In
question commands the road to Cettinje
the matter is considered important.
If Austria attempts to take the dis
puted territory 1t is certain to bring on
clash with tho fiery and warlike Monte
negriaps, and as there Is understood to
be practical alliance between the Bal
kan states, which naturally fear and
dislike Austria, 1t can readily be seen
that there is real danger.
Another grave scandal in the Russian
army is reported from Odessa, where
nine officers. including lieutenant gen.
eral and three colonies, all attached to
the commissariat department, have been
arrested Many further arrests are ex-
pected. Corruption Is indeed rife in the
intendant department of the Russian
army. The number Of officers and ad-
ninistrative officials, including five dlvi
sional divisions and 10 colonies, are now
confined in the fortress at Kieff.
Details have reached here Of q shock
ing discovery which has been made in
a deserted Inn In the Siberian hamlet
of Gregor. Some time ago a man named
DomieIzcko, on being discharged after
serving a term of Imprisonment, secured
a small estate on which stood an inn.
This inn In due course became harbor
of refuge for hunted criminals, the lar
ger number Of whom were wanted
for thefts of gold from mines in the
neighboring district The fugitives re-
ceived at the hands Of Domelzeko both
food and shelter, In return for which
they paid him In gold dust. At night
time when the criminal had enjoyed the
keepers hospitality throughout the day
and was preparing for bed, Domielzeko
would mix a powerful narcotic with wine
and, when the unsuspecting guest had
fallen asleep he was calmly murdered and
robbed Of every particle of gold in his
possession.
The corpse of the luckless men thus
victimised were preserved by the inn
keeper In barrels of salt and 1t was as
well, for each successive guest that
never till the day of his death did he
know that It was from the CHASTITY con-
tents Of these bottles that the innkeep-
er prepared his guests meals. He sue
ceeded in keeping the secret of his lar
der until he died, and 1t was not until
the police commenced to make an In
ventory of the deserted inn that they
had the slightest suspicion of the
whereabouts of some of their most
searched for criminals. The total num-
Der of his victims Is not known, but
the barrels with their awful contents
show that 1t must have been consid-
cradle.
A terrible case of lynching is re-
ported from the viatka province of
eastern Russia by the Central News.
A group of peasants who noticed the
arrival Of a stranger in the village or
Polosovka called upon him to halt. The
man did so, but he also fired upon the
villagers, who then recognized him as
one of the most daring horse thieves
known to the province. Determined to
punish him for his misdeeds, the
peasants captured the intruder and In
fiicted horrible tortues upon him, until
he gave the names of some of his ac-
complies Then the f1endish cruelty of
the ayenging mob knew no bounds.
Horse whipping was the mildest of the
punishments inflicted upon the captives,
some Of the acts were indescribable.
The scenes lasted not one, but two
or three days, until the governor sent
a detachment of troops to assist the
local officials, who had been 80 over
come by the horrors they had wit
messed as to be incapable Of effective
repressive action.