The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-27
SUICIDES CLOSE
ON TO MURDER
Amazing Insurance Fraud Has Climax
In Paris.
PLOT OF RUSSIAN BROTHERS.
Engineer Slew Secretary in Order 10
Palm ON Corpse rs That of Himself.
Brother, Who Tried TO Realize on
Policy, Hangs Himself i'm Cell
Prisoner Takes Poison.
LONDON.-tSpecialJ

LONDON.-(S Specially
An extraordinary story of Insurance
fraud, murder, and double suicide
reached its climax in the arrest in a
farls bank Of young Russian engi-
heer named Andre Guilevitch. who
poisoned himself after he had been
taken 10 the police station. The story
is remarkable one.
IN November last the Russian police
lIIoTl Ned the Paris authorities that
UuileVltch was wanted" for a brutal
murder committed in st. Petersburg.
Oh october the body of a man
atroclously mutilated. was found in
me bedroom OF lodging house. The
mead mad been severed from the trunk
anu so dlshgured that identification
became practically impossible. PaDers
and clothing found on the bodv Iad
them TO believe that the corDse wac
that OF Andre Guilvitch.
After considerable investigation :.
was proved, however, that the mnrdarN
ed man was a young student narnad
Podloutzky. With this discovery the
real tacts of the murder RAPIDLY he
came known.
Murders His Secretary.
The st. Petersburg police found Tho.
Gullevitch took out an insurance noIiN
cy on his life in 1908 for en- 0oo
lie Immediately thought out a diahol-
lcaI scheme in order to obtain possess
sion or this sum. Guilevitch inserted
an advertisement in the newspapers
requesting the services of a private
secretary. He received severed repIies
ana hnally selected a student named
Lebeden. The two men took uD their
residence at Kief. Some weeks after
ward the secretary made the alarming
discovery that Guilevitch was attemnt-
ING 10 poison him. There was An an
sry scene between the two men. at
me end of which Lebedeff left the
house ''''
GuileVltch in September last got
mo communication with another man.
1odloutZky, whom he enticed to St
petersburg from Moscow. A week
alter Guilevitch murdered his secre-
airy during the night. In order tn
make the body unrecognizable, Guile
'ltch scalped his victim, severed the
,ars, nose. cheeks. and chin. He then
iressed the corpse in his own clothes
ma fled to Paris, after making an ar
'angement with his brother TO claim
he insurance money.
Brother Hangs Himself.
Gullevltch's brother, however. was
irrested when he presented himself
II the insurance office. and finding the
came was up, hanged himself i'm his
ell ~
Andre Guilevitch came immediately
o farls, where he resided at various
addresses under assumed names. He
lppears TO have had plenty of money
n ms possession, and opened accounts
Vlth several Paris and provincial
'anks. The Paris police had been fur-
llshed with a minute description of
ne murderer by the Russian author
ues. and close watch was kept.
Two detectives saw a man answer
ng Guilevitch's description entering
he Banque InternationaIe in the Rne
'aihtte He was promptly arrested.
'ut breaking loose, endeavored to
make use of revolver. Another de-
ective pinioned him from behind. end
lie was disarmed.
When brought before the magistrate
'ullevitch said that his crime had |
cen political one. and therefore he |
Quiz not be extradited. The maRfs- !
rate decided to remand him.
Prisoner Takes Poison.
The prisoner asked permission IN /
ASH MS hands. This was accorded,
no accompanied by two inspectors
-uileVitch walked to the prison lava.
Dry: Very calmly he removed water
uodenly the inspectors noticed that
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