Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
DOCTOR KILLS NOBLEMAN
Poisoning of Baturlin Creates Big
Sensation.
SON OF FAMOUS GENERAL
Aged Physician COnfesses 10 Subcu-
tRneOus Injection of POisOns
Into His Victims
system.
GENERAL
BY GEORGE FRASER.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 2-(Specisl Dis
patch to the Bee.)-It has been a long time
since st. Petersburg society has been so
shocked as it has been by the poisoning
OF Nasili ButuIlin, only son Of General
Buturlin, member Of noble family which
has been prominent in court circles since
the time of Peter the Great The arrest
and subsequent confession OF DIR. Pant
chenko a man Of 20 years had added TO
the sensation.
Young Vassih Buturln was % years of
age, and an officer in the famous Pre-
orbrajenski regiment Of guards A couple
of years ago he fell In love with Ger
man music hall singer named Marie Secke,
and resigned hiu commission in order to
marry her. He subsequently obtained a
position in the ministry OF the interior, and
although he owned a large property in the
province In wilma, az well as house in
st. Petersburg. besides being the heir to
about $5,OOO,OOO he lived a very retired life.
Killed by Physician.
On May "a, last, Vassili Buturlin became
seriously i'll and died the next day. After
the doctor who was attending him had
administered several simultaneous inJec-
tions. General Buturlln permitted a post
mortem to be held. the result of which was
to establish the fact that the young man
had been poisoned. Suspicion fell upon
Doctor Pantchenko.
Pantchenko, under police pressure, con-
fessed that he wilfully poisoned young
Buturlin, by injecting cholera anti-toxin
obtained from the Cronstadt laboratory. The
dose was calculated to ensure death with
few days. He declared he was instigated
by M. O'Brien de Lassy, the brother-in-
law of the dead man, who, however pro-
tests his innocence
General Buturlln at first resented the
"Mesaliance," OF his son, put eventually
became reconciled to the marriage and is
now on very affectionRte terms with his
daughter-in-law. The generals only other
| child Is daughter, married to NJ. OBrien
de Lassey, Wing land owner and a de-
scendant OF the famous French Marshal de
Lassy The police theory is that OBrien
de Lassy procured the poisoning SO that
he, through his wife, would secure some
IS, oOoOOO.
Similar Case at warsaw.
The poisoning Of Buturlin occurred almost
simultaneously with similar case at War
| saw, where the son of a wealthy Polish
land owner named Krjanowsky. has been
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he occasionally frequented. BY q most
extraordinary coincidence his brother-in-
law, Count Rohiker, who has been arrested
on suspicion Of having instisuted the crime
| is distant connection OF NJ. OBrien de
Lassy, who is now in jan In connection
| with the Buturlin case
| Young Krjanowsky, who was only Il
years old, was apparently killed with a
I az 70 efr,
gle. The doors and walls of the room in
which the body was found were bespatted
with blood. AS the result of the police
investigation, suspicion fell on the owner
of the furnished rooms and his nephew and
| they were both arrested. Further inquiry
| convinced the police that whoever might
be the actual murderer. there was someone
else who had prompted the crime.
Count Easily Caught.
One OF the newspapers mentioned Count
| Roniker's name in connection with the az.
| fair, and the count, who was married to
the victims sister went Of his own accord
to the detective department, and asked thai
an explanation should be demanded from
the editor of the paper The chief of tn,
secret police confronted Count Roniker with
the two men under arrest, and they
identified the count as the person who
had rented the rooms. Count Roniker was
forthwith arrested Marks of scratche!
were found on his throat. A school-fellov
Of Krjanowsky testified that he had seeI
the count conversing with the deceased
very shortly before the murder.
Count Ronike- is described as being o
very engaging personality. He enjoyed grea
popularity in Polish society and is tn,
author of several novels and successful
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