Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
SOCIETY SUPPORTED MONARCHY
Murderer Calmly Watched Victim as
He Was Borne Away.
ORDERS FOR KILLINGS NUMEROUS
Evidence of Policeman Almost Be.
yond Belief.
WITNESSED Staying OF ONE MAN
Leaders of BarbRrous Organization
Had official Protection and Mem
bers OF the band Were Re-
leased with Honor.
BY GEORGE FRAZER.

ST PETERSBURG April 1-(speclai 70
The Bee)-The district court OF st. Peters
burg is deving into the secrets Of the
BLACK Hundred" organization in the trial
Of a man named LaretchlSin, who is
charged with having murdered a factory
workman in 1906 by firing four revolver
shots at him. IL has been shown that
crimes were plotted and carried out with
| holiness but that immunity was enjoyed
for many years by these so-called mon
| archists The Black Hundred" came into
existence ostensibly to wreak vengeance
upon the Russian terrorists and. protect
the monarchy.
| After committing the crime for which
! he is trial and which in its last
analysis is the BLACK Hundred organiza-
ton that is on trial, Laretchkin went TO
the room of another Of the Black Hun
dred" and, after changing his clothes, re-
! turned to the street and calmly watched
his victim being transported to the hos.
pital.
! Laretchkin was arrested in connection
with the murder of Or. Herzenstein and
was sentenced to six years Imprisonment.
He consequently appeared in the dock in
convict garb. His two fellow prisoners
at the Herzenstein trial Polovneff and
! KraskowsSy were also condemned. but
subsequently received pardon.
Prisoner Admits GUILE.
Laretchkn admitted having murdered
Muchin by order Of the BLACK Hundred
superiors." He added that he was threat
ened with death unless he carried out
the organizations orders Muchin was to
be removed" for having furnished the
! socialist workmen i'm the factory where
he was employed with list of the hands
who belonged to the Black Hundred"
AS the result the latter were driven from
the factory.
Laretch1in proceeded to relate that after
the murder of Muchin Kraskowsly told
him to have no fear; nothing would come
OF IT,
Black Hundred" workman named
Krixa testified that Kraskowsky. as chief
of the fighting band of the organlzat ton
instructed Laretchkin to remove" Muchn
To this evidence Laretchlin added that
DR.. Dubrovin, the head Of the organza-
ton, and Kraskowsky afterwards ordered
him and another man to murder NJ. Hip
plus, director Of the Semlannikoff factory.
They were furnished with revolvers, false
boards and Si25. Laretchlln was expelled
from the union of the Russian people bea
cause he did not carry out the murder.
Duma Member Condemned.
He also received instructions to XIII the
well known cadet leader. NJ. Petrunke-
vitch-a mission which was likewise en-
trusted to one of his companions named
Bulaieff by NJ. Bulazel the official law
yer of the organization. DR.. Dubrovin
gave Bulaieff s. by way Of advance, re-
marking to him that NJ Petrunkevitch
spoke too much I'm the Duma
Were 1t not for the protection" notori-
ously extended to the BLACK Hundred
over long period. the evidence OF the
. policeman Kudrlavzeff would be almost in
credible lie actually witnessed the murder
Of Muchin but explained that he did not
attempt to arrest Laretchkin because
members of the Black Hundred were
; always released and had their arms re-
turned to them"
Owing to the amazing charges preferred
in the case, the court has ordered a sup
Elementary investigation to be made. A
complete revelation OF the BLACK Hun
dred' exploits will be made before tn,
! trial is ended.
Fifteen Men IncinerRtcd,
The upsettlng Of lamp set fire to on
. Of the immense barges which are moore,
across the canals every winter and use,
as skating Kinks. Fifteen workmen VIII,
were sleeping In the barge were burned I,
, death after a desperate fight for life
> Fourteen escaped by rushing out. with tn,
thermometer at nearly zero, in their niEa
. clothing. The catastrophe occurred at
" fashionable rink on the Fontanka canal
- greatly Latronized by the stats OF tn
foreign embassies and their ladies'
. Waterman dropped a lamp I'm the kitchen
The flames coached a large oil can stand
= ing near by a violent explosion ensued
- and In nT0ment the kitchen was ablaze
The Warchman woke up the sleepers, o
= whom fourteen rushed out on to the qua
. without any boots and practically un
dressed, with the thermometer nearly a
zero. Two firemen were killed many per
sons were suffocated and many bodies Dor
bruises and signs OF struggle