The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
MAY THROW LIGHT
ON BLACK HUNDRED.
Trial Promises TO Reveal Secrets
Of Famous Criminal
Organization.
MURDER is CHARGED
Prisoner Is Said 10 Have Com
mittcd Crime by Order
Of Supcriors.

lsPcchi Cable TO The Times Dispatch
London April IA trial which
promises TO reveal many criminal Sc
crcts OF he Black Hundred organization
and incidentally to throw light on the
immunity enjoyed for SO many years
Wy these so-cailed monarchists, has be-
gun before the St Petersburg District
Court
The prisoner Is a man named La
rctchkin, who is charged with having
murdered n factory workman in 1906
BY firing four revolver shots at him
Alter the crime Larctchkin went 10
inc room OF another or the Black
Hundred. changed his clothes, return cd
20 the street, and calmly watched his
sict'm being transported to a hospi-
Larctchkin was arrested in conncc-
lion with the murder OF Dr. Herzen-
stein. ana was sentenced to six years
Imprisonment. III consequently ap.
Pcarcd In The dock in convict Earb
fils two fellow prisoners at the Her
Lenstcn trial, PolovncG and Ilraskov-
Sky. were also condemned. but subsc-
qucnuy received free pardon
Larctchkin admitted having murder.
ed alnchin by order or his Black Hun.
dred "supcriors." lie added that he
~ as tHitalt Iitu NlNn .ucutn UnlSSS ne
carried out their orders Muchin was
10 be removed FOR having furnished
the Socialist V orkmen in the factor,
where he was employed with list 81
the hands who belonged to the Black
Hundred. AS the result tho latter were
| driven from The factory.
Black hundred workman named
Krixa, testified that kraskovsky, az
chief OF the nghtlne band OF the or.
Eanization. instructed I.arc,chkin to
remove" Muchin.
TO this evidence f.arctchkin added
that Dr. Dubcovin, the head of TIE
Union OF the Russian People. and
kruskovsky afterwards ordered him
and another man 10 murder IS HIP
Plus. director OF the s;cmannikon fac
tory.
They were furnished with revolverx
false boards ana $3.50, He (l.arctch-a
kim was cNpelled from tho union be-
cause he aid no, carry out the muir
der.
lie also received Instructions 10 xii
the Well known cndct leader, N. Pet
run:cvitch. II mission which was like
wise intrusted 70 one Of his compan-
ions. named rsulaicn. ~ II. Bn!azcl
the OFFICIAL lawyer Of the union. II
was said that pctrunkcvi,ch spoke too
much in Tho Dunn.
i Were II not for the protection no.
torouslH extended 10 the Black Hun.
drcd over a long period, the evidence
of the Policeman kudriayZcn would
be almost ircredblc- lie actually Wit
messed the murder Of Muchn. but cN
planned hat nc did not attempt TO
nrrcs; l.arctchlsin because members OF
the Unior Is the Russian PEOPLE wer"
always released and had their arms
returned 70 them
The witness Sorin. whom kraskov-
sky is also alleged 10 have deputed TO
murder NJ Eiipr:us. said that the
"Unionists" always cXccutcd their
orders without fear of the consequence
because even the prcfcct Of police
visited their headquarters, The w.t.
ness Lavron Gin whose rooms I.arctch-
kin changed his clothes after the muir
der OF Muchln) stated that lie informed
a gendarmcric officer and policeman
of the crime which had been perpctrat-
cd, but neither OF these men took any
steps whatsoever 10 raisc an alarm.
I.aretchk.n here again intcrposcd.
ana said after shooting Mnchin he
walked past Sernof tthc policeman
mentioned by l.atrotf and an cyewit-
cess OF the murdcrl. but the latter
pretended that he had seen nothing
The above arc only rough outlines
OF I, case which is likely TO have the
most important political results. lner~
as scarcely any doub, that Professor
Miliukuff was among the marked VIC
sims OF this gang OF murdcrers One
Of the witnesses sworc that nc had
been cred los. to kill Count Wi,tc In
the Council of the Empire.
The Union of the Russian people IA
at present IN most chaotic state,
owing to fcuds among its members.
Dcnunciations are banded from mouth
To mouth, and Kraskovsky charges Dr..
Dubrovin wlth having instigated the
witnesses to bring accusations against
rim. One thing seems perfectly clear
that the police authorities. including
even General Won der Launit2, Inc for
mer project OF police OF st. Peters
burg. utilized the services OF the
union for purposes which It is difh-
cult to characterize