The evening world., 1911-02-04
MADE UNDER PROMISE
Russian PoiSoner Who Killed
for Hire, Says Magistrate In
duced Him to ADM Crime.

"'ter protneI -ln-laW, count Brler
de Lassy. The accused physician as.
serted that he had been induced 10
make the admissions OF gun; ~ prom
ises made hin by the examining Mag.
istrat" at the original inquiry.
Patchenko's sweeping denial OF his
confession came when the prosecutor
had forced him to abandon the series of
subterfuges In which no had taken
refuge throughout his examination.
Yesterday Dr. Idrzhckovsky testified
that he had given the defendant dlph-
iberia toxin at tho latter's request.
Pantchcnko dld not deny this testimony,
Out In rcnly To a question from the
Court said that he would answer as TO
what he did with the poison later.
To-day the public prosecutor. after re-
ccivlng unsatisfactory replies to several
questions, abruptly asked 'Ilow came
the name Of Dr.. Zdrzhckowsky In this
case In tho first place.
Tells Of Confession.
Pantchcnko hesita,cd, appearing al a
loss for a reply consistent with his adj.
missions Of Yesterday. and then sud.
denly launched n complete retraction o,
the original story OF his guilt.
lie said that when he was first ar
rested and given a preliminary examina-
tlon the Magistrate before whom he was
aTiaigned promised him that Nine.
Muravien. TO whom he had said he had
given his murder fees, would he kept
out OF the case and even that he would
be released II he made n confession.
These promises had not been kept.
Pantchenko said that believing in the
good faith Of tho Magistrate, he had
DECIDED to fabricate a confession. In
preparing this the Magistrate had
asked him what poison he would say
ho used. He replied "Dysenterical,"
but the Magistrate, Ia making a copy,
wrote "dlphthcrial." This Pantchenko
later confirmed az he said II was a
matter OF Indifference to him what
poison was mentioned in tho false
statement. The defendant explained
his plea OF guilty TO the Indictment by
saying that he referred to the use o,
an unclcGn lypodermlc needle.
At his point typewriter experts were
called to determine the authorship of a
letter written in French and attributed
by the prosecution TO Count DE Lassy.
The letter had been itroduccd To SHOW
an association between tho Count and
the doctor.
Murder ~ a fine arr, az a cold blooded
scientific demonstration, as a conmod.
ity FOR sale In single lots or in blocks
has been the browning achievement In
the long life OF Or, P~anlchenito. As
the trial OF this venerable Mephisto-
phsIes-ho still wears the spiked beard
and mustaches Of the popular present.
ment of satnn-progresses no adds sen
sation to sensation.
Russia has produced other Infamous
criminals. During the rc!sns OF var and
Peter and Catherine II. prodlgles o!
crimc were accomplished. No great ma.
ton OF Europe has produccd so many
butchers As the kingdom ut the Gear
In no other country has life been held
In such low esteem. wherefore the fac
that the entire nation to-day shudders
AZ the mention Of DR.. Pantchenko Is
proof that he is a criminal without par
alleL
Always Kills for Hire.
BY subtle devices OF his own invention
he has murdered more men and wOmer
than his memory IS capable ot recalling
And always he killed FOR hire. Not on,
OF his victims WIS his eneny. lie Dor,
no man a grudge, yet there was no mar
whose life he held sacred, whose dealt
he would not have accomplished fol
hire.
4 trail % his crimes is said to lea,
into the palaces Of the car. chief FIJI
pom OF the Secret Police declares tina
DR.. Pantchenkp darie inocu.ate prince
Of the Romanoff blood with deadl!
germs o. cholera and diphtheris; tina
he earned millions in brides for killing.
There Is not a great family In Russii
to-day tina, u not looking up the record
Of deaths OF relatives during recen
years. Where great estates were In
VOWED as nheritancos, and where the.
was rivalry among heirs TO enormou
fortunes, every suspicious death tina
occurred is being reckoned as the worI
, Of the arch-murderer. DR.. Pantchenko.
Responsible for Seourse.
3 Tho AGED Killers latest confession tina
. he frequently inoculated his victim
i WIN Eupl'li t'lllF ~ b'lHh Nhtu Z
4 tnse tic report that he Is rcsponsibl
= Toy the terrible scoIrSe OF cholera tina
has moved down thousands from IN
Baltic TO the Black Sea within the pas
few years, The dread hand that trem
bles with dramatic gesture in court a
/ the old man tells how he cropt TO IN
bedside OF those he had been paid I
"A stay and injected the deadly bacc!l
being universally pictured as the han
that has cut down tons OF thousand
q with the plague.
But back Of DIR. Pantchenko stands
figure that Is even more horrible to IN
g Russian imagination than that OF IN
aged physician, This Is Count Patric
n O'Bren De Lassy. who is being Join,
tried with Pantchenko FOR tho murder ,
Baron Buturlin. The physician who sle
Tor hire says that De Lassy was moi
. than an accomplish and sharer In III