The Detroit times., 1911-02-28
RUSSIA IN THROEs
OF CRIME WAVE
Mobiles, Officials, Students, Outlaws,
Police, All Involved in Orgy
Of Lawlessness.

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sweeping over the empire; In it's food
are carried aristocrats. officials, stu
dents. desperadoes-all alike. The
prisons overflow with political and
other prisoners; In almost every uni
versity, college and high school col
lisions between the students and po-
lice constantly occur. Daily revela-
ton Is made or bribery and theft by
the highest officials, some of whom
have been the cars favorites. or all
this not word Is published by the
press, but the news spreads-travels
underground among the revolution
aries: travels over the heads of the
people to those In the court circle.
Gen. Renebott. chief OF police OF
Moscow, friend Of the car, was ac-
cused OF forgery and of protecting dis
reputable houses. An investigation
by Senator Neidhart proved that the
police functionary had been taking
brides and committing other crimes.
The car has permitted his friend to
resign.
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Ten million dollars has disappeared
from the Golfers of the Siberian rail-
way. Several railway officials are
under suspicion, and an investigating
committee is trying to learn what has
became of the money.
Princess lebanon Rostovsky has
been placed under technical arrest
and her mansion has been searched.
The grand duchesses and grand dukes
have been guests OF the princess; even
the car has visited her. The kins-
woman of former influential cabinet
minister, Princess lebanon Rostovsky
has played a great role as grande
dame, and has managed the affairs OF
the Red Cross society, and handled its
money. It remains a mystery wheth-
er her disgrace Is cuased by a politi-
cal intrigue or by the disappearance
of Red Cross funds.
Students War With Police.
More than hundred students have
been arrested here during the last
week. simultaneously the students
have been In conflict with the police
in Kieff, Kazan, Moscow, Tomsk and
Odessa. II was almost pitched
battle in Odessa; six persons were
killed and so wounded. Three hun
dred students met In the chemical lee
ture room Of the university to formu-
late certain demands on the faculty
regarding their lectures. Almost i'm
mediately the meeting took on q po-
litical hue. The rector of the univers-
ity sent a representative to order
that the meeting be closed. Some one
in the assemblage discharged pistol,
the rector summoned the police. As
they approached, the chief at their
head, the students shot at them with
revolvers from the windows. A po-
liceman fell dead and four were
wounded seriously. The police re-
turned the fire, and the battle ragged
an hour before the police broke down
the doors. They found five students
dead and about 40 wounded and de-
clared every one In the room unoer
arrest.
Women Attack With Hat Pins.
While the police were putting hand
cuffs on their prisoners one hundred
women students organized and went
to the rescue of their male colleagues.
The women were armed with hat pins,
umbrellas and rubber shoes. SO the
chief of police did not take their at
tack seriously and ordered that they
be arrested with as little violence as
possible. AS there was no room In
the prisons for 400 the women were
locked up in the dirty police station,
where most Of them are still.
OF the many bold robberies within
the week these are perhaps the most
daring,
Four men, masked and armed,
seized, bound and gagged the agent
at the Babianitza railway station, Po-
len. at midnight. They robbed the
safe Of $4,000 in cash and DESTROYED
all the tickets and documents In the
ONCE. Twelve desperadoes, armed
with the best repeating rifles. halted
a train near Tcheliabinsk In broad
daylight, bound the engineer and pos
tai agent, stole $500 from the postal
car safe and escaped.