Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Officer Kills Russ Student.

Russia like Germany, is suffering from
the fact that it's army officers consider
themselves privileged class whom mere
civilians dare not answer back IL it suits
an officer to insult them, and in Russia
as Well as here the government invaria bly,
takes sides with the officer.
The other day an intoxicated army Of
hcer of st. Petersburg called medical
student loafer and hoodlum and the
student quickly replied by knocking down
the offender, who. furious at the laughing
remarks of the passers-by, drew his
sword and killed the student on the spot.
FOR this murder he was simply punished
by a few weeks Imprisonment in quar-
tiers, which means that instead of drill
ing soldiers at the barracks he may now
spend all day smoking, drinking and
gambling in his comfortable apartments,
While, of course, receiving full pay.
The only other result of the incident
was that the minister of war, Gen Sioux
hamiinoff. issued an order that all medi-
cal students must salute military officers,
as If they were privates in the army. The
students tore up the order when il was
posted at the Medical Academy and
thereupon Went out and deliberately dis
obeyed the order. AS a result the Med
ical Academy of St. Petersburg is now
closed and there will be no new doctors
this year.
The gold-mining town of Blasowest-
shensk. on the Amur. i'm eastern Siberia.
has lived for some time in state of
excitement. Rich merchants and trav-
eIers visiting the town and staying at
one of the two hotels. which are the
property of one man. have been found
dead in the morning, suffocated and
robbed. No trace of the criminal or
criminals could be found, and In the
room no sign of a struggle The local
became engaged at the hotels as serv-
ants, and while they were there the
crimes continued, the cause of them re-
naming a mystery.
4 detective from ST. Petersburg was
called in. He visited the hotels and ex
amined the fatal bedrooms He noticed
one thing which haunted his memory
for several days. That was a large
sculptured angel above bed on which
many victims had died.
Fascinated by the thought of the hover
ing angel, he returned again to the hotel.
but this time disguised as a rich mer-
chant and flinging money about as if he
had plenty to spare. He went to bed
that night apparently drunk
AS soon as he lay down his eyes sought
the angel above his head. Its cheeks
were blown out and 1t held the long
trumpet to it's stone lips He wondered
how often this sight with its suggestion
of death and judgment had been the last
seen by a poor soul-but he did not for
get to snore and simulate deep and
drunken slumber.
Presently, through his half-closed eyes,
he saw the angel move 1t was descend
ing! Slowly and noiselessly it crept
nearer to the snoring figure on the bed
When it had got quite close, the de-
tective slipped quickly out and dived un-
derneath the bed. where he crouched with
his revolver in his hand.
He felt a sudden bump as the angel
came down on the bed. and then he
peered out The angel was attached to
the ceiling by several thick ropes, down
one OF which the proprietor of the hotel
was lowering himself.
The proprietor came down and was go
ing through the POCKETS of the detectives
clothes when he was startled by the ap-
pearance of the man whom he had sup
posed to be safe in the angels cold en-
brace Under the influence of the de-
tectiye's revolver he submitted to hand
cutting and was marched off to the police
headquarters.
1t transpired that the angel was made
to descend by machinery in the attic
above the bedroom.