Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-19
OF
ARREST FOUND in
SAN FRANCISCO

AS an aftermath OF the arrest and
release OF the Russians who reached
here on the Korea Maru and in ex-
/ PLANTATION of the causes that led 10 the
complaint made TO the police here and
| further as showing that the whole al
/, fair has probably blown over news
published in the San Francisco Chron-
| icle and received here pday is of in
terest. The article says: .
| I'm a fuzzy fur oYercoat and fine
/ frenzy, Count Michael Borzakoysky OF
the imperial Russian government. De
! partment OF the Treasury, walked
down the gangplank OF the Korea Ma
ru yesterday and filled the air with
explosive conversation IS he grasped
| the hand of Consul General Artemi
vyvodtzew. San Francisco representa-
/ tive OF the Car. u
Evidently yyvodtZe2 knew the
Count was coming. for there was
grand Limousine awaiting to whisk his
4 excelIency TO the Russiln Consulate.
thence to the St Frauds Hotel. and
there, for the first time, the passen-
ger learned the real facts In what be-
gan as grand tragedy and wound up
as comedy. outstrippinglthe dream OF
the playwright -. -
! The Mysterious Package -. 49,. -
The Count had redSealed bundle
that was locked in the hotel safe as
/ soon as he arrived. Some of his fell
/ low passengers say 1t is securities con-
signed to a New York bank, TO be
exchanged for coin OF the American
Republic; others say it is diplomatic
correspondence for Washington i'm
possible to transmit va Europe be.
cause of submarine activities in the
Atlantic Whatever 1t is, 1t carries
two guaros, who constitute the prin-
cipal dramatic personaes of the play.
| These guards, NJ. Sorokine and M.
| Kodnitsky, were arrested at Honolulu
as soon as the steamer touched the
pier, officers having been summoned
by wireless. The arrest was the
source of the Counts anger, and for II
the Russian Secret Service Depart
ment must answer to the Russian
Treasury Department. .z -.
Hist! Spies Aboard! ~ I'LL.
1T appears that the Russian secret
service was advised that there were
two German spies ontthe Korea Maru
who might steal the Counts mystic
rious package. gkg
by one of those strange kinks oil
Russian governmental affairs two Sc
icret service men were detailed to tbs
ship and advised to watch the Count
but they were not told that he hac
also a personal bodygnard. to wit:
Sorokine and Kodnitsky. SO, sleuth
ing around the ship, an the way from
.Hongkong to within 4 hundred miles
IsFof Honolulu they echcltded that fol
WAYS that were dafR And tricks sthai
were vain the said ASofokine and Kod
nitsky were peculiar They watched
ithem watch the Counts I bun
Idle, and the more they watched, thu
wiser they grew. and then they hi
1.-the radio to Honolulu.
Nobody on the ship knew enough
Russian to tell what the Count san
when he heard conmotion as sooI
J as they locked at Honolulu and h
saw his bodyguard put in irons. Thu
4 two members of the, Russian secre
service understood him, however, ant
they confessed afterwards that 1t wa
the most pungent and picturesque
, morsel of Russian language it hat
ever been their pleasure to hear. jhe!
: left the ship at Honolulu to catch tn
| next ship back, but the passengers OF
the Korea Maru say they are quit
certain that the two gentlemen VIII
) never go back-if they can find SOM
, other cline in which to make liyini
, outside CT the profession of detecting.
: 1t was understood here that all o
4 the Russians proceeded on to Sal
Francisco on the Korea Maru.