The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-06
ATTACHE SHOT;
WON'T EXPLAIN
Baltimore Police Scent a
Mystery in Attack
on Russian
THE VICTIM
LIKELY TO DIE
Government Agent Says Gao
cident"; Story Is
Doubted

Baltimore, April 6.7-FarnkIy esepticalo OF
the story that Michael Borzatovsky, a
commercial agent of the Russian govern.
ment, who was found severely wounded
IN room at the Baltimore Country club
Wednesday, shot himself, the police are
searching for some clue TO his assal.
| ant.
Borzatovsky is in the Church Home
and lnhrmary with bullet wound in
his abdomen. Physicians in attendance
say he has but slight chance of recovery.
There is a great deal of mystery sur
rounding Borzatovsky status as we'll as
about how he received his injury. He
was called count by his friends here, in
Guiding L. Griswould Thelin of Roland
Park, manager of the Prudential Insur-
ance company, who introduced him at the
club. Mr.. Thelin met Borzatovsky when
in Petrograd some years ago. The Rus
sian came here eight days ago. He went
first to Washington and then came to
this city.
He did not discuss his mission in this
country, but was thought to have borne
highly confidential communications from
Russia to the ambassador or to some
one OF Importance among the attaches
He was put up at the Baltimore Country
club last Saturday by Mr.. Thelin and
had stayed there since, with daily visits
to Washington.
Borzatovsky was the guest of Mr..
Thelin at dinner served at the club on
Tuesday evening. Many of the best
known business and professional men in
Baltimore We're present and the dinner
was highly successful. 1t broke up at IL
o'clock and the guests left tho Russian
in good spirits. He is said to have spent
about an hour in the writing room of the
club and TO have retired at midnight.
Bellboys heard shot somewhere be-
tween 3 and o'clock yesterday morn
ing and rushing to Borzatovsky's room,
found him semi-conseious on the floor
with a wound in his abdomen. When
they lifted him to the bed he asked them
to summon Mr.. Thelin. Mr. Thelin ar
rived with DR.. r. Y. Norment, who took
his wounded man to the hospital in his
Prompt steps were taken to hush up
the affair. Conflicting stories were told
at the country club and the physicians at
the hospital at first declined to discuss
the case, When they found that most
Of the facts were known they said Bor
zatoysky explained by saying that his
service revolver was discharged by ac.
,ident when he was examining it.
Another story circulated around the !
club is that the bullet in Borzatovsky's !
body is not a revolver bullet, but was
ired from rifle. The police admit they !
ire working on one clue, which would |
Indicate that the Russian was shot from |
outside the club, either by a German
'py or by some one representing cretain |
interests in Russia to which he had OPP
POSED himself
1t has been impossible to get any in
formation from the Russian embassy
which would shed light on the case.
Wednesday, detectives were turned away
rom the embassy with the statement
hat Borzatovsky had no connection with
he ambass ador, and had not been in
since he arrived in this coun-
ry.
They learned on the other hand that
,orzatovsky is known to have been in
Washington several times since he land
d in San Francisco from the japanese
iner Korean Marc. He carried a red
called bundle, which was closely guard
d by two Russian detectives. When
n San Francisco he was the guest of
i. NJ. Wywodseff, Russian consul Sener-
l..