Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-20
'0RM!ER AID SAYS REDS
HUNG K0RN|LOFF CORPSE
'cciares Body OF Famous Russian
General Was Trampled to
Shrcds.
lead WAS USED AS FOOTBALL
Chief Slain by Stray
'hcli--Ofliccrs Bury Him and Try
10 Keep Grave Secret, but Foe
discovers Remains.

NEW YORK. April ls.-Kornilor.
'e fa'nors Russian general. who tried
Keep Russia from ruin, Is dead and
BODY ground TO atoms and scat
3red 20 the four winds, according to
ISL ESCAPED to Paris from Southern
ussih. bringing with him one of the
Ost mucous narratives that has yet
fahated from that land OF blood and
hornil0n II viii be recalled. was
o. huSSia's heroes In her war
a'nst the Tcutons, and subsequently,
5,o arch opponent of kcrensky. who
no believed In temporIzing with the
IoishcEists after the fall OF the Gear
iYl'- But kerensky managed to
~ inc upper hand, his policy OF seek
rs 70 piacate the Reds with fair
&,eechcs continued. and the result was
speedy overthrow and exile TO for
sn lands korniion, however, re-
Eolsherism ana OF all those who
Insht 70 deal with it except at the
Reports OF his death repeatedly
+ached the outside world, hut none
I'd the ring or authcnticity. For NOR"
ian %ear the exact fate OF the
auer of the last DESPERATE Russian
iensivc against the GeTnans IN July
"a, remained a mystery.
iECLARES GENERAL
hli.IitD IN FIGHTING
Nov. however. that mystery is solved,
INC report OF his conradc now in
iris IL true This man. formerly one
his officers and subsequently under
orders OF General Denikine. an
nor or the uncompromising oppon-
10 Of the Bolshevists, has managed
reach the French capital By way
Gfcece. after all sorts o. udveu-
5iristcn OF Paris, he declared that he
le" positively that kornilon had
en- hiIled IN battle; lie declared fur
crmore, that he had actually been
EolEhcvists subjected the gene
IL body when they at last found
here j had been buried, and delivered
over 10 the 'ncrcics OF Il blood-fren-
cd crowd.
sun wearing on his brcas, four
losses Of $, George. testimonials 70
bravery as an o,iicer OF tho Gar,
nd the anti-Halshcvist Russians,
orniion.s comraic-n-a arms told his
= ory in rari" ~ these words:
DGrtnE TIE last few weeks ~ his
recruitment Of his death. Those who
loke Win min. intimately said that
d,espnirea Of yic,tory. Like, the
ria. ne had pinned his faith TO allied
terrcnNon and. seeing the days 70
withou, any aid from the allies, he
cEinnlnE Of last autumn nc once more
hurried himself TO belief In ultimate
recess and resolved 10 assume the
RMi OF VOLUNTEERS
WON EARLY BATTLES
Hi. army OF volunteers began tho
fhtlnG with vigor and won some Init
edvnntage- over the Bolshevists.
ornilof's troops drew near 20 Ekatcr-
ohar and prepared 10 take possession
Then came the catastrophe Tho
sht!ng was going on between Ekater-
Ddar and the CossoCk vIllEg. Of
isabc,hinska!a Korniion was a, the
Ter 'iacs' n is,is h9nse s5nHd :,
Re battle through a pair OF held
Sudden n stray sheii-,he Rolshe-
fction--nred l." an inexperienced gum
,r. e1piodsf rlsht IN front Of IN"
.c Gees was '' in..snsIy kii,sd one OF '"e
oied npon BY his men Win a SORT
mic n the ranE. Of his soldiers: thcir
sder having fallen they believed that
was lost.
The. retreat began at once II wa,
my consisted not only OF men. but
/ women: children, sick people-S,n
lt!re horde OF terrified souls who hung
ctioh. and shared their hardships
while tho retreat was becoming n
PUT. some faithful comrades took up
(.
aving upon the corpse tho generals
8ll military garh. But they took care
pit to show the location OF the grave
here they had lain their vencraicd
lief by SO much as cross or any
her sign. They hoped that when the
rtuncs OF war brought them back TO
tater!nodar. they might ind the
fdy again. and give General kornilon
burial worthy Of man who had
on such boundlcss admiration from
fellow Russians.
HANG CORPSE AND CUT
DEAD BODY TO PIECES
-Beh!nd the rctreating army the
blshe viskst rushed in. and their FIRST
fought was 10 search for kornIlon.
hey compelled the inhabitants Of the
kighborhood TO tell them where he
Id been buried and having got the
formation. hastily appointed a com
3ittee to Investigate whether the
pdy there was indeed that of Korni-
H. The committee consisted OF one
6olshevist commissary. two persons
no had known Eornilon. ana the
Hest who had read the burial service
or the grave The body was cv-