The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-02
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF AMERICAN SUBJECT LURES
 HER LOVER ID HIS DEATH
Used As DecOy By Arch Criminals She Hypno- tzed Him; Details of BOlshevik Work At
 Swedish Capital Vividly Told.

terious motor car. A search of the Island was made, and a black livery similar to the one worn by the chauf- feur of the motor in which the miss ing doctor had left his fiat was found. His maid was brought to the island, shown the livery and identified it as that worn by the chauffeur. The men and women on the island were kept under arrest while a thorough search was made and the lake dragged. Three bodies enca sed in weighted sacks were recovered from the depths of tho lake, and with these rema1ns the man and women under arrest were suddenly confronted. 4 terrible and dramatic scene followed. All save Hadji and the American shrieked and absolute silence, merely struggling their shoulders and declaring, T know nothing regarding them"
 One of the bodies is almost unrec- ognizabIe, but it is believed 10 be that of the missing doctor, a belief which is strengthened by the statement of some of the prisoners as to the man ner in which he was slain. The fea- lures are hideous in death. the eyes are bulging from their sockets. and the face is black. The neck had been completely broken, and the skin is lac erated and torn as though death had been caused by strangulation.
 Murderer's Confession.
 During the time the: sixteen prisoners. including General de Gys- ser. bis sons. and Dagmar. have been in prison. all save the girl and Hadji have made confessions duplicating the others. Dagmar and Hadji main tain a resolute silence, which. in the case of the girl Is attributed to the hypnotic control exercised over her by her master.
 As a result of the confessions, it has been possible for the police to reconstruct the crime and no fewer than 50 other suspects are now under detention in connection with Bolshe- visC plottings and crimes. Madame Ronkonen and General de Gysser each made a confession independent ly. They compare in detail. and the police attach the utmost importance to them.
 From these compa risons it is es- tablished that Dr. Ardasheff was asked by the beautiful Dagmar to ac- company her in the car to the Island of Bollstanas, where the pair were to spend a few days together. All too readily the doctor agreed. The car was driven by George to the lake, where a boatnan was ready to take them to the island. George followed later.
 DaRmar led her unsuspecting lover to the villa, where he was seized by others in the gang, bound with ropes. and chained to a wall. He was left in this position for 26 hours without food or water. Then at midnight there was a secret meeting of the gang Hadji-Lashet presided at inc mock trial held upon the half-fainting vic tim, who was charged with being an anti -Bolshevist and plotting against the authority of Lenin and Trotsky. Found guilty, he was condemned to death. but Hadji-Lashet promised him his life if he would sign four blank checks, which were placed be fore him. The doctor signed the checks, and then Hadti put the moose of a rope over his victims head, standing behind him, pulled until the man was strangled. His body was placed in a weighted sack. and then thrown into the lake on the follow ing night
 According to the woman Ronkon- en, who admits that she threatened Hadji uless he gave her money. and George, the girls brother, the Deau- tiful Dagmar was present at the trial" and murder of the doctor. During the whole time she sat smok- ing cigarettes. and never uttered a word" is the statement of both pris- oners, and from this the police con clued that the girl was in a hypnotic state.
 From the appearance and demean- or of the girl now under arrest, it Is believed she is unaware of the part which she played in the appalling drama, and that her mind is an ab- solute blank, controlled entirely by the arch-villain Hadji-Lashet. who is a postmaster of the mysterious East ern art of hypnotism.