The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-24
THE MAN WHO KILLED
THE CAR INTERVIEWED

lie Matin. Paris publishes the fol-
lowing interview with Posrednitzky, ex-
equator of Car Nicholas II Of Russia.
Posrednitzky is in prison at Warsaw,
awaiting trial.
Posrednitzky, the assassin OF Nicho-
las H. whose cell l abruptly entered
2 moment ago, did not look the least
DIT ferocious. With his hands i'm his
pockets, he looked at me with a broad
smile. When he was Informed who |
was he seemed delighted at the idea
OF receiving "A French newspaper cor
respondent
Il did not assassinate tho czar." he
declared by way of introduction
We'll, replied the officer on guard,
you are not accused of commanding
the firing squad. But you did cause to
be carried out the orders or alleged or
GERS, of the soviet government"
1 was al Bkaterlnburg as a doc
Enough Of thatv rotorted the OIL
! GER And, turning to me. he added:
That Is not the only crime charged
against him. His history Is as strange
| as II liz terrible"
| And IN a few words with Posrednt-
! sky sitting on the bed and seeming not
1 TO listen, my interlocutor related the
unbelievable record OF this assassin
whose name Is sure to find a place in
history
AT the age OF 16, in 1905. he was
member of the war faction of the
/ Polish socialist party. Then he went
to the OlShrana (czarist secret seryice)
| ANA obtained "A fine position by betray-
| ing his former comrades and delivering
! them to the eXecutionor
"A little later he became eXccutioner
| himself Mt Ludz, According to the rec
| ords OF the Okhrana. recently seized
| this powerful brute, with the muscular
! development OF an athlete, put to death
J nifty or more liberals and patriots In n
| single year.
lie was forced to fee from Warsaw
i because OF crime he committed
against the wife of one Of his cronies,
| lie went TO Tomsk. In Siberia, where
| he became nurse in "a military hos
pital. In that capacity he readily adopt
! cd the profession OF disability manu-
facturer' This vocation consisted In
| getting young soldiers out OF military
service by amputating two fingers ON
| the right hand-for a fee, of course.
These practices being discovered
first revolution opened the gates of all
| the prisons and set him free, along
} with the other criminals, Posrednitzky
! was not long idle. In October, 1917, he
| succeeded In winning the confidence OF
u young Russian military surgeon, Or
j Skriabine. one evening he lured him
TO the banks OF the NeVa and muir
dored him. and after carefully taking
J possession Of his various military and
medical papers, sank the body In the
river
with Dr. Sllrlahinc's papers Posred.
! nitzky began a new life Passing him,
self on Rs the doctor whom he had
murdered, hc rendered his services &c
tho Red Cross Tho trick OF course
would have been discovered but for tn,
holshcvilI revolution, which happenot
Just then and turned all Russia topsy
turvy.
"Posrednitxl1y- SlSriabine made hi'
/ way 20 the Smoluy institute, an
quickly became the trusted friend o
the soviet government, which appointc,
him ms officer Of the special guar,
. around the czar's family.
1 'ln this capacity he was present a
! the execution Of the imperial family
, and himself drew up the death ccrtih'
, Gates.
, '''rhls ioh hcing finished, the Moscow
government decided to use his services
In another way. Because NJ the rola
p lions he had kept up with the un'
d derword Of Warsaw. II was decided e
: send him to Poland ms chief of tn
= communist propaganda service. H'
, was a holshcvik CommissarN az Ninsk
hut did not leave the city when th'
Polish troops entered H. shortly art
CrWRrds he turned un at Warsaw. ans
a. went TO the hospital corps hcadquar
tcrs. whore he declared he wished q
, join the Polish army as a physician.
while awaiting a decision ON thu
Offer he led gay life In WARSAW
:; spending thousands " marks ever
= night hut Just as he was about to In
u dugc himself I'm a bottle 81 CHAMPAIGN
one night I'm fashionable restaurant
he was recognized by former com
rados' OF the socialist party and ar
rested
, lie was searched. and they foun
, that he was wearing ono " tho car
y shirts II lis q souvenir he said.