The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-12
SEMEN0FF
ARRESTED
BY SHERIFF
Anti Bolsheviki Mill
tary Leader IL ST.
IBERIA A rr es t e d
When He Reaches
New York
New York, Apsil 6 eBy the As
soeiated Press Gen Gregofie

New YORK, ApGtl % t6y the AS
soefated Press Gen Gregofie
Ataman Sems Bolshevik
military was ar
rested the Pep.sssi 60 sai saation
ucen his arriyal here goIa Nash
ingten today by Sheriff Nagfe. In
the custody OF six deputy sheriffs,
he was taken esihe Waldorf As
toria hotel. wheEe Arrangements
were under way ste have him re-
leased on SIS. 0tg bail
The arrest was maas in a. civil
action inyelving nessr $500 ,eGe
on an order eissned BIZ Supreme
Court Justice Def
General SemenoH WIS charged
with the theft OF swooleh sstuffs ant
property of the NOW oais,srent frn.
fars valued att ssoI:t IS l, a19.
yourevata Home aas Fnsign Trade
company, HE. asHs hsfI was al
legged to have been made in OF near
chita. Trans Baikalis. in 1919.
The order Of arrest had iseec re-
auested by counsel for receivers Of
the Youreyata comp Their re-
quest was accosnpaHled Win affi-
davis from Maj Gen William S.
Graves. ce1nmandar of siie Arneri-
can expeditionary soree in Siberia,
and Charles FL Smith,. .imerican
representative on the intec-allied
railway committee Eash were said
TO have denounced general in
their affidaFits, ssefe tiss TO him
as q bandit aaa ra ssfaa. The
general when ARRESTED Nas accom-
panied by his Wife t.eausifni wo-
man exquisiteiy gownsss and wear
ing a necklaces OF sesas She said
was worth $50 800 O lnlss1 ssere-
tary and interpret aiyazof*..
who was employed at yahcouver.
e. C.
The anti Bolsh leader had
been told, he said lia.sS Ne weuid
be cordially reeMsa id ss:.esw York
and that he woAad giycn quar-
sars Befstiag ssfsed
Bate siioas. The sfierif. alis dep
mites. two seaasis ef reporters and
a Pullman porter eonspsed the re-
ception committe
One OF the deputies, Who had
Iearaed how the general won fame.
stepped forward timidty. handed
him the order ossarrest, then :;anp-
ed back as If ne expected "a sword
thrust Then ;he general bowed
ana Madame Senlenoff smiled. The
general evidently was meparing TO
deliver an address OF thanks when
his interpreter sseppsd into the
scene. 6 ss, a..
When Aivazen HAD convinced
General Semenon that he was an
der arrest, Madame Semeneff barsr
into tears, took OF her necklace
and offered it: as security if they
would iet her husband gosf-ee. But
the general quieted. her and asked
permission to go TO. .ths hotel for
several hours before heing taken
to jail.
He said he. thought he could find
friends who would help him.
The charges againsf ssms he an
swered as follows % ~
II have no reeplIeeslsns Of it. All
was chaos in Sil5en;a AZ that time.
Everybody took SHAT ssaey thought
they could use er SELF The Boil
Esheviki stole from me- .lfstole from
the Bolsheviki. Both Of us stole
where we found sonnet hing to steal.
How am / to rsmemHer whether
II took these particular .goods?''
New York. April f-Arrested
here upon his Arrival frpm Wash
ington in conneetiesf With a civil
suit involving tFre5ahefs III, Trans
Baiiaklia in l9i9sf goods valued at
s4755, 900. Gen GreegorIe Semen
off. anti Bolshevik military lead
er in Siberia. was released on
S25,066 bail shortly before mid
night after being held under guard
in the Waldorf Astoria hotel for
five hours.