New-York tribune., 1922-04-07
Anti'Bolshevik Leader Is
Arrested at Instance of
N. 7. Firm Claiming
S478,578 on Judgment
Theft of Goods in
Transit Charged
Released Later on Bond
Said To Be Secured bv
Wifc'sS6O, ,OOONecklace

General Gregory Semenor, Eussia's
sc!t-stylod anti Bolshevik military
leader, was arrested as he stepped off
the 6:10 train when It arrived at the
Pennsylvania Station last night from
Washington.
Inc order of arrest as well as an
order attaching his baggage, was based
on civil action brought bv John N
hoyIe as trustee in bankruptcy for the
ouroveta Home and Foreign Trade
corporation. Inc, an American con-
Germ with Offices in Russia, which seeks
to recover S47S,57S damages for shin
ment OF woolen goods belonging to
that company said to have been seized
by Semenof in Russia.
Justice Delehanty, of the Suprcme
Court, who signed the order OF arrest
fixed bail at $4,000. Scmenoff was
permitted to 60 to the Waldorf AS
torla, where he had engaged rooms
and passed several hours trying to find
bondsman. 1t was 11:3O before he
did so. nv
Sheriff Nagle had intended to give
31omcnof until 9 O'Clock to obtain Bail.
nc hour came and the general was
without hondsman. His wife became
hysterIcal and had to be attended by
INC IN mouse physician. At 1880 NJ. s.
tisenstein, of the Fidelity and Deposit
company OF Maryland, furnished the
pond. E!scnstein would not say what
security had been given, but it was in
timated that Nine. Semenolf's nearl
necklace, worth 100000, which She
previously had offered to the deputy
sherlfs, had been accepted.
Affidavit by General Graves
The complaint against SomenoT con.
tains aAidavits from General WilIjar
), Graves, y. S. A., who commanded
the American Expeditionary Forces in
Siberia from September, 1918, to April,
1870. and from Charles Fl. Smith, who
was the American representative of the
lnter-Allied Railway Committee.
1T is alleged that as a result Of
SomenoF's theft Of the merchandise
IN railway transit near Chita. ir
siberia in 1919, the Youroveta com
pany was adjudged insolvcnt in April,
1921. Mr.. Boyle then brought action
churia, and on December [. 1921, re-
covered Judgment for $4,000 gold
rubles, valued at s47S,5S7 in American
money. Scmenoff is said to have re
fused TO pay or to admit his obligation
TO the Youroveta company.
"Semenof,' says the affidavit Of Cen
eral Graves, who was acquainted with
the Generals activities, "was nothing
more than bandit and had no regard
for life and the rights Of individuals.
About February, 1921. an armorcd train.
commanded by Russian General opcr-
ating under SemenorT's orders, fred into
a box car which was occupied by Amer
lean troops as quarters while they were
guarding a section Of the Trans -Sibc
rian Railroad. Two American soldiers
We're killed.
Calls semcnoT Brsgand
Mr.. Smith says that Semcnof was
generally regarded by the committee
as a free lance brigand. further
ing his own ambitions. "tIc had no
official standing as representing any
government and was never recognized
by any government"
General Scmeuoff's activities, accord
ing to Mr.. Smith, were so serious as
to interfere with the work Of the COM
mittcc His rlundcrng forays became
so violent that the committee asked
the Kolchak government to put stop
10 them The State Department also
was asked TO aid. Nothing happened,
Sta tcs, landing at Vancouver March II.
After some difhculty he was admitted
or the undcrs ia nding that he was to
travel through the country and then
sail for France.
Semonon was plainly astonshcd at
his arrest He is short and sQuarciy
built with a full face, bristIing black
mustsche and small eyes. He was ac
companied by his wife, p young, pretty
woman in black silk turban, brown
fur cape, a blue travelling suit and
patent leather pumps, and Misak Aiva
HofT, representing large manufacturing
interests in Vancouver. They had been
trailed al the way across the CONT
nent.
Four Deputies Await Him
sheriff Percy Nagcl had made o(ab
oratc preparations for the reception Of
the general Deputy Sherifs John
Murphy, Peter Gillespie, Patrick Con
lin and Lawrence Rooney were or the
station with their revolvcrs in their
coat pockets. The General alighted
and was promptly seized. He thought at
first that it vas delegation OF prom
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