The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Lawyer Tries to Interpret
Them and Complicates
Testimony.
u. s. PROTEST. FORGOTTEN
Witness Repudiates Signature
on Fur Document Inv0lv-
ing 1880 Rubles.

Gen. Gregory Semenoff has forgot.
ten so much since he left the Fa,
Eastern republic to make his still
mysterious visit to the United States
That examining him yesterday in
David w. Kahn's Office, 12O Broadway
did nothing to cheer up the stock
holders and creditors of the Youro-
keta Home and Foreign Trading Com
pany, which attributes its bankruptcy
to the alleged theft by the boss Co.'S
sack OF s47s,57S worth of woolen goods
and furs.
The merchandise was being shipped
across Siberia via the Trans Siberian
railroad. The cars in which II re-
posed We're broken open at Tchita
Trans Baikal. Semenoff was arrested
when he arrived in New York on
Thursday evening.
the General occupied the witness
chair in Mr.. Kahn's office for two
hours, saying that he was more than
willing to assist the referee in bank
ruptcy. but adding that he could not
Tor the life of him, see how he could
be Of much assistance. Inasmuch as
ne speaks no English Interpreters
were used
The General, faced with a question,
would plunge into fury or Russian con-
versation and gestures. The interpreters
had a fearful time of it, being unable
20 agree among themselves on the pre-
else shading of words and infection OF
tone that justice to the Generals reply
demanded.
Eventually George w. Glaze. attorney
for the erstwhile anti-Bolshevist terror
insisted that he interpret the English OF
the interpreters, a suggestion that failed
to soothe the latter Mr.. Kahn, one OF
the lawyers for the receiver, became dis
eusted and said that the affair was
degenerating into a burlesque."
To help matters along George Krup-
sky, late military attache in the Russian
Embassy at Paris and friend of the
NTongol rough rider, denounced the
whole affair as filthy Bolshevik plot.
krupsky said he was prosecuting attor-
ney in Petrograd in 1915 and 1916 sur-
rendering the job when the firm OF Lenins
Trotzky & Co. took over the Government
Lawyers for the receiver tried to prove
that George krupsky and his brother
Nikolas were Semenoff's fiscal agents in
America. but failed.
George Krupsky became so incensed
when he scented what he called vile
attempt by the Bolshevists to discredit,
harass. intimidate, insult pester and
otherwise hector the Siberian patriot that
he was rebuked smartly and reminded
that there was no reason why the pro-
reedings could not proceed without him
a state Of affairs that would come to
pass unless he subsidized. To make Mr..
krupsky all the more incensed Herbert
A. Wolf one of the attorneys for the de-
funct Youroveta. laughed immoderately
at him.
1t ended by the General and Mr.. Krup-
sky leaving in what might be called q
dudgeon They conversed volubly In
warm Russian. and the interpreters said
that what they said would not please
any sincere Bolshevist. The hearing will
be continued tomorrow. Peter b. Olney.
the receiver, was not present, but Mr.
Glaze insists that he attend the next
hearing.
To begin with one of the lawyers for
the receivership read the Congressional
Record of March wherein 1t was said
that Semenoff was charged with hiring
bandits to rob rich but peaceable citi-
cents. e. S. Greenbaum. the lawyer,
said that the authority for the state
ment was the Government of Russia.
"Po-o-o-ouffffff. replied the General
when the translators had informed him
shat Is the greatest of all lies.
should like to ask a question"
1--WE shall be glad to listen" said Mr..
Kahn.
Suppose" said the big Cossack. you
ask the Allies II they supported me be-
cause I was fighting the Bolsheviki or
whether they supported me because l
was helping to rob. to pillage. to mur