The Warwickshire Herald. — 1892-03-03 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE OF PADLEWSKY. above the third defile during the coming rainy Padleweliy, who murdered the Russian General season to preserve order amongst the Kachrens. ' An important dacoit chief, styling himself the Seliverstoff in an lintel on the Paris Boulevards a Minlaung Piince, has been captured by the military little over a 3 ear ago, has really committed suicide police near Akyab with his father and two followers. . at San Antonio, in Texas, if we are to believe M. One of his followers was killed. " ' _  Georges de Labruyere, who assisted the Nihilist to On the 14th Lieutenant Macnabb, Political Officer escape from Paris. M. de Labruyere, says a Daily at the Chin Hills, met Captain Shakespeare, Super. .Teleyrap/, correspondent, has constructed a romantic intendead of the southern Lushai hills on the story out of Padlewsky's peculiar case. Feat and boundary of the Chin country and conferred with foremost he positively states that the man—Otto him on frontier affairs. The Hata column, accomliauser—who shot himself in San Antonio, was feuded by Lieutenant Macnabb, then visited several Padlewsky, and nobody else. Several of the Pole's Chin villages concerned in last year's attack. As fellow-countrymen and colleagues were aware of these villages paid the fine of guns imposed. no the death, but they remained silent, for the refugee further punishment was indicted. To prove to them had in his possession letters taken from General the uselessness of resistance, mountain guns were beliverstoff's bureau, communications from revolu- brought into the villages, although in many instances tionists, and lists of those of his co.conspirators the approaches were so precipitous as to be almost residing in America. These documents, as M. de impassable. At Wants, village the officers with Labruyere says, were to be kept by every means the column were received with great ceremony in from falling Into the hands of the police. They the chief's house, the finest yet seen in the Chin severe either destroyed by Padlewsky before his hills. The house was considerably more than 100 ft. death,or perhaps sold or handed over to the Russian long, built of immense planks over sft. wide, one authorities. None of them were found on Pad. of which measured 120 ft. long. The house was lewsky's body, and none of them were seen by the decorated with trophies of the chase. The officers coroner who held the inquest. M. de Labruyere, were seated on tiger skins during the durbar held in commenting on the career of the strange person there. whom he has selected as a kind of hero, makes The Kanhon column has returned to Tenacup him out to have been a victim of love from Manipur, having marched 308 mlies in 30 as well as of politics. The assassin of General days. On the return march the course of the Seliverstoff had become enamoured while in Manipur river from Longlak Lake was traced, and Paris of the wite of one of his fellow some hitherto unknown country was explored. The refugees. This woman was a Nihilist like himself, frontier between Manipur and the Chin bills was and it was on her account that he wanted t) die, defined and over 80 miles of mule trail constructed after having first taken a political vengeance for through a very difficult country. They met with no the sake of his cause. Thus Padlewsky, according resistance except at Krunwar village, whose chief to his champion and historian, remained 20 minutes refused to deliver up Burmese slaves or to meet the in Seliverstoff's rooms after the murder waiting Political Officer. The chief's house and the outarrest. Referring to Padle-wskv's inevements after buildings as -.re completely destroyed: He then he escaped from Paris, M. de Labruyere says that surrendered the slaves. Resistance is expected the Nihilist wanted to go to London before sailing from the fashon and the Twingah tribes, who are for America. This determination upset all plans about to be visited by a strong column. and prevented the Pole from reeeiving money collected for him in England and Switzerland by sympathetic Revolutionists, who despatched dele-