Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-23 | Page 9 | In Cellar Prison over Four Years

IN CELLAR R PRISON OVER fOUR YEARS ARS Russ Nobleman Captured by Man Whose Daughter Da He Attempt Attempted ed to Abduct LOADED DOWN WITH CHAINS It II o 1110 Outdoor l o In I mm the t I mm M ht t a Then Un hit tIer Strong St mug Guard C Special Correspondence orrO londene 1 Nov o ST S by b little there therm have hava come comae from front the remote province ot of 1 the time complete details of ot one of ot the must most dramas which own even this modern wonderland has hus ever eel yield Iel cd eth Four ago a e Haron a n wealth j nobleman amid land landowner owner endeavored to abduct a 1 girl Puttied named Olga time the daughter of at ofa ata a rich fur tur merchant named Ivan ky 11 In III order to make her his wife In Itt Mead ha of tf tho the object of or his bile ar or ardent i dent the tile himself was wat kidnapped 1 by hy the lice girls father tuther Ivan Ivull and In lit the mer merchants chants cellai foi for four Cour years by way ot of 4 I drastic punishment for Cor his hU projected outrage Unroll Union has imami now been lIberated rated from his hili Imprisonment and amid much nitWIt against his hili own on will has hns been to make tho tue story of oC his re remarkable Imprisonment nt public In order to enforce his own rights ot of property ASTONISHING I IThe Time The records of oC this astonishing ro To romance i mance are ore chronicled In the Ilme official re reports ports imort of ot the district court at ut Kasan Rasan l an J thc higher court ot of bash aft act well velI as its In i I the city of ot Koin capital of or tho the I province ot of the same Mine name Russian newspapers have IlIve devoted d otell many columns to II reports ot of the tite case and amid discussions discussion therein for tor It Il nan hn been rightly held I that It tt Illustrates most graphically the thu th condition which still stilt pre vre prevail 1 vail 81 In lit tile the provinces of ot tho empire Da ran Cyril CyrI nt tit the time nf ot his hili was 30 years old and resided In his own ancestral castle on 01 estates which extended from Cram the north northern ern districts of ot the tho province of or Kazan Into thu adjoining province of ot i Ills possessions coveted nn an atea n c ot of tautly mun thousands t of ot acres and anti he was Willi i the tho most Joust powerful magnate for tor many miles around As a It young oung man mali he lie had Imad mimic gone to 10 St SI Petersburg to enjoy life I and III In the tho course of or a a ot of had succeeded In Iti squander squanderIng Ing lug a n considerable of the tho family fortune to his estate shunt situated ed In ii one mile of ot the tho remote remola parts of or dark darkest est emit Russia he turned over a new leaf leat anti and was wal va known far tar and with wille as 03 a con call confirmed firmed MARIO J The mothers of oC all nil the marriageable daughters far Cor of ot mile aroUnd who hail at t marked the baron out H nil a u suitable matrimonial prize grad graI gradually abandoned their effort to cup turc tura him hlll left him to enjoy lIe llo In Inthe Inthe the ot hl hili bachelor t h Ills to tho fall fair jax IO went Vent so 80 far that lie he all the female In hili household and limited limitE Mix hi staff of or unit re 10 to t men meu Ills wore wert principally r hunting In 11 tAl forian which II es el estates tates 11 He and hand with buhl boltl and ami energetic fV at ur muscular limbs Ills His eccentric hi hid to tl muffed him to 11 IP rt amon hl hi neighbors us liS a I mm man to 10 In 00 avoided II tho which were told of ot his hl oM find and violent him a l more unfavorable reputation through t hr till 1111 tho SAW HW OLOA OL I IOne One fateful day Ilay Baron set eel ees on Oil Olla k who ut tit time had hn l just l her hor birthday wan a IL o ot beauty Bho Sho wn lull dark with Hashing black b ck eyes and Jet hair ng n he had been for no II Ion fascinated rl by her h r charms recalling r alling former lorn r conquests conlu In tho Russian capital ly to tl court COUtt her In the lite of ot ofT T her to hp i hh hi wife He III had come Into contact with girl 1111 h business bu transactions with lIh for Hor who carrle cartle l on ns n 1 deal dealer er In furs Itan business establishment was situated In tho Iho city olt of ot Kazan KUln but tho Iho merchant lived In III Inthe the vicinity of ot I om 30 miles from Irom the of the province Tic HI wan wal the po or of a 1 static of ot thoroughbred hor hou ci which him to speed tho deserted road load hie and In 1 I n n within throe or four hours houn In Iho sum summer mer by of at tho Hunt peculiar to And In the tho winter IY of sledges His wire wife died noon oon after atler his daughters birth fwd t OlKa was committed to 10 tho care of ot an all 1 governess Miss lIu Kin TO DINE I ed t to be present In lif r fathers when hen caine Into Inlo I le city to t purchase hi hili winter win furs fills The lh baron requested the merchant there then to him to 10 his hili daughter and I f K the eccentric took good care Ie to tl continue the call lall Henceforth he J on ft t transactions with the not In tho illO score HOIe In III city of ot Kazan but nt at k private I i residence on tho outskirts ts of i buh In order that lie he utilize the tho opportunity of Miss MIs Ills His visits became more morl morn fre I f r at lit under tho pretext of lr hug bus iness In M for or the avowed i purpose purro e of paying his attentions to the jl 1 merchants daughter Ivan Os Ik IkI I 1 11 n man mun of ot birth wh hud hll Jil riches by his own In h commercial COl 11 lency was considerably flattered by the intentions which tho great grent nobleman puM puhl to Ills his and favored Hiron oils suit He ll encourage 1 the th luron huon to hU hou e fluently I invited him to dinner und savo him numerous op l of or being with his hl A daughter I J HO JUca 11 s O however did not her fathers partiality for lor the j ernt who no nil progress whatever W with his suit hut on the contrary he moio undesirable In the tho thor r I yes S of If the heiress of ot birth i It must be bc remembered j had ben been brought up 1111 In great inclusion In her country home and was ly h unacquainted with the vices ot or tho ladles of high 2 In the lIu Blan capital noff however whoso experience ot or Women hail 1111 1 hitherto to tl the Ira ny of the capital wooed the i Innocent country 1111 In tho same I dashing style le by which hl h ho had effected the conquest of or BO If many h hearts In III St Petersburg Ills J however only fright frightened t ened the country girl Irl hh hl conver conversation I Ration full of or witticisms and veiled al nl 1 would have wilted the tho f of or St only Y shocked MUs ky whoso i PI governess Miss Kins Ing her herIn h In III her dislike of tha amorous baron At Atthe ii the expiration of the first Ilm fortnight made a 1 formal fill a I offer i of ot to lolls O which was Immediately and emphatically re rejected by tho young lady WOULD NOT HAVE HA VI lInt HIM Tho baron however who believed that ho had to lion deal I merely th whims of ot a 1 capricious young roun continued his hili visits and hla courtship TI Ignored or effected to h note I I aversion to his personality h U At the end of tho third week weel he re rc his hla offer which wn again re rejected ref f iI A third fourth and fifth offer Ji were nil all likewise rejected and on each cach occasion occa lon MI 3 ky declared her herI I I ot or her persistent pcr suitor In 11 em emphatic Ji language On Oil the laU last occasion lol t nhe Kho cried orle I dislike you more than I Ican IJ J can express In words If It you Ol the thet t only on man In the world 1 would not mar marry mart t ry Iy you Your attentions art arc distasteful U to 10 me and your persistence after atter I have J made my wishes known is brutal I shall never neer permit you ou to sou aoe mo again Ivan who at first t openly j afterward favored tho null i of the Krent veered round nile with wilh his daughter her determination became apparent to him After her first rejections of JC tho null the merchant had the aristocrats belief bellet that these refusals were duo clue to tu a I maidenly ca caprice price and Mr OIl had thu th young man to continue his hla to persist In 11 hla hIli courtship Hut after the final scene with tho baron Oat rei sky told her father she ahe would never sea lIet HIM admirer lignin again his to the house must bf bl forbidden l k reasoned with his daughter endeavoring to point out tho numerous advantage of ot to 0 brilliant a u ur r match but olga remained obstinate ob I It t would rather kill myself than be com compelled 1 to marry marr that man mun said the and har hOl father who vho well ae IC ICI I with her character l realized that nil all further efforts to alter her determination would he absolutely I futile Accordingly he a po pot t lito unto to 10 the baron Informing him that his hla to iW W were fra no longer desired It would spare embarrassment to nil par parties nt ties concerned If It the ceased cea cli Ills hla visits to 10 tho villa ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION On th following day dllY rodo on horseback from his own to thu tho villa l II III I thu grounds he dashed up UI to the house houlle opened tho door and In hi without further ceremony Enter EnterIng l Ing III th tho drawing room he found Mini lIls sitting In the company of ot other her governess Miss King III und and fright frightened ened the ladles by his sudden ull len appear mice ancl Seizing In III hta hh anna OrllIS he kissed her hor again and again and declared that he Intended to marry her The file girls screams soon lIoon brought thu tho servants on the scene and they threw themselves on the haroll with the Intention of ot ejecting him from th house Taking advantage of or the di diversion II version Miss lIlu escaped from his hili from the room toom and locked herself In III her own chamber DISPERSED Meanwhile the tho baron who was wall a man manof of af extraordinary strength dispersed hh with ease bestowing on them Muck lack eyes bleeding nones other othel m rk nf hi his heavy lists In his rage he demolished lI of or the furniture of or the thu room und and killed MI II pet dog Ilo which had down nt his thront hy n u blow with the butt hutt end of ot Ills hI i tiling lIng l whip Then mount mountIng Ing hit hi hone hI lignin he rode rolle off orr and Ivan Ivall O ky who wan absent during this Invasion of or hi premises now realized the tho dangerous character of fir the young and took precautions to prevent n repetition tion of or the violent Intrusion The Tho an liP to the tM grounds of or the henceforth carefully guarded day and night by b the tho merchant retainer und half hult u 11 dozen dozell armed mOil men were ul lIl In the house ready to protect their young mistress tress from outrage PLANS AGAIN This took place Illa o In February I 1303 IDO Henceforth plotted and planned and schemed to kidnap the merchant beautiful daughter Final Finally ly I an all opportunity presenting Itself on oil occasion of tho midnight service held hehl In the cathedral at Kazan on un Hatter Sunday The by mean mellI of or hi spies lI that Oa Od her governess Intended to from the villa lIla to Kazan on th Sunday evening to 10 meet Ivan Ivun Os at lit the cathedral The two women would according DC be alone and almost unprotected during the Ion long drive of or 30 miles and nn the Huron per perceived that this thU would be b un excellent opportunity of nf carrying c out his plan of or kidnapping girl Notwithstanding the lawlessness prevailing In and the tho license which aristocratic mag magnates I nates enjoy tho Iho project was wall a danger OUR one and nul the tho baron the secret only to two t 10 accomplices hi his own groom and an his own personal ulet both sturdy muscular follow On the tho evening of or l a ler Sunday the tho and two retainers left the cus tie mounted on powerful steeds and ond aimed with revolvers Ancl daggers and provided with el gaga and oth other other er appliances for tor the projected outrage At A t the castle ca lIo a 1 pries I rles ot or the orthodox church wa wall waiting In to tl perform the wedding ceremony be between tween the tho baron buton and a 1111 the girl Irl as liS soon Oon ns he brought hr to his home After arriving at tho way tide of or the rand lending from to Kazan tho baron haroll und hi hla two dismounted ond awaited the arrival of the cU rl e containing Miss OUss and ond her gov governess erness THE IIII SECRET S In however of the secrecy MCree I I which Barnon had planned his coup had received Information regarding the projected seizure of his daughter valet wax u t married l man and In an Incautious moment he had hallf the secret of Ir scheme to his wife This woman no I particular fOIe love for her husband and un 1111 opportunity for tor a R liberal re rc reward ward betrayed the tho secret to Ivan OH Os and received for her in information formation So Instead of ot allowing hi his daughter Iau her governess to drive at night to lj the tho cathedral tho lla merchant placed two of ot his hl own strongest erg era In the th carriage and two others othen on 1 the box bo by the side of the The carriage was Ia thus manned mannell by IJ five faithful servants of the merchant till of or whom wera well armed and all ull tUlly fully prepared for or an attack CLEVER COUNTER CAPTURE When the th Ih two retain retainers ers held the tho carriage up they met with witha a I reception for or which they were en entirely live rhe ser servants overpowered them after aCter a short sharp struggle bound them hand hund and foot pitched them Into the carriage drove drao them back to the merchants merchant villa a whore thy the arrived at midnight The rhe merchant walling to 10 receive t them ind when tho baron was os brought before him he ho him himas as lS follow Collo You nrc a dangerous char chal character acter neter You lIre are than an nn outlaw fur fill jour rank position Io you power I 1 s mi n daughter will not lIot bo safe from your persecutions until ho IH married to 10 I Intend to keep jou ou prisoner until he has hu the tho protection tion ot at a Your mIll men must your our Imprisonment My Iy cellars hlll been b en prepared for your reception Adieu INTO PRISON This ended t the baron Jaro and nd his two tWI companions were Vero down n In I tn the Iho cellar to 10 b their lonk period I of ot During hlll they uel fOIl fed well clothed and well attend attended ed The cellar was well warmed In win wintel tel tor and well ventilated In Hummer The and hU companions were reduced to tl obedience by b chains attached atto to their with leather straps Which prevented Mem Clem from violent movements without otherwise seriously Inconveniencing them Every night they permitted p to It l 1 ive lve the eel cel cellar lar IIII take ono Oil op two hours hour exer clo In Ih the park On these thes occasions they worn m Il 1 to ether ond closely guarded by three or four foul of tho merchants mOlt moat faithful servants In Inthe the earlier months of their captivity they tiler attempted n to It break loose loo e ancl to the of or the merchants by noh demonstrations These ak however hO cr I promptly ld by b application of oC knout und In III time the baron und and I his hla two H became accustomed ti III nd od found It more to passively than to Increase trio tho 01 tn lr punishment by b resist n nee I years sIx by II before 1 married und and Huron continued throughout hut thU Ihli period I On the day of the dc of or merchant ter ler on Mr moun Journy Jou n y the baron haron Ind lot let looie In III a II I 1 to 10 which they had 1 The rhe made his way to his homo and found ha I Q and his companions a 1 been find legally dead Their mysterious m I had 1111 cr much curiosity curlo H ut lit the time Ume but M III went by Loy nu nuno no of or them rould I be he found they were written ort off In III the tho state words ns non lion existing and their prop orty ort parsed into the hands of ot legal