Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-02-09 | Page 1 | Count De Lassy Tells His Story

COUNT DE USSY TELLS HIS STORY 1 St Petersburg. Feb 9. Count Patrick Pat-rick O'Brien De Lassy. who is accused ac-cused of having hired Dr. Pnntechenko to poison Count Bourturlin, was further fur-ther examined by the prosecution today, to-day, in his original confession, since repudiated, Pautochenko said he was under the hypnotic Influence of De Lassy when he killed the latter's brother-in-law. In his own defense, De Lassj has declared that ho was In no way connected with Bouturlln's death. He admits ho engaged Pan-techenko Pan-techenko to commit an act of malpractice malprac-tice andsays the correspondence on I the subject was subsequently used by the doctor tp blackmnll him. De Lassy said he was not present when j the injections wero gjven Boutin lin by Pnntechenko, but visited tho pa- j tlent on the sumo day. He did not hear Bauturlin describe his sensations after the treatmont by Pantcchenko aud asked no questions, as the matter had no intorest for him. He had visited vis-ited the doctor's office on the day of the autopsy to destroy evidences of his association with Pantcchenko. If tho latter really injected toxino In treating Bouturlln, the defendant did not know what the motives of the poisoner were rf