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HrEDFOTin MATTj TRTTHTNT:, MEDTORD, PRECOX, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917.
fore the fire. The duije bent over him
to see if be still breathed and the ter
rible creature suddenly gripped him
around the ankles and hung there,
frothing at the mouth and cursing.
The duke struggled td win free, but
Rasputin hung on. At last the duke
made a sudden and desperate leap,
wrenched himself from the niiidiriiinV
"Take the revolver again." said the
doctor, "and we will go down together
ami finish him." j
Within an hour the two of them would
be in prison cells and lis good u
dead.
While they stood there quaking
before your house. Do you know
anything about him f" , ,
They run iiito the middle of the
road nnd it was Rrfsputiu, dead ut
last.
With nil that poison in him and a
bullet in his head, be hud arisen, put
on his overcoat and cap, cqiened the
street door and crossed the sidewalk
to the middle of the road before he
dropped. " ;
They carried the body into the
house, got it out the back way into
an automobile and took it down the
Nevaio u Vuesomo spot, 'wlierirtliev
thrust it thru a hole in the ice.
There is a strong current in the
Neva, liy daylight the body should
have been carried out to sea and lost.
At daylight a carter driving along
the shore saw something black pro
jecting from the ice, went out to in
vestigate and found the body of fins
putin. The czarina was wild with grief.
She erected a beautiful mausoleum
on the paluce grounds and every day
she went to weep over tho coffin.
The jieuinV did not weep. .And on,
the second day of the revolution a
parly of stulwart men in bluck top
boots went out to the paluce and
broke open Ihe mausoleum and took,
the body out to the middle of tho
street and burned i there. '
. i Many versions .of Rasputin's end
have been printed in America. This
is the version that was told umong
Ihe best informed in, 1'etrograd when
I was there. I have fairly good rea
son to believe it is substantially cor
rect. -
i ney went down siairs and were
stricken dumb and shaking wilh ter
ror and amazement.
Man Had Vanished.
The place was empty. The fur
overcoat and fur cap were missing
from Ihe rack at the door. The man
hud vanished.
Absolute ruin stared them in the
face. Rasputin had gone forth know
ing of the double attempt on his life.
and staring, suddenly there came u
loud nipping on the front door.
The doctor, half mad with fright
at the supernatural fate that seemed
to have overwhelmed them, pulled
himself together enough to stagger
to the floor and get it open.
A perfect stranger stood there. He
said :
"A man has fallen in the street
grasp and bolted up stairs, almost
hysterical.
"He is certainly the devil," ho
wailed to the doctor, "lie is still
Remarkable Vitality of Russia's No
torious Monk Poisoned, He At
tacked His Enemy, Was Shot In the
Head, Then He Arose, Put on Coat
and Was Found Dead In Street
alive, after all Hint."
HOW RASPUTIN
WAS POISONED
AND THEN SHOT
(This in tinotlior of Hie wries of
nrliclos liy Cluirli' Kriwiud KusrcII,
who luis jiiht nitunufd from ltiiHKUi,
where, lie sMnl three months iih u
member of flic oflicial United Klutei
coininiKsion to the now lliiHsiun guv
eminent.) (fly Charles Edward ntiBncll.)
Copyrltfht 3 917 by the Ntiwapnuor En
tcrprlso AHSociatlon.)
Tho youne; ninn that undertook to
rid the earth of Rasputin, the Oct
man spy mid agent, I will nail the
duke, altlio he wasn't that. When he
made up his mind to do the Rasputin
jnli lie eonsiilled with an intimate
friend of his, a doctor.
Tho doctor advised poison ns a
quiet, el'lieucioiiH way of dealing with
person of the Rasputin sort, and
siiKKOsted cyiinide of potash. That
there should he no hlunder nor sh
up, lie experimented with a doso of
thiK remedy on a large dog. The dog
died instantly, mid the doctor mud
an estimate of a somewhat . larger
amount necessary to overcome Jtas
putin's great vitality. '
Tho duke meant hue sought the ne
Uiiinlance of the faking monk and
got his confidence, which was not
easily had. It, was tho dukes in
count of tho ladies that were alleged
to ho dying for the love of the faker
that did the husiness.
Diito of Mccllng Set,
The duke owned a large and hand
some house, and what he was man
euvering for was to get Rasputin at
night and alone into that house, lie
was not readily separated from his
liodyguard, hut ho finally agreed to
conic el 10 o'clock oimii certuiu night
and meet these ladies that so much
desired his acquaintance, but shied
at the hudyguard.
the doctor lixed up tho poison
dose, putting it into some eakes.
At 10 o'clock Rasputin appeared
and was received ul the door by the
duke.
The houses of the well-to-do in
llussia usually have n large recep.
lion room on the ground floor, and
the parlors on the i'loor ahovo. The
duke's house was so arranged.
It. was a hittor cold night, even for
I'ctrograd ill the middle of winter.
There was a Mazing fire in the fire
place of tho reception room. Raspu
tin was divested of his manilicct't
fur overcoat, and fur cup and led
before the fire.
"Itel'ore we go up stairs to see the
ladies,'' said I he duke, "we will sit
here a moment and have a glass of
wine."
Poisoned Wine, and Ciilte..
So the wine aud the poisoned cakes
were brought in. 1
Itnl at first Rasputin would take
no refreshment, and sat before the
lire, looking rather suspiciously
about him.
Tin duke is n good talker. He
spun a web of flattery around the
false iiiouk, conl iniiully arousing his
curiosity about the fair ladies above.
Finally, Rasputin, apparently con
vinced that all was well, accepted a
glass of wine ami ale two of the
cakes.
The duke stood bv, expecting to
see biui lull dead.
lie didn't fall dead. In a few min
utes be enuiplaiueil l lei'liie.' ill, and
bent forvviitd in front of the tire. In,
bands upon hi stomach. Then he
looked up with an expression of
fiendi-h haired on bis face ami be.
gan to eure the duke. He understood
that be had been pnwoucd.
Slill In' continued to live.
The duke became frightened and
ran up the stair lo the doctor, who
was waiting in a room on the floor
above.
"He is the iIcmI," he cried. "Thai
poison did aid kill him and he knows
that I gave it lo him. The next min
ute he will go out and give the
Itlurm !"
"'fake voir re,dcr," said the
doctor, "and uo down ami finish
liiin."
lhiko Took ltevolvcr.
The duke t-iok Ihe revolver and
"slipped down the stuns, liaspiitin
sat in the same position, bent oxer
the fire, 'flic duke ciuue behind ami
shot him thru the bead. Rasputin
fell prone upon I lie floor.
The duke ran up-tail to tell the
doctor.
"That mini i evidently of the most
fxtrnordinaiv vitality," said the doc
tor. "You h id better go down imam
rind niokfl Hire (Ion lie is dead."
Till duk rcliniM.I. K ii i 1 1 1 ii lav
apparently Hfeless, stretched, out be
Mi
jmaitms?. taunt
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