DUEL IN RUSSIA
FOR HAND OF STAGE BEAUTY ARMY OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER BY TILEGF.AFH.—PBW3- Association. —OO?YBIGHT. London, July 6. 'rhe “Daily Express” says that the sequel to the first duel in Russia since the revolution is that Tertoff, an officer of the Red Army, and Nina Mochevilli, a well-known stage beauty, have been charged with murdering Dyokonoff, an officer of the Military Academy The prosecution is demanding death sentences. The trial is the result of a pistol duel fought in a park in Moscow, at dawn, the victor being promised the hand of Mochevilli. The officers, who were old friends in the same regiment, kissed each other on the cheeks, according to the Hussain custom, and fired. Dyokonoff fell mortally wounded. The girl, who was a witness, rushed and held the dying officer in her arms. Tho Court sentenced Tertoffi to eighteen months' imprisonment, and reelased tho girl. The prosecution’s demand for the extreme penalty • was due to a fear of the ” army reverting to the Tsarist custom of tho duel. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 17, Issue 248, 7 July 1923, Page 6
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