FATAL DUEL IN RUSSIA
SURVIVOR AND WOMAN" TRIED.
(UNITED PRESS AS^OCMTIftK (AUSTRALIAN-NEW MAIAND CABLE ASSOCUTIOS.) (Received 6th July, v a . m .) m. <<r , . .LONDON, sth July. The Daily Express" says that the sequel to the fi r3t dnd in J BlMia the revolution is that Tertoff, an officer of the Red Army and Nina Mochevilli, a well-known stage beauty, have been tmTQ^t h ?™ deri»Z Dyotonoff, an officev of the Military Academy. The taice I 0" 1S demandin S de ath sen-
The trial is the result of a pistol duel fought in a park at 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 Russian custom, and fired. Dyokonoff fell mortally wounded. The girl, who was a witness rushed and held the dying officer in her arms.
The Court sentenced "Tertoff to eighteen months imprisonment, and released the girl. Ihe prosecution's demand for the extreme penalty was due to a fear of the Army reverting to the Tsarist custom of the duel.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1923, Page 7
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183FATAL DUEL IN RUSSIA Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1923, Page 7
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