DUEL IN RUSSIA
OFFSSERS FIGHT FOR WOMAN. ONE KILLED. Preta Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 5. (Received July 6, at 9.15 a.m.) The ‘Daily Express’ says “ As a sequel to the first duel since the revolution, Tertoff, an officer in the Red Army, and Nina Mochevilli, a well-known stage beauty, were charged with murdering Dyokonoff, an officer belonging to the Military Academy. The prosecution demanded death sentences. “ The trial is the result of a pistol duel, which was fought in the 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 then fired. Dyokonoff was mortally wounded. “ The girl, who witnessed the duel, rushed forward and held the dying officer in her arms.
“ The court sentenced Tertoff to eighteen months’ imprisonment, and released the girl. “ The urosecutor’s demand for the 'extreme penalty was due to the fear that the army will revert to the Tsarist custom of duelling.”—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18320, 6 July 1923, Page 6
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