RIVAL LOVERS
RUSSIAN OFFICERS' DUEL
CHARGE OP' MURDER FOLLOWS
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright' LONDON, July 5. The Daily Express says:—“As a sequel to the first duel since tho 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 18 months’ imprisonment, and released tho girl. ‘The prosecutor's demand for the extreme penalty was due to the fear that the army will revert to the Czarist custom of duelling.”—A. and t\.Z. Cable. ■ •
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18908, 7 July 1923, Page 9
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