Aug. 21.
The 17th hearing of the Ostroumoff trial, which was to have taken place on the 26th instant, was adjourned at the last minute through the alleged illness of the court interpreter. Why other interpreters were not used is not known. The public assembled to hear the case was thoroughly disgusted. the court are becoming more frequent. There have only been three short hearings since July 25. This continual pinpricking of Ostroumoff is causing even his former enemies to turn round and join in the public resentment over the impossible con-duet of the case by the court.
Thirdly, Counsel said that though' the Court had sent numerous requests to the Railway Administration for the documents the requests had been totally ignored, which show. ed that evidently the' Administra tion had no intention to comply.
Fourthly, counsel pointed out that the continual absence of the Prosector made it probable that, when he reappeared in court he would recall witnesses, which would practically mean starting the case all over again. The Judge's reply was usual, indefinite.
Last night the witness Tovarish Rombach reported to the police that some Russians had attempted to freak into his residence. Their object was personal violence owing his false testimony against Ostroumof. The police, arriving, found Rombach absent and nobody on the premises.
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