A married daughter living at Manchouli and another son working vu the Siberian gold mines have been notified about the crime. It is unlikely, however, that they can help the police in any way. So far there have been no arrests and as the police have so little to go on, it is doubtful if they will. succeed in running these arch-criminals to earth—so thoroughly did they complete their work.
It is said that, during the period the sale of alcohol was totally prohibited,—droshky soldiers used to have their supplied by the storekeeper. Customers coming in by the back door had vodka and other drinkables served to them to their desire, but at an increased price, in the living room. It is possible that the apparently roaring business done in this illicit trading excited the passions of some of these customers for this fiery adulter plays havoc with the lower uneducated classes—and that venge for the enhanced prices charged for liquor and the prospect of becoming rich quickly prompted the awful crime.
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