Further Zaitseff mentioned a num-her of names, amongst whom was Golubett who' acted as a recruiting officer and he enlisted Kommissarenko fand Bezruchko for the kidnapping. One of the olhers"who has not been arrested, committed a whole murder: witness insisted, was carried out by this man and ' Ognel's head was brought to Gen, Kuzmin, who. wrote fon the dead face "Death' to the Pro-by Zaltsett are of such a serious nature and involve s0 many persons that "wil ake some tnt "Yetterday one of the many new city improvements was" offelally opened, Mr. Shih Lui-pen, the Mayer. thd many' other officials. tending! the ceremony. opening of five great Blocks of buld-'The occasion was the},
aga which together form the Central Market of Harbin and where there {plenty of pace for storing Ash, game, vegetables, fruit and meat, There will be daily auctions. similar {o those held tu Covent Garden, There fre also offices and shops for. the wholesale trade from which the small shopkeeper and. street hawker can take his. purchases and be. certain that he gets good quality. All food Products will be. under' the control of the sanitary authorities who will for permit the sale of damaged goods 3s heretofore has been the ease.
Before old and rotten fruit could be seen on sale in the streets, but now fail street hawkers. are selling rut fud vegetables of good quality. Tt is possible that the cost of having a Central market slightly may add to the price of goods sold, but this counter-balanced by the fact that the Dublle cane sure of getting, {00d Products which have been examined ug passed by the sanitary authorities, Uitte By litre many improvements tre being introduced and the general Public are benefiting from better Sdministration and hotier control, In any. case the opening of the Central Market is great advance, though! there are many merchants who would father not have any. control. All along they objected to the introduetion of this: market, The Capricious Sungart The Sungari River is one of the mest capricious in the world, at one time flooding the district and another being so shallow that large boats cannot navigate it. Lately the Sansing Rapids fell to such a low level, under two feet, that no boat of any size could pass through, and It was considered that the navigation for the year was over. A sudden rise has Occurred, water in the upper reaches Jumping three to four feet, and when this wall of water comes down the iver, navigation again will be poe sible, vocater." This man together with Sorokin and Taut threw the head into the garden of the Soviet Consulate, added accused, and these same people killed the station master at Dalmakou and his family. "From this station the murderers went 10.
Mulin sand there killed Bajenoff, the witness reiterated. The murder of one: Alter, a Jew, was also. carried out fon the instructions of these people. The judge pointed out that the wilness must stick lo the Kaspe case only: ik of other murders, but isted that the leaders had committed several murders and not tone only.
Zaitseft then proceeded to give several names including a well-know 9 detective police oflcer. At Golubetts Mat, two cars could be seen every morning at four o'clock, Another man often called at Sevastood Street Where the brothers Ivanoff and Tutik lived, these being the ones who committed the murders at Dalmakou and Mulin, Ivanoff assisted in the kidnapping of young Shirrel, continued witness, and the 'A senation was caused in the city by the publication of a letter from the American Consul-General, stating that the United States Court for China sitting in Shanghai, had declined to} assume Jurisdiction over the lquidation of the Thrift and Investment, Finance and Trust Corporation, com monly known as the Thrifteor Bank, and that this referred to the Harbin and Hailar, branches as well.
At a creditors' meeting held in Harbin, a committe was formed to examine the accounts of the bank fand their first report was issued yesterday, this showing that the total cash in the safe was about $7,000 in various currencies and amounts at bank credit in accounts current at other banks to about $8,000. There fare many rumours that new capital will be found and the bank re-organized, ut this is hardly likely, as there are plenty of banks ready' to carry on the same business which have larger capital than the Thriftcor. It has been ascertained that 80 per cent. of the creditors are Russian emigrants. principally former railway servants Who have property in the town.
Accused Implicates Detective Being further questioned by the judge, Zaitsefl asked that Col. NNikifor off of the detective force should be brought before him, and made other statements incriminating various people in high positions. said that there were eleven persons when Gen. Kuzmin wrote the words "Death to the Traitor" on Ognef's face and, that ho could give all their ames, and that as the head had been photographed, it would be easy on the 'AN his statements were of the most extraordinary nature and completely altered the case, but there was always the possibility that he was not speaking the truth and that was giving names for the purpose of avenging himself upon certain people. In any case, the trial must be postponed again until the police have made a thorough examination into Zaitsef's statements, and find out what truth there is in them. It quite unbelievable that Gen. uzmin, who is a leading man in Russian emigrant circles, should have any kind of connection with the matter, but naturally the handwriting will determine whether he actually wrote the words on the. face of the murdered man. The statements made
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