SENSATIONAL SHOOTING CASE.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 697, 17 December 1902, Page 3

SENSATIONAL SHOOTING CASE.

AMERICAN LADY SHOT BY < RUSSIAN SINGER. LIKELY TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR. (Far R.M.S. Ventura at Auckland.) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. Tho shooting at Baris, of Mrs Helen Gore, of America, by a Russian singer, named Do Rydonzenski, threatens to bobecomo an international affair. Do Rydonzenski belongs to an lnfluontal family of Russia, his father beme aide-de-camp to to tho Czar. French officials appear to bo most anxious to pleaso the Russians in this matter, und havo accepted Do Rydenzenski’s assertion that the shootinn was accidental. Latest news from Baris shows that censorship had been exercised over tho despatches sent out by tbo representatives of the American press, and this discovery has irritated the Americans, who have already felt that the narno of their country-woman was not bein'' properly protected. Mrs Goro was a talented and rofined woman. Sho was devoted to music, and in order to perfect herself as a pianist sho was living temporarily in Baris. Tho man who killed her was possessed of a marvellous voice, and this at lirst appealed to Mrs Gore. Afterwards she bcearno alarmed by tho violenco of feeling sho had inspired in him, and wrote to relatives here that sho feared him and felt an avalnn"ho was about to overwhelm hor. She gavo orders at her homo that ho was not to be admitted to her presence. Afterwards, for some causo which has not yet been brought to light, sho sent to him that sho wished to see him. In response, Do Rydcnezonski sent a message to the effect that he was it! in bed, and Mrs Gore decided to visit him. The roason for this visit is hardly apparent, but it is known that Mrs Gore is a woman of tho highest character and ideals, and one to whom vul"ar wrong-doing was impossible. She entered tho room where tho singer was lying on a bod, and presently Do Ryden zenski rushed from tho apartment, cryinj that tho woman had killed herself. After ward he claimed that a pistol which had been lying on the stand besido tho bed hai been accidentally knocked on to tho floo by himself and discharged, killing Mr Gore. Do Rydenzinski W'as arrested, bu after the re enaction of the scene which h described, was set at liberty, thoug under surveillance. The America conral took all possible ; protect the reputation of tho dea woman to prevent a miscarriage ( justice. American doctors in Baris wci permitted to make autopsy, but tt result has not yet been mado publ. officially, though it is reported' that tl course of the wound was such as I ffiscrodit tho story told by tho Russia) . firs Gore was a beautiful and talentc

woman and greatly beloved by her friends, who arc crushed by her sad death, hut determined to vindicate her character. Russians claim that Do I’ydenzenski is a man of line feeling, and is suffering from grief over the loss of a friend more than because of his own hapless fright. This view is not accepted by Americans, who aro furiously angry because the man’s silence was obstinately maintained, and because it is asserted that since his release he has been feasting friends as if ho were a conquering hero.