CHARGED WITH MURDER
LONDON, July 6. The "Daily Express” says that as a sequel ol' the first duel since the revolution, M. Tertoff. an officer of the Red Army, and Nina Mochevilli, a wellknown stage beauty, were charged with murdering M. Dyokonoff, an officer belonging to the Military Academy. The prosecution is demanding death sentences. The trial is the result of a pistol duel 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 o't the cheeks, according to Russian custom and fired, Dokosolf being mortally wounded . The girl, who was a witness, rushed and held the dying officer in her own arms. The court sentenced Tertoff to eighteen months, and released the girl. The prosecutor's demand for the extreme penalty was due to a fear of the Army reverting to the Czarist custom of duelling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1923, Page 2
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