Tragic Result of Jealousy.

Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1892, Page 3

Tragic Result of Jealousy.

At a ball given by the officers of jthe corps of the Czar's body of '.Hussars in Moscow, on the night of August sth, Lieutenant Ivan Rattovich suddenly stepped into the middle of the ballroom, drew a pistol from his dol.mah, and shot Prince Nicholas Suslovitch, a brother officer. Suslovi cch was danoing with the lieutenants fiancee. The bullet penetrated bja hear!;, and he fell to the floor, dragging his partner with him, Battovish, amid wild excitement, stepped over his comrade's prostrate body, raised his affianced head by the hair, nnd shot her. Then ho blew his own brains out. All, this happened in less than thirty seconds. Tho shots were fired so quickly that interference was impossible. The ovies of terrified women first gave the alarm to those in other parts of the hall. Medical assistance wa9 at onoe procured, but it was of no avail bo far as the two officars were concerned. The young lady was with difficulty dragged from the death grip of her murdered partner, and she was at the point of death. The Czar ordered a special report of the occurrence to be forwarded to him by telegram. The murdered,, Prince bad been warned beforehand not to attempt to danoe with Rattovich's intended.