ROBBERS' AWFUL CRIME.
TERRIBLE ATROCITIES. Br Electric Telegraph —Copyright J [United Press Association.] St. Petersburg, January 6. Robbers invaded the premises of a farmer named Kovanko, near Stanitza, in the Caucasus. Failing to find money, the robbers tortured Kovanko in the presence of his wife and grandchildren. They cut off his nose, ears and fingernails, and their his fingers. After putting petroleum on rtovanko's clothes, they incinerated him. The robbers subjected Kovanko's wife and grandchildren to unnameable atrocities. Then they burned the woman to death, and caught the children by the legs and dashed them to death against a wall. Four have been arrested.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1914, Page 5
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104ROBBERS' AWFUL CRIME. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1914, Page 5
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