MONK'S DOUBLE LIFE.
RUSSIAN SCANDAL. [Bt; Electric Telegraph—Copyright] ; [United Press Association.] St. Petersburg, July 14. The wound inflicted on Rasputin, th#-' alleged miracle-working monk, is not considered mortal. He was walking in his native village with his son Dmitry. ' Noticing the woman, Rasputin felt in his pocket for alms, when Guseva, a peasant woman, stabbed him in the abdomen with a dagger. Guseva tried again to stab him, but Dmitry prevented her, and handed her to the police. Guseva stated that she wished to avenge one of Rasputin's girl victims now in a convent. Guseva subsequently attempted suicide, cutting a vein in her wrist with glass. Rasputin's hypnotic gifts enabled him to play on the feelings of hysterical women. Several of unblemished reputation fell under his spell. While moving in the highest society, Rasputin participated in Boccaccian scenes with village girls, who were always provided with an alleged religious raison d'etre.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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151MONK'S DOUBLE LIFE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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