ARCTIC DRAMA.
WRANOEL ISLAND EPISODI. i SIMENCHUK FEIGNS INSANITY. L'niled Press Assn—Elem Tel. Copyright.l (Received May ‘2l. “.30 am.) MOSCOW’. May ‘lO. Simenchuk claimed to he a "man from Mars," and stated that llie nai—ives regardcd him as a man from unuiilcr \\Ol'lll, ilui I.s3rhiairisls decinrcnl iimL he was feigning insanity [0 cscape punishmcni. i sonsaiiunai evidence disclosed that Sinicnchuk enforced in reign of icrror and at lens! two murders, causcd rmoiher to commit suicidc, sim'ved nai‘ ives, and ciosed communication with the outside world. i A cabiegram last week slated ihal the trial had opened in the Supreme court. of I. l). Simencliuk. director 0! the Polar station on Wrangei Island since 1934. who is alleged to have created a dlctaiorshlp and ill-treated the m'icniiilc star? and local population. \\'hen a medical ui‘liccr. Dr. VVuifson. protested. he received a fictitious emergency cali and was murdered en route liy Simenciiuk's assistant. Simencliuk altcmplcd lo sinrve .\lrs \\'ulfson and dcnicd Eskimos the right 10 illllll or be red from the siniiun's \\’lll‘CilUUSe. Sew oral or them died. Affairs on the island \\‘L‘l‘c described as deplorable.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 9
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184ARCTIC DRAMA. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 9
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