Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1892 — ATROCIOUS MURDERERS. [ARTICLE]

ATROCIOUS MURDERERS.

•Russia tp the F. ont With a Series ot.Revolting Crimes. Two Brothers Strangle and Rob Many Victims—&.'tne of the Bodlee Burned Others Boiled. Police Inquiries Into the case of two brothers n\med Koullkvosky, who are imprisoned at Warsaw, Bussia, on thecharge 6f murdering and robbing a peasant near BlelostocK, have revealed the practice of the wholesale murder of emigrants on the frontier Already the naked bodies of five victims have been discovered In the snow n the woods adjacent to the house occupied by thq Kudilkvukys, who lived in the village of Monk!. The search for bodK jis proceedlw.x There have been fl ' . I 1

many disappearances of late In the neighborhood of the Koulikvosky residence,and the police estimate that the two brothers have murdered at least forty persons The residents of Monk! have been greatly startled by the revelations concerning the brothers, and there is much excitement throughout the whole district. The elder brother, who was a peasant farmer, has a young wife, who, it is took advantage of her sex to abet her husband in his crimes, receiving her share of the spoils secured from the unfortunate victims. The younger brother had been a soldier in the Russian army, but his time had expired. He took to smuggling across the frontier as a means of livelihood, and naturally became thoroughly acquainted with all the paths that led into Prussian territory away from the eyes of the careful frontier guards. Many of the persons desirous of leaving Russia, particularly emigrants, were not supplied with the passports required by the government before Russians are allowed to country, and in these persons the brothers found their victimk These persons would approach the Koullkvoskys and bargain with the men for a safe conduct beyond Rnssian soil, and with his knowledge of the frontier it was comparatively an easy undertaking for the younger brother to get them safe away from Russian territory. Fugitives from j ustice also availed themselves of Koulikvosky’s knowledge to escape from the officers of the law. The metaod followed by the brothers in the cases of persons desiring to cross the frontier was as follows:

They would select as their victims only those who had good outfits and money. The others would be taken across In safety. The victims, however, would be taken in. charge by the younger brother, and singly they would be conducted along a narrow path through a dense forest. In the meantime the elder brother would hurry by a short route to a spot previously agreed on, and when the victim approached he would be attacked by his guide and the man who laid in ambush. The unfortunate man would be strangled, and then to make their work sure, the brothers would beat in his skull with clubs. He would be then robbed of everything in his possession. A" the outset they carefully burned the bod ies, but as time went by they, being uddetected, became careless and shoved them under the brush wood after stripping them.

But this was not the only way they had of securing victims. The wife of the elder brother would indulge in flirtations with strangers who came to Monki, and would make engagements for them to visit her at her home. She is a coinely.buxom woman, and admirers would hasten at night t° her house, only to meet death at the hand of the husband and his brother, who waited their coming. Among the last of the victims was a peasant, who had sought she! ter from the inclement weather in their hut. He fell asleep and the brothers attempted to strangle him. The man awoke aml tnade a most desperate struggle for his life, as his body showed. While he was held so ho could not escape boiling water was poured over his head and face, and the murderers then succeeded in strangling him. The body was hidden beneath some straw in the stable, where it was accidentally discovered before the brothers had time to carry it to the forest. The finding of the body led to the discovery of the five other bodies In the woods. The woman wits taken into custody with the men. but she is kept entirely separate from them. All three have been subjected to a prolonged examination, but they rteto confess anything.