Sentenced to Death

At Harbin, Manchuria, a white man was sentenced to death by a Chinese court. It was said to be the first time on record that a white man had been so sentenced. The man was M. Kornilov, famed Russian desperado, with several murders to his credit.

Kornilov, heavily manacled, was brought into a court last Spring and charged with a civil offense. A friend passed him a revolver with which he intimidated the court and the crowd and made good his escape. Months later he was discovered in a house in Harbin and after a desperate fight, in which his companion and the latter's wife were killed, Kornilov was rearrested.

The outlaw may appeal against his sentence. Meanwhile the case is considered by the white population as indicative of their lowered prestige.