The Bobroffs are killed and their house burned." I could not keep back a cry of horror.
The Lieutenant continued: "Kanine and the Pouzikoffs killed them, pillaged the place and afterwards burned the house with their dead bodies in it.

Do you want to see it ?" My friend and I went with the Lieutenant and looked over the ominous site.

Blackened uprights stood among charred beams and planks while crockery and iron pots and pans were scattered all around.

A little to one side under some felt lay the remains of the four unfortunate individuals.

The Lieutenant first spoke: "I reported the case to Uliassutai and received word back that the relatives of the deceased would come with two officers, who would investigate the affair.