“February 21st. g., at 11½ o'clock in the afternoon, living in house 15 on Liteiny Prospekt Acting State Councilor Gnoinsky, returning home, found two unknown thieves in his apartment, who entered there with the help of selected keys or master keys, and one of the thieves attacked Mr. Gnoinsky, grabbed him by the throat and, throwing him to the floor, began to choke him, while striking him on the head with some kind of blunt instrument, and then, with the help of a second accomplice, he grabbed a wallet with money from his pocket and tore off a gold watch with a chain, after which both attackers disappeared ... "