New York Times: death of Nicolai de Raylan, June 26, 1907

She "drank, smoked and was well-known to chorus girls"

<Can we get an electronic copy of the New York Times story? Can't make it from the PDF that is on line. Maybe can make it in a library online edition? Let me know. Jonathan Here is the cite:

"DE RAYLAN WOMAN'S SECRET DISCOVERED; Diary of Masquerader Shows She Was Sought by Pobiedonostseff. LIVED 18 YEARS AS MAN Procurator of the Holy Synod Had Vouched for Her In That Guise." Special to The New York Times. June 26, 1907, Page 4, 1102 words>

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