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Valdez Daily Prospector
Valdez, Alaska
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In Saskatoon, five Doukhobors charged with arson on Peter Verigin's $15,000 home near Gradnoe during a naked pilgrimage last July, claiming divine orders, committed for trial at Kamsack. Verigin found naked group at the fire, planning to burn rich residences.
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Paul Shrybnik, W. Rezanof, S. Kalesnikoff, A. Mahonin and P. Vorkin insisted that God had told them to destroy the house.
Verigin told the court that when he heard of the crime he drove out to his farm and found eleven men, ten women, two girls and eight children, all naked, standing around the conflagration. One man had told him that God had ordered them to fire the building, and that they were going to burn down all the "rich residences."
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Near The Village Of Gradnoe
Event Date
Last July
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five doukhobors committed for trial at kamsack
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Charged with setting fire to the $15,000 home of Peter Verigin near Gradnoe during a naked pilgrimage, five Doukhobors arrested by Provincial police insisted God told them to destroy the house. Verigin found eleven men, ten women, two girls, and eight children naked around the fire; one said God ordered burning the building and all rich residences.