Word: vyesyolov
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...midst of the trial the wife of one of the engineers arose, addressed the crowd: "There should be only one lone criminal on trial here today. That is the wretched man whose desire for death was the first cause of the accident." The "lone criminal" was a cobbler named Vyesyolov. Drunk, he staggered in front of a train. While the crew of that train was trying to extricate his body a second train ploughed into it. Peasants laid the wounded on a parallel track, a freight train ran over them. Those who were able to appreciate the grim humor...
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