True crime · 18.09.1922
A shot through the window at Vana-Kariste
On 18 September 1922 Jaan Vabbi, the district police chief of Vana-Kariste, was killed in his own lodgings. A rifle bullet was fired at him through the window. The investigation showed that the killer was Jaan Sotter, a well-known thief. A court had sentenced Sotter to prison, and only a few weeks earlier Vabbi himself had arrested him to serve the term. Sotter escaped from prison and came back to take revenge on the man who had locked him up. After the shooting he fled to Russia. Vabbi, born in Pärnu in 1887, was 34 years old. The pin marks Vana-Kariste village only approximately.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
18. septembril 1922 tapeti Vana-Kariste rajooniülem Jaan Vabbi tema enda korteris. Püssikuul lasti talle läbi akna. Juurdlus näitas, et tapja oli tuntud varas Jaan Sotter. Kohus oli Sotterile vangistuse määranud ja just Vabbi oli ta mõne nädala eest karistuse kandmiseks vahistanud. Sotter põgenes vanglast ja tuli tagasi, et oma kinnipidajale kätte maksta. Pärast tapmist põgenes ta Venemaale. 1887. aastal Pärnus sündinud Vabbi oli 34-aastane. Kaardinõel märgib Vana-Kariste küla ainult ligikaudselt.