True crime · 1879
The capture of Rummu Jüri
Rummu Jüri was a tenant farmer's son from Kehtna. As a boy he boarded at Kehtna manor, where he learned a little German, and his first theft was meat (some records say wine) taken from the manor for his sick father. In December 1879 Jaan Seimann caught the 23-year-old here in his home district. Even then he nearly got away: held by the local judge, he filed through his irons and cut a hole through the log wall. His story lives on in two films called Jüri Rumm, from 1929 and 1994, and in Andres Ehin's mock memoirs of 1996.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Rummu Jüri oli Kehtna rentniku poeg. Poisina elas ta Kehtna mõisas, kus õppis veidi saksa keelt, ja tema esimene vargus oli mõisast haigele isale võetud liha (mõnel andmel vein). 1879. aasta detsembris tabas Jaan Seimann 23-aastase Jüri siin, tema kodukandis. Ka siis jäi põgenemine napilt ära: kohtuniku juures kinni olles viilis ta raua läbi ja lõikas palkseina augu. Tema lugu elab edasi kahes filmis „Jüri Rumm“ (1929 ja 1994) ning Andres Ehini 1996. aasta raamatus „Rummu Jüri mälestused“.
Source: Wikipedia: Rummu Jüri. ↗