Query on identifying a short story

[Brian Johnson]

A colleague has asked me to post this query on his behalf. Please respond
to him off-list. Thank you.


A farcical short story I need help identifying: A beloved citizen of a
small town is found murdered on the road. Suspects are captured and after a
long trial, are found innocent since it is inconceivable that any man could
have actually murdered so saintly a figure as the victim. My faulty memory
is telling me it is a Chekhov story, but I can't locate anything. Please
contact Elliot Ratzman elratzman at gmail.com

-- 
Brian R. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Russian Language and Literature
Swarthmore College

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