 The "Caimacam" stood accused of orchestrating the ransacking of Heliade's home and of various acts of cruelty, including being seen as responsible for the prison death of poet Ion Catina, which his regime tried to conceal.Catina's brother was allegedly forced to deny that was the case, in a newspaper notice which also addressed thanks to the Russian army.According to a Heliade disciple, Nicolae Rusu Locusteanu, the new regime imposed an "executioner" in each Wallachian county.