Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-05
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. RUSSIA'S TERROR. Nihilists Repeating Their Threats
 of Determination AGAINST THE NEW GOVERNMENT. The City of St. Petersburg PIa-
 carded. THE COURT MARTIAL'S DECISION. MeIikoff's AssaiIant to Die at
 Sunrise.
AGAINST THE NEW GOVERNMENT.
iE COURT MARTlAL'S DECISION.
THE OLD WORLD.
Russia.

melikofi's AssaiIant Condemned to Die This NIOrning.Haughty and De- liant Scsffing at Death and His ExecutiOners-Threa PIacards About Ihe City--The Police Searching for Another NihiIist.
 ST, PETERSBURG, March 4.-The man who attempted to assassinate General Louis Meli- koff yesterday is 8 baptized Jew named Mo detsky from Minsk. Ths province of Minsk was formerly portion of the Lithuanian do- minions of Poland and is the seat of the Greek archbishop and Roman Catholic bishop. The inhabitants of the capital of this province have through generations cherished an ard ent hatred toward the Russian Government, and the plague of Nihilism has been very prsva- lent in the capital.as well as in the rural dis tricts of the province. Modetsky was tried by 8 court martial to-day and sentenced to death, and will be hanged tomorrow. He main tained 8 defiant demeanor. In reply to the interpellations addressed him during his trial and afterward he reiterated that he was act he was devoted member, and the purpose of which is to remove by assassination not only the Czar, but such officers of his appoint ment as stand in the way of necessary reforms demanded by the people. He has refused to receive the visits of priest, and while avow- ing his association with an extensive conspira- cy, he scoffs at the idea that he will mention the name of any of his accomplic es. The sentence of the court mart ial which has condemned Modetsky to death will be carried out on a spot desolate and devoid of dwellings fbo all uofo convict, immediately after his removal from the court which condemned him to death, with much boldness said that he had no fear of death. He had sought to accomplish work to which he had been assigned and had failed, but others would accomplish what he had failed in doing. In very impassioned language he stigmatized the Czar and General Melikoff as tyrants, unfit to live, and whose extermina- ton sooner or later was absolutely certain.
 report has been circulated in this city during the day that General Melikof ordered torture to be resorted to in order to drag from Modetsky the secret of the Nihilistic organiza- ton and the names of his accomplices. Most categorical and emphatic denials of these re- ports are this evening circulated and St. Pe- tersburg officials manifest great evaporation of feeling concerning them. They positively deny that any pressure other than that of the ordinary cross-examination of an accused cuI-
 
 assert that the reports of torture have been put in circulation to increase the evaporation of the populace against the present admins tration.
 The execution of Modetsky will take place soon after sunrise tomorrow morning. He will be conducted to the place of execution by very large military escort. The streets leading from the prison to the place of execu- ton will be lined with mounted Cossacks.
 Vladiski, a Nihilist who escaped from Sibe- ria, has returned to St. Petersburg and the police have been unable to capture him. Pla- cards have been posted all through this city renewing the threats of death to General Melikof.
 The Molav, commenting on the duty of the Russian Government, says it is useless to com bat the Nihilists by police measures.
 Modetsky, who is to be hung at ten o'clock to morrow, still maintains defiant demeanor He says he faithfully carried out his chiefs orders.