, 1880-12-29
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hanged himself in prison q few months ago.
This extraordinary individual was the
assassin of Prince Krapotkin, at Kharkof,
and during his incarceration in the fortress
of st. Peter and st. Paul revealed all the
secrets of his party, or rather of the faction
OF Terror within that party, as we'll as the
anne of his accomplices. He then died,
as we are officially informed, but accord
ing to the WM Of the People he hanged
himself in his cell with o towel. But
whatever may be the conjectures to which
his tragic end may give rise, there is NO
doubt that he wa one of the most imp0r.
tant members of the faction, had little
chance of being pardOned for turning kings
evidence, and equally little chance, if set
free, of living long within the reach of the
party he had betrayed. The revelations
of Goldenberg lay bare o wide field of
revolutionary propaganda and action, and
incriminated q large number of personsJ
many of whom remain undiscovered; but
there is evidently q still wider area outside
the sphere Of Goldenberg's knowledge.
According to these revelations it appears
that the faction which first seeded from
the party represented by the organ Land
and Liberty took the name of the Party Of
the People," and was later on, in 1873,
divided again. The third section called
itself the " Party Of Terror" and advocat-
ed overt action against the government.
From 1878 till 1877 the party generally
was against regicide, which was only
adopted by the Terrorist faction. This
faction, represented by the Wal of the
People, remained for some time without any
very defnitive plans until after Solovieff's
attempt upon the life of the Emperor ON
the I'd of April, 1879. After that attempt
the conference OF the faction, which was
being held in secret at Pieptsk, q town in
the province Of Tambof, began to see its
way clear to the carrying out of certain
designs. ~Goldenberg, some of the present
prisoners, and others were continually
journeying backwards and forwards OIL
various missions. AS regards Solovief,
who maintained to the last that he had
acted alone and Independently, it now
turns out that this was utterly untrue.
SolOvief was in consultation for a long
time with GOldenberg and others at vari-
GUS restaurants and other places in st.
Petersburg previous to his being selected
for the assassination of the Gear. Golden
berg was the first to offer himself for this
task, but being q Jew it was thought he
would not make the necessary impression
upon the people. Then Kobilansky, one
of the present accused, was nominated,
but being q Pole he was not regarded as
eligible in view of the inculpation of the
Poles generally. It was deemed necessary
to have O genuine Russian, and S0lovief,
as such. was chosen to do the dastardly
deed.
After q trial lasting much the better
part of a week. judgment has been pro.
nosnced on the unhappy Is men and wo.
men accused of political conspiracies, muir.
ders, and peace.imperilli ng Vaccinations
in connection with the Nihilist movement.
On Thursday 18th Move mber the Court
began to sit at Il, and at 1 the speeches
for the prosecution were over, when the
accused were for the last time permitted to
speak in their own defence. Kiratkofsky,
the chief prisoner, comported himself as
before, speaking clearly and calmly. The
other prisoners defended themselves with
less skill. if more energy. Thiraoff giving
way to rather violent expressions and
declaring, in spite of a warning reprimand
from the president, that he knew he and
his companions must die, but the Govern
ment were not on that account to believe
that his party could be thereby intimidat-
ed. Other champions of freedom would
arise. .ThiraOf continued in a strain so
violent, despite the admonitions of the pre-
sident, that he had at last to be removed
out Of court by the g~endafmes. The
demeanour of the other prisoners, male
and female, Ia described as having been
calm and comn0cod Tha Court than ra.