American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-04-23
The Murderers Of the Gar Tried, Con-
victed anu Sentenced.
ST. PETERsBURG. April

In the trial of the Nihilists implicated in tn c
assassination of the late Gar, after the read
ing of the indictments wns concluded, the
President of the Court asked the prisoners
whether they wished to say anything. Rous-
sakof, who threw one of the bombs, spoke for
half an hour. Ho said he primarily desired to
agitate peacefully, but entered into tho late
conspiracy, seeing no other way out of the So
cial troubles. r...
Michaiof. who was arrested as he entered
RoussakoTs house, said he belonged to the
Terrorist faction of the party, but denied
Roussakof's statement that he participated IN
the arrangements for the murder of the Gar.
Hessy Helfmann acknowledged that she kept
conspirators' Iodging-house, which was II
depot for their implements, but denied having
actively participated in the Cars assassina-
tion.
Kibaltschitisch, the bomb-maker, avowcd
his connectioHrwith "The Will of the People
Party their wish, he said, being TO gain their
objects by pcacerul propaganda but they
were reluctantly Obliged 10 adopt Terrorist
measurds- Hapdmttted preparing five bombs.
Sophia Pieorsky avowed her partic patton IN
the preparation of the Moscow mine, and in
the murder of the Gar. ..-.a.
Jeliaboff, who is the most intelligent OF the
prisoners, tiucntly related with diabolcal sat
isfacrion, tho history of the two Alexandrofsky
mines, He said he was at the head of one
group OF the party, and was charged by the
an attack by bombs, and was connected with
the Sadowa street mine Us u simple worker.
After these dccla atoms the Procurator
stated 1t would pei haps b. possible to shorten
the trial. Jeliabon, in his statement, attcmpt-
ed to extcnuate the cases of Roussakof aud
Mfchaiiof, by asserting that the former was
only prepagandist among the work en-. and
knew nothing of the arrangement for the
murder OF the Gar until the dayior Its accorn-
pishment. and the latter was entirolS 1ncoa-
nected with the crime. JefiaboH show ed great
skill in c,osscxamining the witnesses, and sue
cccded in utterly confusing one of them.
ST. PErERsBuRG, April 10.
At the trial of. tho, NihiIists Saturday, As
sistant Prosecutor McvrarieI strongly de
nounced the revolutionary doctrines land,
deeds avowcd by the accuscd, demanded th,;
scvcrcst penalty for all implicated, an con-
cluded by declaring that the fidelity of the
people 10 The Imperial throne was un shaken,
and that the efforts of the Terrorist party in
this direction had proved absolutely abortive.
The prisoners listened annoyed JeiaboH
and Kibaitschitscih took notes. '''''- ."
After the recess counsel for the defense
spoke two hours. JclahoT spoke in his own
behalf. He was several times Interrupted by
the presiding Judge. When Jciiabor finished
the Court asked the accused il they had any
further drfensc to urge, and they replied
in the negative. The ,,Court retired for
consultation, and returned at 1873
this morning. Tweuty-four questions
formulated for determination conccrnn
the prisoners guilt VIC G then read.
The Court again retired to consider the
dict After three hours dcliberaton they re-
turned at 6:20 a m. with verdict of guilty
against all, and thesscntencc to death by hang
ing was pronounced.
Sophia PieoTsky's sentence will be submit
ted to the Gar for confirmation, because she
is of noble birth.
"A mechanic of Rochester, N. Y.
has, according to his own statements,
just completed a duplicate of the cele-
DRAFTED astronomical clock of Strasburg,
in which city he was born and lived for
many years. The only difference be-
tween the workings of the two clocks is
in their size and in the form of the as
Economical portions. The case for the
main part of the Rochester clock is ten
and one-half feet high, while, it is in all
particulars exactly proportionate to the
clock, seventy-five feet high, which it
initiates.
"A bicycle exhibition has proved
very attractive in London. That .ex-
citing most attention is n new invention
known as the lotto" CT safety bicvcle.
In this the two wheels are parallel, in
stead of one in front of the other, and
the person of the bicyclist is balanced
securely by a most ingenious arrange
ment between the two. The speed at
tanned by this instrument is said to be
very considerably greater than that on
the tricycle..
What kind Of wood is a tadpole
made ont of?