The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-05-06
puSsIA.S REGlCIDES.
The Half Doren Nihiiists Who were nu"k IVA
the Crar's Assassination.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

Philadelphia Rec0rd.
The prisoners convicted and condemned Oh
April llth were six in all-namey' nu'' sh
VA who threw one of the bombs: Jeliaooh'
Observation-Disclosures chief. arrested before the ca
tastropbe OF the March 18th; Michaeion' the 81
Young man arrested on entering the mouse n
where the police were lying IN wan; s?S meSo?S
UeIfmann. SOPHIE Pieoffsky and kibaitsem-
,isch the man who manufactured al Ihe III
bombs. .,,,s liz
,or stmj;.d law in the Odessa University.
In 1S72 he WAS expelled for the arrangenens it
| of an inimical demonstration against one " .
| Tho nrofessors. Then he entered the RANKS
Of The Nibilsts, among whom he was re,
| oarfed as one Of the leaders. lie maIIieu
the daughter of wealthy alderman OF oaes- d
sa Twice he W as tried for politica onehses {
BE-, ,n.nased TO escape punishment. In DC
| tnL.r 1s79 In company with his two com
| r.d.s (sent to Siberia) and Mile lakinmon q
Ino, found>. he went TO Alexandroysk,w ,where G
NV ha ,nade . mine under the railroad, ana on
October 80, tried to blow up the iinPera
train. The mine, however, du not eApiouo
on account of the bad quality OF tle :'a W., I
ors nsed. He was not seen again until MAT"
IL wien he was arrested i'll st. Petersburg.
In his nossessson was found large quahtny
| - dypamite and other explosives. ihe uiS-
o;nG ~ the mine under the Malala SadoVia
4he Little Garden street) was cohaucteu u,
der his supervision, which fact ne icAu'a,
admitted, IS we'll Is the entire arfahseiho''
OF the plot against the Car.
Nile. SOPHIE Pieof1sky was daughter o,
2 ,a.e Councillor and a granddaughter ot
fnrmer Minister of the Interior Ill the time Vi
the Gar Nicholas. She received the o's'
!, possible education. She was OF SINAI ets
ure, modest in appearance, ana heat III S ~.
Twice in her life she waved her uain.y h"n
r terchief for the d. cstrrc.iOn OF the Gar. on
1910 n..r MDscOw. q tram was |
+ b,nwn I'm. having been mistaken ior the i'h-
nerial one. That was the work OF Hartman
and Sophe Pieoffsky. She has been the soui
re ~ the Hartman party. Her tact and won
J. Jerfnl sell. possession repeatedly avereu the
, discovery Of the Moscow mine "hhe
in process Of construction. Day oy dAy she
s,ond watching the approach OF every strsh-
!, or ~ tho nIace where the mine was under
Sav and pulled the underground bells, 'hus
TIA warn;no the Nihillst miners to stop worK:
he Sha keT, under her bed over lOo Pounss oi
dvna,oits, and it was agreed upon oy nel
kuok that she should fire at the dyhAlhNo
in case of the house being invaded oy 'he r.
ed i;ce When the Moscow mine was reauy,
in Sonh;e was sent to signal the approach OF the
snpnosed imperial train. She made the s'sh
md the train was blown up. She ana uAf'
oi- man escaped. Now 1t appears that IL was
ed Sophia who made the sign TO kussakon anu
srs his comrade to throw the bomb that proVeu
fatal to the late Gar. She was kho~h W G, 80
cravely implicated, and believed 70 oo .o., ~ S,'
Law Every hotel aud lodging house was searchea
.hs NV the police agents in company with ie-
Lhe male who was able to identify her. she was
A. last recognized riding in sedge ana At
hat rested on the spot. When taken 10 the ire ~.
lecture she at first refused TO make any us
position but being confronted WIN .I tne u,I
lch rlo.ures made by Jeliabof she fully acKno"f
ms, oSsaa Lar nart;cipation in the criminal pro
oasJ;rgs She was audaciously candid; sh'
Wy Ala moi try to hide her opinions or her coii
ling I,,.," she avswed herself Nihilist of tn
ar extreme order, and gloried In 1t:
,.r. Nicholas Ivanovitch Russakon was s"eut
wears old, He studied in the 81. iete.s4ul
School Of Mines, where ne was %,.,,, W.,
geo the special recommendation OF Couhs ' 10
ans, 1amskv, the late chief Of the st. Petefsonr
,s.. aJmca;;onal district. RussakoH received -
- Nor month from . scholarship fouhdea oy
oco- rwa,ltbv lumber merchant. Russakon WI
one of a dozen Nihilists detailed Win DOM.
ntly. to meet the Gar, ana II WAS us eN"'N'
= his throw the first bomb.
A E;haltschitisch, a priests son, the mani
'-reu f.c.urer of the bombs, was one OF the mo
from ,,rnminent Terrorists. Under different aha
like a. he is known to have taken part IN u
most daring plots o,
Nicbaelotf. who was arrested In the ROOF
de- occupied by Navrotsky and Mile. hes
tnat | Ielfmann, but not UeloIc ho "o"
and wounded three policemen, was announcer he'
-ater. per Oh Uiiu .isn.nn Who has had a short
'iews n;aye 10 the woman found in the house
he arrival of the police where NaVrots
shot and killed himself, March l3th. one
> au an educated girl Of Hebrew descent. l.
D the snnnosed an that it was she and her compani
come Nayrotsky who in 1870 laid the mine ior
. An C.ar On the Odessa railroad. Navrotsky
,h.t time was employed as switchm
> 'n' She was once tried for political crime
sentenced to be transported, but she Ill
tinted aged to escape. ,,,;orsr in
eTbere is but one state executloher III
vast Russian realm, and ne is pSiuo'
'itory. r'aiefactor named Frolofi, who, in the
them Sihilistic days when the aboiition vi zap
preme punishment was stili sn.:s,n ,nrrdars
'"o was condemned to penal serVltude LOT
When. however, revolutionary success
Italian dered the services of an imperial nahgI
ers, in indispensable 10 tne in' a.. On cond
e and ION ,,as,1 'oius for his mast misdeeds she
icia, in ,,a Granted TO him. His offer was acceP
ork in and for sometime past he mas oeen
appear man. For every Iurs eao tr,,n ,he Rus
rcbaoner: hut that official fee by no M
tico, is renreseuts the total emolument ne aei
ops, in from the practice OF MS ",',,.rs,;,o,
,urteen psrtnlttea 10 1raue .,atu rasnectiup the
$ forty unforred uron garnesters by the posses
X hun ~ =. mo,sel of the rope with which a hu
dried being has been strahgleu' ,;.,siv enn.
= ,;,. | of ;nstice or his own. lmmeulateiy
IL oui' voune Maldetzky had been hanged, RI
was surrounded by members OF the hu
a stone ieunesse doree, eager to purchase sra
q mon the fatal noose' ahu ho ussp 20 80.
,ur feet dozens tahsinanS S cnmniscency. VIII,
mbined scr IA otf his last remnant, that che
Of lime. the Nihilists would yet bring him IN
ltists Of of money"
iscussed The ieloWnR .~;annars nassed the
it may San arc nnbyisbed: Russakof prayed
ancient sanity. and offered his servicest to the 90
oops not ,nsnt "a a svy. but the offer was dec
-. - Jeliaboff spent the time III writing page
aoies VI naoe about the trial, committing TO
'ssioiy what he was forbidden TO speak. III
the Car man, Sophie Pieofsky, wrote 70 ner
owner to to waste no time in assuaging the WI
,hia to be her father. ~. S,,acic disco,
having I'LL, ot o hs Addressed to the high court
,orr. Gin t;ce. avowipg desire that his name
;mmort allied and making gift OF his
ton To the State on condition that q
profit from them should 60 TO the am
ton of the lot Of the Children VI u
Press criminals. l., 9,
gasement burq to see these executions, and man!
hied him sands Of people passed the night At IN IN
!. Before Of execution IN orael W ga r,n
ed by one ! ne Plisone ,a 80 with their backs
Irriage, no the horse and their hands tied TO ooa
name was their breasts bearing the word "regic
IN by the large letters. iney ";,h ". Sr,,ns An,
ana 'ooA Detachments Of all the regiments 81
on the in St. Petersburg surrounded tne
Why do All the prisoners received the MINIS
II people, OF the priests ana s's. Ssrr r,o except
ne han.' koff, who tainted at the last moment.
.rney Will aelofrs rope broke twice, for which
rtune out cutioner, 'Frolof, afterward recen
. - O,FIa. lsshes. After hanging 10 minutes TN
80. Au were cut down and taken TO Genet
side the city.
New York. 3-OnApril a5 there was hre a.en
!, MANAGER Of the convcts in the State Prsoi