Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-16
FOREIGN NEWS.
THREATS AGAINST QUEEN VIC
roRIA-THE NIH1LIsTs on TRI-
AL-THEIR CONFESsIONs-THE
MCRDEROCS BOMBS.

LONDON, April 10,h.-Narj"u>
threatening notices concerning the
Queen which came to the knowledge
OF the ho,ue Office led IL cxtranrd.l
nary precautions being: taken in ht,
recent, journey to Osoo'ne, Isle o:
/ Wight. Personally, the Queen has
no fears. but those responsible f"t
her safety believe tina, there is much
Cause for unra~iness. Foreign 50
cialists are believed 10 be i, the
bottom of these threats.
In the trial of the Nihilists impli-
Gated 10 the assassination Of the late
Gar, which commenced on the 9TH
inst, after the reading OF the indict-
ment was concluded the president
of the court asked the prisoners in
turn whether they wished to say
anything. Russakof spoke for hat
% hour. He said he primarily de-
sired to agitate peacefully, but en-
tered into the conspiracy seeing no
other way out of the social troubles.
Michailoff, who was arrested as he
entered Russakof's house. said he
belonged to the terrorist faction of
the party, but denied Russaaof's
statement that be participated in the
arrangements for the murder Of the
Gar. Hessy Helfmann acknowl-
edged ,batske kept the conspirators'
clearinghouse, which was the depot
for their implements, but denied
having actively participated in the
Cars assassination. kiba!tschi,-
isch, the bomb maker, av1owed his
connection with the Will of the
People party, their design, he said,
being to gain their objects by a
peaceful propaganda, but they were
reluctantly obliged to ADOPT terror-
ist measures. He admitted prepar-
ing i've bombs. Sophie Pieofsky
avowed her participation. in the
preparation Of the Moscow mine
| and in the murder of.the Gar. ye-
liabof, who is the, Most .intelligem
Of tbs prisoners, fuently related with
diabolicel satisfaction the history OF
the Two Alexandrotsky mines. He
said he was the headNot ~one group
of the party aud was charged by the
| executive committee with the work
Of organizing the stack by bombs,
aud was connected with the Sadowa
street mine as a simple worker.
When Jeliabof finished the court
asked the accused it they had any
other defence to urge, and they re-
piled in the negative. The Court
then retired for consultation, and
returned at 1920 next morning
Twenty-t tour questions formulated
tor a determination concerning the
prisoners guilt were then read
The Court again retired 10 conside,
the verdict. After three hours de
liberation they returned at go
A. NJ, with a verdict Of guilty
against all, and sentence to death by
hanging was pronounced. Sophie
Pieoffsky's sentence will be submit
ted to the Car tor confirmation.
In the centre Of the court room
were various articles of tApgible evi
dence against the prisoners, such a
boxes OF dynamite. papers of chemi
calls and apparatus placed on a tabl'
and guarded by a gendarme with
drawn sword. The prisoners wer'
all attired in black.
Great excitement was caused b,
the production Of two bombs SINH
lar to those which killed the EN-
peror. General Feodorf, in explain
ing their mechanism and compost
ton was cross-examined by Kibalt
schltisch, who made them.