Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-30

20 tne majority Of my audience; ct the same I'm,
eIuca::s all these questions The second meetins
took place at the house Of student it was attend
rer1 Tsss twenty and
distance Of time The result Of these ~ m est
sns e sn.
passionate desire to have them frequently re-
That so powerful and far-reaching a weapon
should not be neglected by the leaders OF the
party when they discussed the practica, ques-
Accordingly we find it decreed that, "apsri
from political murders and regicide, a vast
plan Of agitation shall be pursued among the
wei known, however, that In the two later
classes, from organ!cally historical causes
which 1t would take separate paper to 1nves-
nally failed. to the confusion and not unfre-
9n!ently the personal danger Of the agents en-
Such were the principal acts and resolutions
OF the famous soc'alistie convention held at
LipetSk in June, 1879, the immediate SEQUEL to
which were the threefold railway mining at
sempf ham and It the e croTnng scene Of which
horrors Of the 18th (5thI of February, 1880, aud
all that followed It, we are deprived OF our
lnvaluaole guide Goldenberg's deposition. Toe
caring feVoiutlOp1So'5 career cane to close
with those last busy days which he spent with
MS mining friends near MOSCOW. He WAS sent
OIL oy them to Odessa for the dynamite for
Warded to that City several weeks before, and
now rendered useleS b. the Emperoi'j change of
route and consequent cessation of the mining
operations on the track as IL was thought the
reinforcement might be available for the Mos.
COW mine, and insure more cOmplere SUCCESS
In Odessa, GoldenDerg had interviews with
several associates. received the dynimite. and
having packed it IN his trunk, together with
sundry bottles OF wine and cans Of pre3erves.-
very welcome Offering from the ladies' OF the
party TO their Moscow friends he was C almly
rested at Telizavetgrad, q railway station half
way between Odessa and Poltava. This hap
pened five days before the explosion on the
MOSCOW track.
Yet. even though deprived OF the valuable
Information concerning the preparations for
the final coup OF the 17th (5th) Februaa, which
continuation of Goldenberg's narrative would
doubtless have afforded us. we still find In the
examinations OF the prisoners and witnesses as
well as in the speech OF the counsel for the
Crown, sufficient scraps and traits from life to
enable us to piece together very vivid picture
OF the d1Smay and confusion which must have
arisen IN the Winter Palace when that tremen-
dous Crash broke In upon the compliments with
which the Emperor was welcoming Prince
Alexander OF Hesse who was that evening to
De his guest at family dinner In the private
apartments. Officials wildly rushing into the
the steam boiler or the gas had exploded; the
alaIm. oeii OF the corps. e-garde ringing franti-
cally at the same time; the shrieks and groans
OF the dying and wounded. who struggled pain
fully from under the debris OF the demolished
guard. ROOM or lay helplesSly crushed beneath
them (sixty-seven persons in all ~ lastly the
SUDDEN report that one OF the three carpenters
In whose room the explosion was discovered to
nave taken place was miSsing,-all this must
have combined into scene OF uproar and
terror not easily matched outside OF b.
about the missing carpenter, which was speed
lily confirmed, restored some degree OF order
and composure, BY giving definite object to
tne nltnerto almleas search and random sur
misses OF the panicstricken inmates 1t was
soon evident that this man, and no other had
been the doer He had been seen in tho base
ment ana IN his room quarter OF an hour be-
In the dark at something or other by one of his
comrades. who on entering had offered to strike
light, but had been roughly prevented by
Him; and from that moment the carpenter had
entirely disappeared. Further inquiries showed
that this person, who called himself Batyshkof,
had been employed In the palace over six
months, and, while he approved him self a we'll
behaved, thorough workman, had been noticed
by his companions and superiors as man OF
education, highly intelligent, and fully capable
OF taking q plan and making a correct draw
ing: About a month before the explosion he
had brought heavy chest and placed 1t In his
room, and, on being asked what he did 1t fer,
had jestingly answered that he meant to hoard
treasure from his earnings In the palace.
subsequent Investigations and various discoy-
eries,-such as cleverly- sketched plan OF the
winter Palace. on which were some words in
his handwriting, his Identification by witnesses
from photograph, etc proved beyond a
doubt that tle supposed Batyshkoff was no
other than khaltourln a notorious revolution
list, who. under the greatest variety OF aliases,
and as far back as 1875 and 1876 had been ply
Ing an active agitation among the working
classes, and organizing the secret association
Known under the name OF Northern Work
1ngmen'S League" he was specially fitted for
this circle OF action, being himself one OF the
working class and BE- birth peasant, VINO, by
seil-e0ucatl0n and course OF studies In {.
technical schooi, had qualified himself for the
part OF leader. He was never found after his
ui.appearance from the palace, ana ons cannot
Deip wishing ne may have effected tlnal e3
cape, when one knows that he Was in the gripe
OF foe es impIacaole as human Justice. On
sumption, which In our chimes seldom gives
long respites to Its Victims He had b zen tax
ing OF going south, and seems also to have hal
Vasue intention OF making his way to America
10 found Or join some agricultural colony on
socialtsttc principles,
1t was. OF course. not for one moment sup
posed that this attempt, planned as it was on
So glganuc scale. with such far-reachlng fore
sight, executed with such unexampled daring
ana 1niallible precision, should have been the
Isolated deed OF one fanaCical schemer. Its
connection with the vast terrorlsLic system,
0y the concatenation in which 1t was proved to
stand with certain other facts, revealed short
tme Delore; but not yet fully explained, facts
wMch, oy the light now shed on them. stood
Iorta In their full significance, too obvious to
need more than recording, in order TO bring the
last crime home to the central Influence from
when SO many others had emanated. 1t is now
that the name Of Kviatkovsky first becomes CON
sspicuous. Until the very moment OF his arrest.
this remarkable man. one Of the s'master,
spirits" and motive powers of the whole engine.
nad coRtriVed to escape notoriety which must
nave deprived the party OF one OF its most gifted
leaders, and had worked steadily and coYertIy
In the dark, participating, indeed, In ali the
more important Vaccinations, putting In an
appearance az Lfpetsk, but reservlng to himself
more especially the handling OF that Chief lever
OF all, the secret press, whose discovery and
suppression quickly followed his arrest and
the search Instituted In his lodgings as early as
the 9th OF December Gath OF NoYembar), 1879.
Some articles produced by this search were
deemed, not unreasonably, to be conclusive
evidence OF his completely In his party's crown
Ing act OF frenzy. Yet Kviatkovsky himself
from reasons difficult to fathom, SAL tlt utterly
10 oeny 10 the last having been concerned In
tnls particular act, or having had previous
hn0Wieoge OF IT, even while protesting that he
had no hopes that such denial could save. his
nte, winch ne admitted to be forfeited on many
otner grounds, each OF them sufficient to ses
his doom. IL Is hardly to be supposed that so
clear. headed man should have expected mis-
Word 10 prevail against such cIrcumstantial
evidence as the following articles found Io his
own room: QD plan, very correctly drawn
nom memory, of the Winter Palace with some
words and short notes proved to be In Khal-
tourin's writing, and found crumpled up on the
moor In corner, amid heap of Waste-paper:
~ three portable mines, complete and re idy
1or use; and (3) pasSpOr, under the name OF
BatouTin, one OF Khalto urin'S well known
aliases Yet he persisted In his most Ia :redi-
Ole statement that he knew nothing Of the
plan until 1t was found in his room, and that
he mad not the remotest suspicion by whom it
could have been brought or left there; that the