Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-18
,ss,ss,N4rioN IN BULGARIA.

-,,ooJ CurdIing Details of Murder
ncunitzA on Election Day.
corresondent of the Vienna Freie
presse gives he following graphic
aooo,,ut Of the assassinasIons which took
'',aca at Dobnilza on the occasion OF the
elections:
~ pratect OF DObnltza summoned the
~ TO an electoral caucus. Some OF
40 electors began to shout I've DO not
,,'ort8ny elections! We Will not DO any
IN, 10 oppose RussiaW Deputy Gre
tp' NV then addressed the assem- bled
Sn,yd saving that it was desirable to
III nan men as would cast their vote
:! C,vnr OF the Prince determined upon by
russia. but who, at tue same time, would
atand no tor the independence and liberty
sSPulyaria. The cOngregated peasants
yroI,,d not he quieted, aud continued TO
shout. I'VE want no electionsW But the
dalegates from the city did not allow
.Nornselyes to be disturbed, and for two
hours the elections proceeded without
any further disorders.
Suddenly, however, turbulent crowd
of i've hundred peasants appeared upon
,he SCENE. Down with the Deputies ;"
,hsv shouted: - 1t was they who hurled
-. mo a conflict with Servia. They have
causeG US 10 pay the lmposLs, but RUSSIA
would not have compelled us to do So"
GrachOrov came forward to make another
address. but the peasants would not let him
ak. rney threw INTO the air the table
al which the Electoral Commission were
sittino and broke il into pieces. The
commissioners were obliged to make their
escane through the window, which was
siiuated behind the table where the votes
vere being counted. Three of them
Erachoroy. Zograv and Prof. Papuk-
cbipff-succeeded in taking refuge IN
npighboring house. A rabid crowd of
neasants endeaVored to follow them, but
The professor, revolver in hand, kept them
Of bay. Another deputy was fortunate
pnougb to escape. The authorize ssought
n restore order and Immediately dis
Matched eight soldiers on horseback to
6nell the disturbance. but these were
met by d volley OF stones and forced to
retreat.
Encouraged by their success the peas
ants proceeded in body to the house Of
the preect, Dimittiev. The wretched
official was dragged from his residence,
deDriyed of his clothes and money,
and then murdered with blows from
slaves and with knife thrusts. Amid
shouts. whistles and Imprecations his
body was dragged through several streets,
and finally hurled from a stone bridge
in the river. In the meanwhile portion
of the crowd had separated itself from the
main body ana made for the telegraph
office. The head official in charge, Bosh-
ntakOv, begged the invaders not to touch
the papers and money. The dispatches
and money are for poor soldiers-tor your
sons" he cried. But the robbers would
not be dssuaded from their purpose.
They robued the office and would have
burned it to the ground had not the inhabi-
tants of the neighDOring houses prevented
them from doing so.
The taste of blood had fired the bestial
Instincts OF the mob. There approached
Spy who had discovered the hiding
places OF Grechorov, Zograv and Papuck-
chief, and thither the crowd betook itself,
intmating that if the three would not
give themselves up they would set fire to
the house. The poor wretches according
" surrendered. First came PapuckchIeff.
The poor fellow, who had never taken a
part IN politics. and who had merely been
present to protect his friend Grechorov,
threw away his revolver and tried to calm
the mob. But he had scarcely opened his
mouth when the mob fell upon him and
literally backed HIM into pieces. Then it
was Zograv's turn. "Pardon me, Grecho-
row." he said; ''you have only one son,
but I have 6yeO GRrothers
spare me for the sake of my five little
Ones" Like wild beasts they attacked
him, threw him to the ground and drove
their knives into his body, and especially
into his face. They scooped out and
divided his brains, took out his eyes and
cut him in bits, shouting, "See, how the
fellow has fattened on our sweat; he is
latter than our swine!" Grechorov shared
his miserable fate.