The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-20

| lutlOniStS were not slow to appreciate
| the advantage which such an acces-
sion to their ranks would give them
and promised the young hoffman that
! if he would consent to become mi
! tiated into the brotherhood they would
| adopt any desperate means that could
| be proposed 10 accomplish his desires.
He replied that he was willing TO SUBJ
NIT to any conditions that they might
propose and forthwith became MEN,
Der of the society
Once in their hands the young man
found that he, like the other blind
tools of this dreadful Nemesis of the
Russian Government. had to accept
and obey orders which when once is
sued were as imperative as those of
the Gar. The young girl. OF whose
whereabouts and fate the organization
was as well posted as were the officers
of the Government, still fingered, he
was informed, in the Odessa prison,
but would shortly leave via the Trans
caspian railway for the Siberian from
tier in company with some other ex-
lies who We're TO start out on their
dreary journey somewhere about the
time of the vernal equinox. 1t was
then that the desperate plan was con-
ceived by which the Nihilists hoped to
fulfill their part of the contract by
rescuing the young lady. intending to
subsequently smuggle her out OF the
country in one of the numerous foreign
vessels touching at the Black sea
ports. The original programme did
not include the wreckage of the train,
which was to have been brought TO
standstill in the middle of the tunnel
by the engine driver, who was men,
Der of the brotherhood. Owing to an
accident, however, their calculations
In this particular were upset by the
substitution of another driver in the
place of the one they had expected
would have charge of the train. To
make matters worse. not more than a
third of the number originally de-
puted TO take part in the rescue
were able to reach the spot in time,
owing to the precautions it was
necessary to take in order to escape
the vigilance of the police. The re-
manning seventeen, among whom was
the aristOcratic lover, eXasperated to
almost madness at the prospect of fail
ing In the enterprise, decided TO adopt
the most desperate means to consum-
mate their purpose. deciding that in
case those they sought to deliver were
killed it would still be better than the
horrible doom which inevitably await
ed them of being buried for the rest of
their lives in the depths of the Siber-
ian mines.
Led by one of their number who had |
been connected with the construction |
of the road this desperate party, dis |
guised as wOrkmen, found their way |
into the tunnel without arresting the |
attention Of the officials of the road. |
Here their work of tearing up the rails
was speedily accomplished. after |
which the Nihilists took up their posi-
ton in the rear TO await the effects of |
their work. The train duly came |
along, struck the place which had |
been prepared for it. and, owing to !
the velocity with which it was going.
the hinder cars literally telescoped
those in front of them. producing
death and confusion everywhere. 1t
was at this moment, without needing
the cries of the wounded and dying,
that the Nihilists commenced to search
for those they wanted The search
brought them little satisfaction. Al
ter seeking the young woman on
whose account the terrible crime had
been committed for some considerable
time they found her. shackled 10 an
other female prisoner, but crushed al
most beyond recognition. By this
time the frightened passengers and Of
ficials had recovered themselves, and,
as many OF them were armed.
they determined to make a
desperate fight for it. The idea
prevailed that the attacking party
were band Of robbers. a supposition
by the fact of their going {
rom car to car apparently in search J..
If some person they desired to plumber.
The passengers and officials who re- q
NAMED unhurt outnumbered the Nj {
lilist party about three to one, and 9
lfter desperate fray, lasting about {
lalf an hour, fought amid the dark {
less OF the tunnel and rendered dOubly [
appalling by the heartrending cries of {
hose who had been wounded by the ]
the latter were completely :
'vermastered. The greater part of :
he number were mortally wounded, 4
mong them being the young noble r
nan. Z
None of the Nihilists escaped. those {
rho were not wounded or killed heinz q