St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-06-11
THE ATTEMPTED A SSA SSINA TON
OF THE CLARE WITCH.

Clark of East Peacham we are able
to present to our readers an extract
from the japanese press, giving an
authentic account of the recent at
tack on the Czarewitch of Russia,
who, with the Grecian Prince, was
travelling through Japan. This &C
count differs from all hitherto pub
lished and contains much news con-
corning the affair. 1t was sent from
Japan by Miss M. J. Clark, a mis-
sionary of the American Board who
went from Peacham to kumamotO.
Miss Clark who was in kyoto, when
the affair occurred, writes that this
much is authentic:"
On Monday, May II, at 2 O'Clock
p. M, as the Czarewitch, accom-
panied by his train, was leaving the
Otsu Kencho, a policeman suddenly
drew his sword and made a cut at
his head. The Prince, who is now
twenty-three years of age, drew back
at this and missed the full force of
the blow which otherwise might have
been fatal, and in doing so the jim
riksha in which he was riding over
turned and he fell out, injuring the
back of his head. The cut he received
on his head and forehead, making a
wound 7 inches long and 8 centime-
tres deep on the former, and one 2
inches long on the latter. Before the
policeman could make another cut,
Prince George of Greece, who was
Immediately behind the Czarewitch,
jumped out of his jinriksha and
struck the man with his cane, which
partly stunned him; jinriksha-man
then pulled his legs out from under
him, when he fell, and the sergeant
of-police came running up and cut
the would-be assassin on the left side
of his head and shoulder. He is now
confined in the Saibansho. His
wounds are said to be very danger
Gus. The Czarewitch Immediately
returned to the Kencho and had his
wounds dressed from thence he took
the train and returned to kyoto to
the Kyoto hotel. The assassin has
since died.
The policeman who made the at
tack is about 40 years of age, a ma
tive of the village Morihama, Goshiu,
and has been about eight years in the
police force of Otsu. We cannot
learn that any reason was given for
the attack. The man has the repu-
tation of being a very obstinate fell
low. By some it is surmised that he
was melted thereto by Nihilistic
agents, but considering how difficult
tn
into the interior, without attracting
attention, and that the man was
merely local policeman who might
or might not be called upon to take
part in the proceedings, and also the
obvious obstacles to foreigner con-
Quoting an intrigue of such a nature
in country town without being be-
trayed, it seems highly probable that
it was morbid craving for notori-
ETY., even at the expense of death,
which prompted the insane act.
Prince Kita Shirakawa and Count
Aoki, Foreign Ministers, arrived here
at noon on Tuesday MAY 12), and
the Emperor at 9.45 p. m. Counts
Ito and Kuroda arrived Wednesday
13th) morning.
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counts, does not seem to be in very
dangerous situation. He was at
tended by surgeons from the Russian
man-of-war and various surgeons
from Tokyo and this city.
On leaving Otsu two detachments
of troops were sent from the garrison
to accompany him to Kyoto, and
on his arrival here about 200 police
also followed him to the Kyoto hotel.
The militia then guarded him and
Russian and Japanese flags and Ian
terms were hung out in the streets in
its vicinity. Various messages of
coincidence were sent in to him and
members of the Kyoto Chamber of
Commerce sent him a box of cake
The Emperor accompanied him to
his man-of-war in Kobe on Wednes-
day (13th) afternoon. and returned
to Kyoto the next Thursday, 14th)
morning.