The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-14
Plainly Shown in the Recent Attempt
on the Life Of the
Gar.
A Mysterious Guest on Gala
Occasion, Armed With a
Revolver.
Only the Vigilance OF Onicers Kept Him
From Getting Shot at
short Range.

LONDON. April 13.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph wires
from st. Petersburg the following as
founding communication, which appeared
IN that paper:
"On recent morning n fresh attempt on
the life Of the czar was frustrated, whether
by mere accident or by the ceverness of
the police is uncertain. The 25th of March
in the Russian calendar is one of the great
est holidays of the year. 1t is also n great
feast day with the Imperial Horse guards
and the Cavalier guards, which it is Gus
tomary for the czar and czarina, their
respective chiefs, to review in
the riding school opposite the pal
ace of the Grand Duke Nichols. Except
the members of the imperial family, no one
is admitted to this review without special
invitation issued personally and by name by
an aide-de-camp of either regiment The
number is limited to people known to the
aides-de-camp or the officers of the regi
ment. All the military appear in gala uni
form and citizens in evening dress.
''There are two small stands erected on
either side of the portal through which the
czar and czarina enter. They are occu-
pied by the guests in the order of their ar
rival. Those who stand at the end near the
door are in very close proximity to his
majesty as he walks into the riding school,
and he approaches this entrance twice dur
ing the review.
SAT 1920 o'clock man of middle height
and sallow complexion, Of southern type,
presented a ticket and took seat at the ex-
treme end, where the distance between the
czar and himself would not be more than
five paces
'The fact that this man was the first to
arrive. that he took this particular stand
and did not divest himself of his greatcoat,
aroused suspicion. His card of invitation
was examined and doubts arose as to wheth-
or ticket had been issued to any person of
his name.
. He was then requested to remove his
Rreatcoat. At frt he begged to be excused,
on the ground that there were very strong
draughts IN the riding school, which was
true, but Immediately afterwards he con-
ssnted and retired to an anteroom for the
purpose of taking it off.
"Here he was arrested by detective DO.
lice officer in plain clothes and conducted
quietly to prison, where Smith 81 Wesson
revolver WAS found in his pocket, together
with globule containing what was sup
posed to be some powerful poison which the
prisoner whose name, real or assumed, is
Skeamelkln, declared to be merely a we'll
known medicine.
about three-quarters of an hour after
tie arrest of Skeameikin the czar made his
appearance walking slowly up the passage
between the stands whore, had not the
would-be assassin been removed in time.
his majesty must surely have been killed.
The correspondent goes on to say: II
have just heard, but do not know whether
the statement is worthy of credence or not,
that the police expected tho arrival of
Skeameikin, although his whereabouts was
unknown. He is said to have come from
some provincial city for the special pur-
pose of attempting the life of the czar, and
the plot is believed to be continuation of
the conspiracy founded by Sophia Guns
barpo