The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-09
THE GLARS ESCAPE
The Arrest of A WOuld-Like-Be
Assassin.
The Man by Some Mysterious Means Obtains
an Invitation to Review of Troops
"A Fortunate Discovery.
Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cable. I

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Cable
has again narrowly escaped assassination is
evident. The Daily Teiegrapb'S correspondent
in st. Petersburg wires an astounding story to
his paper which is published this morning The
news will cause all the more excitement be-
cause 1t has been repeatedly stated by author
ity'' recently that the Emperor has long ceased
to have any fear of political and SocalisIic
conspirators, .and that he appeared daily on the
streets without an escort and was enthu-
slastlcally resolved by his subjects. The cor
respondent thus relates the occurrence:
"On this Tuesday morning a fresh attempt
on the life OF the Car was frustrated, whether
by mere accident or by the cleverness of the
police is uncertain. Today is the 25ih of March
! IN the Russian calendar and one of the greatest
mondays OF the year. 1t is also a great feast
day with the regiments of the imperial horse
guards and the cavalier horse guards, whom it is
customary for the Gar and Czarian ard their
respective chiefs to review in the manage op
poslte the palace of Grand Duke Nicholas. Elk
cept members of the imperial family no one is
admitted to this review without special inyi-
tation, issued personally and by an aide-de-
camp OF either regiment. The number
is limited to people known to the aide
| de-camp or the officers of the regiments All
the military appear in gala uniform and civil
lans In evening dress. There are two small
through which the Car and Czarina enter
They are occupied by the guests in the order of
their arrival. Those who stand at the end near
the door are in very close proximity to his
majesty as he walks INTO the manage. He ap-
proacheS this entrance twice during the review
AT 1880 o'clock this morning d man of middle
height and sallow complexion of the southern
type, presented a ticket and took his place at
| the extreme end where the distance between
the Car and himself would not be more than
about five PAGES. The fact that this man was
the first to arrive; that he took this particular
stand and did not diveSt himself of his great
coat, aroused suspicion. His card of invitation
was examined and doubts arose as to whether
the ticket had been issued to any person of his
name. He was then requested to remove his
great coat. AT first he begged to be excused on
the ground that there were very strong draughts
in the manage, which was true, but Immediately
afterWard he consented and retired To
the ante room for the purpose of
taking it on. Here he was arrested
by detective police officer IN plain clothes and
conducted quietly to prison where Smith s.
Wesson revolver was found in his pocket to-
gether with globule containing what was sup
posed to be some poison, probably vitriol The
prisoner, whose II me, real assumed is
Skeamillin, claimed to be merely we'll
known doctor. About three-uuarters of an
made his appearance walking slowly up the
passage between the stands where had not the
Would-be assassin been removed in time his
majesty must have been killed.
The correspondent goes on to say: 81 have
just heard, but do not know whether the state
ment is worthy of credence or not, that the
police expected the arrival of Skeamikn al
though his Whereabouts was unknown He is
said to have come from some provincial citv
for the special purpose of attempting the life of
the Car, and the plot Is believed to be a con
tinuation of the conspiracy founded by Sophia
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