Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-09
4 Polish Clergyman Is Muir
dered, Probably by Com
mon Highwaymen,
FOR FUNDS OF HIS CHURCH.
The Four AsSaSsinS Pursued by
Peasants and Are Shot Down,
TWO BY THEIR OWN RED HANDS.
English Diplomats Cutwitted in the
Egyptian Question.
NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS

BERLIN, April S-The latest story of
the supposed Anarchist outrage comes from
Inwrazlaw in Posen. DR.. Poninsky, a
high Polish ecclesiastic, was assassinated
by four men, all four of whom fired at him
with revolvers. The Doctors body was
riddled with bullets and he died almost in
stantlv.
DR.. Poninsky was sitting In a room when
he four assaSsins appeared at the house and
requested to see him. They were ushered
nto the presence of the aged doctor, who
asked them their business. In reply he
vas handed a red card, on which was
printed command, signed by <he "Com-
mittee of the Polish Anarchists" calling
upon him to surrender all the money he
lad in his possession for the benefit of the
Anarchists The card stated that if he re-
fused to obey the command he would be
killed. From his position in the church
Dr. Poninsky had intrusted to him large
sums of money, and this fact was appar-
emily well known and taken advantage of
by the Anarchists.
How the Murder Was Committed.
DR.. Poninskv, who was very infirm from
age was terribly startled at the import of
the message. He ran 10 a window and
Jumped to the garden. The Anarchists fol-
lowed him to the window, and before he
could reach place of safety they poured a
vollev of bullets into his body from their
revolvers. He fell dead.
The assassins then fled, but the alarm was
even and the owner of Koscieleg Castle, a
lrother Of DR. Poninsky, and 20 others, at once
armed themselves, and, mounting horses,
srted in pursuit of the murderers.
They were soon overtaken BY the band of
rursuers. 4 desperate battle followed.
The pursuerS fired a vollev into the group,
nd one of the murderers fell dead. The
and then realized that their pursuers were
.rtermined to avenge the death of DIR.
T0uinskv, and one OF them, seeing that all
Lone OF escape was cut off, turned his
weapon against himself and blew out his
rains The remaining two fired upon their
rursuerS, again hitting none of them, and
they were replied to with another volley
mat killed another of them. Then the
.nurth man, rather than surrender, shot and
Eilled himself.
Anarchist Literature on the Bodies.
The bodies were searched, and on each of
them was found a red ticket, on which was
printed the words: Execution Committee
Of the Polish Anarchists" DR.. Poninsky
without doubt, had by his utterances or
actions incurred the enmity of the Anarch-
lists, and the four men were unquestionably
appointed by the Central Anarchist body to
murder him.
II appears from the letters that the An
archists in Poland are thoroughly organ
lied, and have a central committee whose
instructions are implicitly obeyed. The
letters also, it is stated, refer indirectly to
similar organizations in Austria and in
other European countries. The case has
aroused the greatest interest among the
Berlin authorities, and special detectives
have already been dispatched to ascertain
whether there is any understanding or unity
Of action between the Anarchists of Prus-
sian Poland and those in other parts of Ger
many.
The Assassins Came From Berlin.
The authorities at koscieleg have made
an investigation into the affair, and have al
ready learned that the four men were resi-
dents Of Berlin, and that they came to Kos
cieleg purposely to murder DIR. Poninsky.
The names OF two of the men were Pelawski
and [ rbauiak. Some persons claim that the
men were nothing but common robbers, who
took advantage of the prevailing feeling ex-
cited bv the Anarchist outrages to prepare |
the cards tor the purpose of frightening DIR. |
Poninskv into surrendering his money to
them They claim it is hardly reasonable |
10 suppose that the Committee of Polish |
Anarchists" if there is such body, would |
send four men to rob and murder an old |
man, when one, or at the most two, could |
have committed the crime equally well, |
with far less chance of detection.
The whole affair seems to have been |
bUnglingly arranged from the first, and none |
OF the facts thus far learned go to contra |
diet the assertion that the Anarchists are |
made TO bear the obloquy of crime of |
which they know nothing.
The authorities are, however, searching |
in every direction, and if it should prove |
true that the four assassins were really |
Anarchists it is thought the whole band of |
CoHspirators will soon be arrested.
Anarchists in Paris and Vienna.
A dispatch from Paris says: The execu- i
lion Of Lieutenant Anastay, who murdered 1
the aged Baroness Dellard in December last, |
Is fixed for . o'clock tomorrow morning |
Anastay will be guillotined in La Roquette |
prison, the authorities having rejected the
petitions in favor of execution bv |
shooting, on the ground that Anastay COM
mitted crime against the common law and |
was tried by an ordinary tribunal
Deibler the chief executioner, has re-
ceived a number of threatening letters from
Anarchists. The approaches to La Roquette
will be strongly guarded
A dispatch from Vienna saws: Great ex-
citement was created here to-day by another
fire. A mansion on the Ring
strasse was reported to be in flames, and
W hen the police and firemen fastened to the
place, they found every evidence that the
fire was the work of Anarchists The
flames had already got considerable head
way, but the fremen succeeded by extraor-
binary exertion in preventing the spread of
what had threatened to be a coufagration.