The morning call., 1894-11-02

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ments found in the house of the noblemaD,
Alexander Michaeloff, several months be-
lore, In which he, together with a gradu-
ated student named Trogoni, who was
captured In his company, was designated
as person deep in the counseIs OF the
nIhlliSt party. The preparation of bombs
was conducted by the latter, who had
made special study of explosive mate
rial, and had the assistance of a practical
chemist named kbaltchich. This man was
detailed for this service, and extraordinary
technical ability was shown in the fabrI-
cation of the hand-greuades and of the ex-
plosive substances discovered in the Gar
den-street mine and in the houses of the
arrested consprators. The explosives were
tested by their. makers in a lonely spot
near the ty.
The bomb which caused the Cars death
was probably of the same pattern as
number of others which were found in a
room where the confederates cOngregated.
Jewess named Missy Helfmann occupied
this room with Nicholas Sabliu, alias Fes-
senko NayrOtsky. This retreat was dis
covered by the police on the day of the
assassination and the woman arrested,
while her companion. Fesseuko, shot him.
self at the moment when the police broke
in.
The next most important member OF the
band after Jellaboff was a young woman
named Sophie PerOffskaya, who assumed
the direction Of the plot after Jeliaboff's
arrest. The police were already search
ing for this woman as an accomplice in the
Moscow railroad plot. Jelia boff had also
taken part in the laying of that mine.
Pero1fskaya, Jeliabotf and Heifmann had
all three stood judicial trials for treason.
The perpetrators Of the deed were ap-
pointed from the novices in the party, and
were not informed what was expected of
| them until the plans were matured. The
thrower of the first bomb was student
in the school of mines of the name of
| Ryssakoff. Russians were chosen for the
murderous deed in preference to Poles
and Jews, who were eager to DO the work.
There were forty-seven persons that
volun teered to execute the crime
Ryssakoff was a native of the district of
NOvgorod. He had gained admission to
the mining Institute, which is usually diff
cult TO obtain, by means of letter of
recommendation from Prince WolkODski,
formerly curator of the University of ST.
Petersburg, and proved good student. He
had attended the school two years and was
p years old. He had sought to associate
himself with the revolutionary party, and
was introduced in January to Jeliaboff,
who Initiated him into the work by en-
plOylng him to spread the rropaganda
am Ong workingmen and on account of his
poverty paid half of his living expenses.
The mine in Garden street was placed
under the pavement by tunneling from the
wall of cellar hired by man
named Kobizeff for the ostensible pur-
pose Of keeping cheese shop. The sus-
picions of the neigbborS were aroused by
the fact that KobiZeff and his wife did no
business, but had many visitors, and the
place was examined by city officials with
out discovering the mine. although the
wall was examined carefully. AS Kobizeff
ana his wife disappeared on the day of the
| murder, the suspicious of the police were
strengthened, and a more close search re-
vealed the opening leading to large de-
pository OF dynamite, sufficient to have
shattered the whole street.
Jeliabof, the agent of the revolutionary
executive committee, charged with their
decree of death against the Emperor, had
formerly been student in the university
of Odessa, from which he was expelled on
account of taking part in a demonstration
against one Of the professors. He married
a daughter of a city official, and was
brought before the courts of Russia ia
1872 as political agiiator. He was
charged, on his trial, with not only plan
ming the present mine. but with being the
author OF the mine under the Sebastopol
railway.
Sophie PeroffskaYa was already ia
nous person, and was the most remarked
of the regicides on account of her aris-
tOcratic origin. She was of noble birth,
and was the daughter of a Governor of a
province and niece of an army officer of
high rank. She had been several times
brought to trial, and had attracted much
notice in the trial Of the 1874 nihilists when
she narrowly escaped deportation. The
police were looking for her as suspected
accomplice of Hartman in the Moscow
railroad explosion. This woman had re-
ceived a superior education, and possessed
with her adventurous and fanatical bent
toward political conspiracy a high degree
of intelligence. She was living with Jelia-
6Off, and these two alone were informed
beforehand of the assassination plot, the
others &C ing simply under orders. Pc
roffskaya planned ana superintended the
execution of the plot, assigning their
places to Ryssakoff, Elnikoff, and perhaps
others who had uetards to cast in case the
first failed, placing the bombs in their
hands and giving the prearranged signal
to each with movements of her handker-
chief from the other side of the canal.
Sablin, or Fessenko. who committed
suicide in the place OF assembly for the
consplrators. was a noted nihilist. He
belonged to the Moscow group of nj
hiIisls of 1873, and before then was active
in st. Petersb burg, paying visit, with his
friend LissOgut. who was afterward exc
cuted, to the chief OF the party in Switzer-
land. On his return he obtained a posi-
tion as teacher in an orphan school through
nibilist friends in the municipal govern
mept. He was arrested in 1875, but re-
leased.
A man named Michaeloff was appre-
hended when entering the quarters in
Teleierskaya street after the police had
taken possession OF them. He was peas
ant, who had become mechanic.
For long time after his accession TO
the throne Alexander hesitated to face the
publicity of the coronation ceremony at
Moscow. 1t was not, in fact. until MAY
27, 1883, that the important ceremony
finally occurred.
From the beginning of the year the