The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-02
FORETOLDH HIS DEATH
Last April Premier Stambuloff
Named the Men Who
Would Kill Him.
AN INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR
Details Of the Plot Delivered to
Diplomatic Agents Of the
Powers.

NEW 1ORk, aug. S.-1u0 SWIttueSS
of the European press to charge
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgar a with in.
stIgating the assassination OF Stephen
Stambuloff is explained by q re;Arka-
Bile interview which appears n the
German and Austrian newspapers.
This interview was given by Stambu-
loft last April, and IN it he foretold his
death, named the men who would as.
sassinate' him, indicated clearly the
criminal neglect of the police, and laid
the blame at the door Of the Coburg
prince. The interview vas given to an
editor of the Cologne Gazette, and wa
sent by him from Sofia to his chief.
who is a moment Of excessive careless
ness, placed the manuscript in
a pigeon hole, where it remained
until the news Of the assassination was
flashed through Europe. Then, after
two days deliberation, the editor-in-
chief of The Gazette published the
Bulgarian's forecast. The matter has
more than passing interest, for, as the
Vienna New Free Press says, the muir
der at Sofia has shot q fame of fire far
up from the European horizon and has
given rise already to hasty agreements
of the powers to meet an unexpected
crisis in the East.
at this time," said Stambuloff on the
April afternoon, when the Cologne ed
itor entered his study. II was think
ing of requesting you to call on me
today, for l have a few important
things to say to you. But, first, read
this telegram of generalization that l
am going to send to Bismarck and then
translate it into German"
After speaking o little further of the
telegram, Stambuloff said:
However, let that pass. I had some
thing else in my mind when you came.
! am to be murdered soon."
p The correspondent suggested that the
ex-premier had been made nervous by
the solicitude Of his friends, and that
the rumors of plots had been current
ever since his fall.
You think that nothing will happen
because nothing has happened, but
that is poor logic. This time the COM
bination is too strong and I cannot but
believe that serious business is ahead.
Everything takes time. Of course, but I
learn from my friends that things are
now about ripe for action"
Bulgarians . Savage People.
The correspondent was skeptical.
How could Stambulof be assassinated
if the whole plot against him was al.
ready known and ready to be unfolded
to the police?
That is the true European! You
people a live among US Bulgarians,
10. 20 or 80 years without understand.
ing that we are a savage people, with
all a savage peoples good and bad
qualities. When, in 1876, we planned
our first revolt against Turkey, all Bull
garia knew Of it. Only the Turks re-
manned in blissful ignorance until the
day when we cut off q dozen Turkish
heads.
Named tho Assxssius.
Stambulof went ON to say that the
friends Of Major Panitza, who had been
executed at Stambuloff's instance for
causing the assassination of Belcheff,
were vel then conspiring to take his
life. Beltchef had been killed by mis-
take, and Stambuloff's blood was de-
manded by them q second time.
Tho band of assassins Of which I
speak," continued Stambuloff, ICON
sists of Rasaref, Haloff, Arnaut, Tu.
fektchief aud some others. Tufekt-
chief was sentenced in Constantinople
to is years imprisonment for killing
DIR. Vulkovitch, who was murdered in
the street by the hired assassins Of
Russia, but he roams about unmolested
here, and has even received a post on
the railway works.
To-day I shall put on paper all the
details of the plot. Copies of this doc
ument will be delivered to you and to
all the diplomatic agents Of the powers.
On each envelope will be the words:
Mot to be opened till after my
death" 49,,
Thus the world shall learn how
faithful service is rewarded in Bull.
garia."