Evening star., 1896-12-22
Trial Of the Suspected Marderera Of
Stambuloff.
HIS Ante -MORfEM STATEMENT
Details of the Plan of Assassina-
ton.
\ MOST BRUTAL GRIM E

| SOFIA, Bulgaria December 22.-The trial
| Of the persons accused of the murder of
| cx-Premier Stambouloff, who was stabbed
| ard otherwise wounded in tine streets of
| this city July 1J, 1885. resulting in his
| death on July Is, was formally opened IN
the court hor Sc before a mixed tribunal
yesterday and was continued today.
The accused are Boni Georsieff. aged
thirty-four native of the pebur.cha and a
former servant of Maj. Panitza, Atzoff "a
Macedonian, aged thirty-three, the coach
man who drove staInboulof from TIE
Union Club to the scene OF the crime;
Naum Tuffektchieff, an employe in the
building department of the ministry of
public works here and brother of Minitri
Tuffektchieff. who died in prison, as the
enemies of Stamhouloff assert. as a result
of tortures indicted by the direct order of
the late prime minister.
Dimitti Tuffektchieff was accused of
completely in the murder of NJ. Beltcheff
the minister of finance, who was assassi
mated in the street in the presence of NJ
stambe uloff (for whom he was mistakenD
on March Is, 1891.
The court house was strongly guarded by
gerdarmes and the general public was ex-
cluded frcm the building.
The following letter written by the mur-
oered statesman to a friend some three
moi tbs before his death. was read by the
Judge amid profound silence:
''The Plan for Ny AssassinatlOn."
81. On March Ii, 1893, there came to the
house OF NJ. Stawkow. Oh. Zachariew from
Samakow. and informed him that Mats
cEewitsch and Tufektsc hiew had formed
hand of from ten TO fifteen men,w would,
under any circumstances try to murder me.
These robbers sheltered in the hotel of
the Brothers Iwanowi. and in the establish
nient of Robtscheweto. Natschewitscn has
promised the murlerers that, in the event
of tEeir ce pture. they will not be condemn
eo TO death. and that after they have been
VI der arrest for a year in PRISON, he will
procure OF the prince their pardon.
Natschewitsch gives y. Tufektschi hiew
money for the maintenance of the robbers.
NatcheWitsch and TEfektschiew meet al
most every evening and discuss the. murder.
ch- Za2hariew declares that letters have
already been sent 10 confidants iii the pro-
vinces informing them of the projected
murder of Stambuloff, and instrueting
them. as soon as it has taken place, to
send to Sofia to the prince and the news
papers teiesrams expressing their gratitude
that the country had been freed of the
tyrapt. fhe object Of these kilograms is
TO lessen the horror inspired by the vile
murder a-a the effect it might cause The
abettors of Naum in the murder are the
brothers Minko and Tascho Iwanowi Both
these criminals are very cunning. and as
N4iey MUM llidt tHty VIII lie seized by the
Judicial authorities. and as they also do not
trust to Natschewitsehs promises. they are
row taking steps to reconcile themselves
With me- As Intermediates they are en-
pioying Gatow, Garibow and Ealpakts-
CHEW. The brothers I. and NJ Iwano.i
urge that this reconciliation shall take
place as soon as possible. because appar-
entity, the time for the execution of the
conspiracy has come.
"Ch- Zachariew further communicated to
stawkow that conspiracy is also on loot
AGAINST the prince, in which many officers
OF the Sofia garrison are implicated
Awram Stanischew has informed NJ Ii
LukdnoW. that one of the secret police
agents OF the capital told him of the ilan
10 murder Stambulon by means of N Tu-
fektschiews band, and also told him that
the police of the capital are helping tna
band by communicating ID them when and
whittier Stambuloff goes out
Ola Stanischew, who is friend Of a
Macedonian from Debra, a conpar:ou of
Bone Georgiew from the Debra Gaol. tola
Lukanow that he too, was aware that the
band had been formed TO murder Stam-
buloff and he begged that the fact might
be made known to Stambuloff, so that the
latter might take care
Naum Tufektschiew, the murderer of
Beltschiew aud Wukowwitsch. has been
specially appointed to the departmental
section for the study of the central rail-
way, so that he may be in Sofia with
nothing to DO, and may thus be able to oc-
cupy himself with the direction of the
rand AS soon as the affair is well ar
rarged he will leave Sofia, in order not to
be here on the day of the murder
rms projected murder is also known to
Retsche Petrow
hese statements I have written in or
der that 1t may be known that the plan of
the nurderers was known to me, and that.
sooner or later, my friends and nv chill
| dren may dlmand their punishment
(Signed) IS STAMRI-I oE,E-
Sofia, March 16 1895"
Extremely Brutal Murder
The murder of VI. Stambulof was brutal
IN the extreme. He was stabbed, shot.
hacked and beaten in d most terrible man
ner by tis assailants. who stopped his car
riage while he was returning home, during
the evening of July l., from the Union