The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-22
KNEW HIS DOOM
StambulOff Aware There
Was a Conspiracy.
Wrote a Letter Telling Of the
Plans of Pl0tterS.
The Trial of the Alleged Assassins
Has Begun in Sofia,

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 22.-The trial OF
the persons accused Of the murder OF ex-
Premier STAN ouloff, who was stabbed and
otherwise wounded In the streets OF this |
city on July IS, 1895, resulting In his
death on July IS, was formally opened In |
the court house, before q mixed tribunal, |
yesterday, and was continued today. Inc
accused are: Boni Georgeir, aged "a,
native of Dobrutclia and former servant
of Major Pantiza; Atzon, q Maacedonfan,
aged 33, the coachman who drove Stam-
buloff from the Union Club; Naum Tuff-
ektcbien, an employe In the building OF
the ministry Of public works here, and q
brother of Dimitri Tuffektchieff, who died
in prison, as the enemies of stambuion
assert, as a result OF tortures inflicted oy
the direction Of the late Prime Minister.
Dimitri Tuffketchieff was accused OF
completely In the murder OF M. Beltchen,
the minister of finance, who wss sssassi-
mated in the street in the presence OF M.
stambuloff (for whom he was mistAken)
on March 2S, 1891. The court house was
strongly guarded by gendarmes ano the
general public was excluded from the
building. The letter written by the MUIR
dered statesman to friend some three
months before his death was read by the
Judge amid profound d silence. The letter
says:
On March, Is, 1895, there came to the
house of M. Stawkow one Zachariew from
| Samakow, and I1formed him that Nat
schew,tsch aud Tuffekchieff had formed
xuh hn - n
| under any circumstances try to murder
me. These robbers are sheitered In the
hotel of the Brothers Iwanowi and in the
| esta blishment of Robtscheto. Natschew-
itsch has promised the murderers that In
the event of their capture, they will not
he condemned to death and that after
they have peen under arrest for year In
prison, hs will procure their pardon.
Natsche witsch gives Tufekschieff money
for the maintenance OF the ROBBERS.
Natschewitsch and Tufekschien meet
almost every evening and discuss the MUIR
der. Zachariew declares that letters have
already been sent to contdants In the
provience informing them OF the pro-
iected murder of Stambuloff and instruct
ing them, as soon as 1t has taken place,
to send to Sofia to the Prince and to
newspapers, kilograms expressing tneir
gratitude that the country has been freed
of the tyrant. The object OF these tee
grams Is to lessen the horror inspired oy
the vile murder and the effect IT might
cause. The abettofs of Nsum In the
murder are the brothers Minok and
Tascho Iwanowi. As both these criminals
are very cunning and as they know that
theyiwill be seized by the Judicial author
tiles and as they also do not trust to
Natschewit sch's promises they are DOW
taking steps to reconcile themselves with
me. As Intermediates they employ
Gatew, Garibow and Kalpakt. The
brothers Iwanowi urged that this recon
ciliation shall take place as soon 10 posi-
BILE, because apparently the time for tint
execution of the conspiracy has come
i ZaehaFiew further communicated tt
stawkow that q conspiracy is also or
foot against the prince, in which many
of the Sofia garrison are implicated.
Awrar, Stsnischew hiss informed M
Lukanow that one of the secret polic
ager Is of the capital told him OF the plsi
to murder Stnmbuloff by means OF N
Tufektchied's band, and also told hin
that the police Of the capital are helpinl
the band by communicating to then
wbea and whittier Stsmbuloff gees.
stanischew, who Is a friend Of Mace
donian from Debra. q companion O
I Bone Georgiew from the Debra jail, tol
{ Lukanow that he, too. was aware that th
J, band had been for med to murder Stan
buloG.
J. Nsum TuffeKtsc hien, the murderer {
. Peltschew and wulkowitsch, has bee
srecislly appointed to the department.
section OF the study OF the central raj
way so that he may be in Sofia with noti
ing to DO, and may thus be able to o.
cupy himself with the direction OF n
band. As soon ss the affair Is arrange
4 he will leave sofia In order to be here
the day of the murder. This projecte
murder Ia also known to Rstscho Pc
row.
These statements I have written
order thst IL may be known that the pls
OF the murderers was known to me an
J. thar sooner or later my friends and chill
= rem may demand th,ir punishment.
W sixnod) ;. STAMBuLoFF.
Sofls, March 10, 1895.