The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-26
PLAN TO KILL
CAR UNCOVERED
Curious Story From Sevastopol
of Plan That Was
Fooled.

! In spite of the veil of mystery which
the authorities have sought to throw
over the affair, have just been able to
ascertain the particulars of plot which
was in preparation month ago against
the life of the Car, writes the London
Telesraph's Sevastopol correspondent
On the railway from loSOva to St
VastopOl, over which their Imperial
Majesties would have to travel on then
journey from Spala to the Crimea, there
exists IA series OF tunnels, the last of
which is some LOGO yards long. AT the
entrance, on the SavastopOl side, is a
pipe of cast iron, which is used to car
~ away the surface water, and thus
protect the tunnel against deteriora-
ton through moisture.
A fortnight before the arrival of the
TSor and Tsaritsa, and before the line
was yet guarded by the detachments of
troops Always employed FOR the pro-
lection Of the Imperial party while on
railways journey, people VINO happen
ed to be working in the vicinity noticed
Il student, who must be spoken of at
present as *, belonging to the
University of MOSCOW, and the son of a
post captain of the Black Sea fleet.
Nearly every day this young man was
observed to be digging up the ' earth
close to the tunnel and the water-pipe |
nave
At first little attention was paid to his
movements, as 1t was thought that he
was merely digging for worms to be
used In fishing. Rumors about the la
bors Of NJ. X, however. happened to
reach the ears of a colonel of gen.
darmes, who having presentiment
that" some criminal deed was In prog
ress. proceeded to the spot with his men.
On the approach Of gendarmes, the
student threw down the short spade
with which he was digging and bolted.
This rash act on his part confirmed the
suspicious of the police. one of them
ran after the fugitive and arrested him.
AT the same time 1t was discovered
that n section of the cast-iron water
pipe two arschines (tiftysix inches) in
length and of considerable diameter had
been extracted from the ground, filled
With explosives, and re-buricd more
deeply in the direction of the tunnel.
Next day this mine was exploded with
frightful effect in a field at Sevastopol
in the presence of the police and judi
cial authorities. Experts give 1t as their
opinion that If the attempt had been
carried to its contamination not only
the Imperial train, but the tunnel itself,
would have been destroyed.
Very active Investigations are now
being conducted in the South of Rus
sia and at Moscow, and n large number
of arrests have been made.
In connection with this terrible plot
which happily has been detected in
time, a certain fact which, perhaps, has
something to do with it, is worthy of
mention. In the course of the inquiry at
Rome into the assassination of the late
King Humbert it was found that the in
ternational group of anarchists to
which the reglcide Bresci belonged had
projected two further murders, those
OF the Emperor William and of the
Gar. The inquiry, however, failed to
ascertain the dates fixed for these
crimes. This discovery. the details of
which, az / happen to know, We're relat-
ed to "A Russian professor by person
age occupying "A very high position in
italy Is regarded as mertlng attention.
The watch kept over the Car has been
increased in vi"ilanCe In consequence
in fact the regulations governing ad-
mission into Livadia and into the other
places of residence of their Imperial
Majesties are now far more stringent
than have ever before been In force.