Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-29
.ASSASSINATED BY BOMB
RUSSIAN MINISTER OF lNTE.
RloR INSTANTLY KILLED.
Assassin Is Arrested-6ig Chicago
Firms Ready to Make Terms
Russian Defeat at Ta.Tehe. kiao--
Noted Archbishop Coming.

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Firms Ready to Make Terms
Russian Defeat at Ta.Tche kiao-
Noted Archbishop Coming.
Russian Minister Of the Interior vo
Plehye was assassinated at ST. Pc
tefshurg yesterday morning Will
driving to the Baltic station 10 vlsi
the Peterhof. 4 bomb was throw
under the minister's carriage, com
pletely shattering IL, NJ. Won Plehv
WAS terribly mangled. The coach
mans body was "A shapeless heap b.
the roadside. The wounded and mad
dened horses with part OF tn
wrecked carriage, ran untA the.
dropped exhausted IN the highway.
The news Of the tragedy spread lik
wildfire throughout the city, CAUSING
CONSERVATION everywhere. Police re
serves were hurried 10 the scene from
I all parts Of the city. and various de
partments were instantly notified.
The prefect of police notified III,
emperor of the tragedy immediately
upon the occurrence. His majesty
7 who was at the Villa Alexander, al
I Peterhof, was greatly affected by tht
news, coming as Il did on top Of bad
I tldings from the seat Of war; fears OF
] lllAtINdAlulidl tbilililNdLlpll5s anu tllt
strain incident upon the hourly eX-
peetation Of the birth of an heir. The
emperor almost broke down when in
formed of the minister's murder.
The tragedy occurred at a sharp
turn In the road where, as the assas-
sin evidently foresaw, the coachman
was obliged TO drive slowly When
the carriage slowed down. the Internal
machine was thrown with deadly ac-
curacy, and the explosion was ter
rife practically annihilating the
woodwork OF the carriage. The horses
tore on. dragging the axle and front
wheels. The animals, though infu-
riated by the wounds they had sus-
tanned. had not galloped far before
they fell with pools of blood under
them The minister's servant, who
was also on the carriage box, was
badly wounded Two officers driving
by In a cab We're injured by flying
splinters. The assassin himself was
wounded In one eye. He fled but was
overtaken and arrested. He is said 70
be Jew, but his name is withheld.
The first hurried investigation of the
police seems to connect the crime
with plot frustrated by an explosion
at the Hotel Du Nord. April l3, in
which Karanon, one of the conspira
tors, was killed by the accidental ex-
plosion of an Internal machine which
at the time. it was said, was intended
for Won Plehye.
Won Plehve was on his way to
Krasnoye Selo, 16 miles southwest of
st. Petersburg. where the Grand Duke
Nladimir's birthday was to be cele-
brated. He was appointed minister
OF the interior April is, 1902, sue
ceeding NJ, Sipiaguine, who was as
sassinated April 16. 1902, by a stu
dent named Baleonaneff. He had
formerly been director of the depart
ment Of police, which position he
practically assumed Of his own ac-
cord when in charge Of the depart
ment of political prosecutions. Ow-
ing TO the incompetency of the official
In charge of the police when Emperor
Alexander III was killed, March 13,
1881, Won Plehye conducted the pros
ecution of the regicides and after
wards reorganized the police. From
that time on his power increased until
it became only second in Importance
to that of the emperor Several plots
to assassinate the minister have, ac-
cording TO reports, been discovered
during the past two years, which pc
riod has been marked by strong po-
ilIlCal rivalry between lilt lHlSiloi
and the former minister of
finance, NJ. Witte, now president of
the committee Of ministers. Won
Plehve was not a scholar but from
his youth had been brought up in Off
cial circles and slowly but surely
pushed himself ahead At the time
Of his death he was about Sc years
DID.
He is said to have regarded the
common people as either dangerous
criminals to be repressed or inno-
aents to be ignored. He was largely
If Polish blood. 1t is alleged, no man !
n Russia has so signaliZed himself |
or severity against the Firms as Won |
alehve. He was regarded in many |
Ways as the power behind the throne |
md was dreaded on account OF his /
of the third (secreD section I
# the police, and also owing to the |
act that he controlled the press of /
Russia through the censors, who, il
las been understood, did NJ Won
'lehves bidding without question.