Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-28

St Petersburg, July %, 1885 a. M
Minister of the Interior Won Piehye
was assassinated this morning while
driving to the Baltic station to visit
the Peterhof.
A bomb was thrown under the min
listers carriage, completely shatterinsg
it. NJ. Won Plehye was terribly mar
gled.
The crime was committed at 10
O'Clock.
The coachman was killed and the
wounded and maddened horses dashed
wildly away, with the front wheels OF
the carriage, the only portion OF the
vehicle remaining intact. Immediate
" there ensued sdene of the Widest
confusion. Police and gendarnes hur-
ried up from every direction and vast
crowds gathered about the spot where
the mangled body Of the minister lay
weltering in his blood.
The Associated Press correspondent
was at the scene of the tragedy Within
Ave minutes after 1t occurred.
NJ. Won Plehye's body was lying in
the middle of the road. 1t had been
partially covered with police officers
Overcoat, with the left arm, the bone
of which was broken off, projecting.
al policeman came UP and raised the
overcoat in order to re-arrange It, re-
vealing for an instant the strong fea-
lures of the dead minister, whose head
was battered almost beyond recognd-
ton The roadway was strewn for
hundred yards with the wreckage OF,
the carriage and pieces of the red lin
ing of the minister's official overcoat.
A few yards from M. von Plehye,s
BODY lay a shapeless heap of the
coachman's remains.
The tragedy occurred on the Zalal-
Aronsd prospect. broad thorOughfare
leading up to the Warsaw depot,
whence the road turns sharply to the
left towards the Baltic railroad sta
don The exact spot at which the out
rage occurred is just before the bridge
spanning the circular canal on the
other side of which. both stations are.
situated
BOMB THROWER WAS POSTED.
The bomb thrower must have known
perfectly well that Minister Won
4 Plehve would pass this spot this morn
i ing, for the minister makes his report
to the emperor every Thursday.
The internal machine was thrown
with deadly accuracy, and the assas-
sin was favored by the fact that traf-
fic here is always of the heaviest, ow-
i ing to the crossing of lines of surface
cars and the continuous stream of
heavy trucks. M. Won Plehve was
always apprehensive of attempts upon
his life and used to drive as rapidly
as possible.
His coachman, however, was COM
PEELED to go slow at this point. The
assassin in laying his plans evidently
foresaw this circumstance and, while
the minister's coachman slowed down,
threw the bomb The explosion was
terrific and practically annihilated the,
woodwork of the carriage. The
horses tore off dragging the axle and
the front wheels. The animals, though
infuriated by the wounds they had sus-
tanned, had not gal1oped far before
they fell, with pools of blood under
them.
The minister's servant who was also
on the carriage box, was badly wound
ed. and two officers who We're driving
by in a cab were injured by flying
spliners. The assassin himself was
wounded in one eye. He took to
flight, but according to the latest re
ports. was overtaken and is now under
arrest
Passengers by the Peterhof train be-
gan to arrive upon the scene Among
them were the Duke and Duchess of
O1Tc7a Io1IY.xy srxyIaO cfopnod HIoi7. motor.
car within a couple of PAGES of NJ. Won
Plehve's remains and were told by
policeman the terrible tidings. They
were much affected The news of
the tragedy spread like wild fire
throughout the city, causing consterna-
tion everywhere. Police reserves were
hurried to the scene from all parts of
the city and the various departments
were instantly notified When the
Associated Press correspondent ar
rived at the telegraph Office 15 minutes
after the tragedy occurred the director
OF telegraphs had already been in
formed of the assassination and in
structions had been given. The ut
most confusion prevailed and the re-
ports of the occurrence were conflict
ing.
ASSASSIN is UNKNOWN.
Regarding the identity Of the assas-
sin and the cause of the crime, by
some it is said that the act was that
of a Finn and by others that the MUIR
derer was partisan Zemstvos. the
curtailment of whose powers is attrib-
uted to the dead minister! Nothing,
however, has been definitely estab-
llshed as yet
The prefect of police notified the en-
peror of the tragedy Immediately
upon it's occurrence. His majesty,
who was at the Villa Alexandria at
Peterhof, was greatly affected by the
news. coming as it did atop of the.
bad tidings from the seat of
war. and also OF fears Of