The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-29

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Plehve, and the intimation that an Off
cial requiem would be conducted.
Minister of Justice Muravieff went
to the Peterhof palace this afternoon
to report the assassination of Minister
Won Plehve to Emperor Nicholas. His
majesty did not leave the palace dur
ing the entire day, although he had
arranged to go to Oranienbaum (nine-
teen miles from st. Petersburg), to at
tend the conservation of the new har-
Dor.
The Empress has not been informed
of the tragedy in view of the hourly
expectation of her accouchement.
ShOckingIy MangIed Body.
The Associated Press correspondent
was at the scene of the tragedy within
five minutes after it occurred. M.
Won Plehve's shockingly mangled body
was lying in the middle of the road.
1t had been partially covered with a
police officers overcoat. with the left
arm, the bone of which was broken off,
projecting.
A policeman came up and raised the
overcoat in order to rearrange it, re-
vealing for an instant the strong fea-
lures of the dead minister, whose head
was battered almost beyond recogni-
ton. The roadway was strewn for a
hundred yards with the wreckage of
the carriage and pieces of the red lin
ing of the minister's official over
coat. A few yards from M. Won
Plehve's body lay shapeless heap of
the coachman'S remains.
where Tragedy Occurred.
The tragedy occurred on the Zaba-
lansky prospect, a broad thoroughfare
leading up to the Warsaw depot,
whence the road turns sharply to the
left toward the Baltic Railroad station.
The exact spot at which the outrage
occurred is just before the bridge
spanning the circular canal on the
other side of which both stations are
situated.
The bomb thrower must have known
perfectly well that Minister Won
ing, for the minister makes his report
to the Emperor every Thursday.
with Deadly Accuracy.
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-
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 10 drive as rapidly
as possible. The coachman. however
was compelled to go slow at this
point.
The assassin laying his plans evident
ly foresaw this circumstance and,
while the minister's coachman slowed
down, threw the bomb. The eXplos-
ion was terrific and practically an
initiated the woodwork of the car
riage. The horses tore off, dragging
the axle and the front wheels. The
animals, though infuriated by the
wounds they had sustained, had not
galloped far before they fell, with
pools of blood under them.
Several Were Injured.
The minister's servant, who was
also on the carriage box. was badly
wounded. and two officers who were
driving by in a cab were injured by
flying splinters. The assassin him
self was wounded in one eye.
Passengers by the Peterhof train
began to arrive upon the scene.
Among them were the Duke and Ouch
ess of Gutenberg, who stopped their
of NJ. Won Plehve's remains and were
told by a policeman the terrible It'd
ings. They were much affected.
The news of the tragedy spread like
wild fire throughout the city, causing
CONSERVATION everywhere. Police re-
serves We're hurried to the scene from
all parts of the city and the various
departments were instantly notified.
Emperor Almost Collapsed.
The prefect of police notified the EN-
peror of the tragedy Immediately upon
its occurrence. The Emperor, who was
at the Villa Alexandria at Peterhof
was greatly affected by the news, COM
ing as it did, atop of the bad tidings
from the seat of war, fears of internal
tional complications, and the strain
incident upon the hourly expectation of
an event so close to the fathers heart.
The Emperor almost broke down when
he was informed of the minister's MUIR
der.
Guarded by police. the body remain
ed in the street until the arrival of
the official corresponding with an
American coroner. After this official
had viewed the body. it was placed in
a carriage, covered by a robe, and was
driven slowly TO a little chapel adjoin-
ing the railroad station, and then to
the deceased's magnificent town resi-
dence, adjoining the Ministry of the
Interior.
The carriage, surrounded DN mounted
gendarmes, passed through the crowd
ed streets. the sidewalks being solid
mass of people. The cross streets were
black with spectators for blocks.
Assassin Took Poison.
sAs If by magic, everybody in the city
seemed to have suddenly become aware
that frightful catastrophe had oc-
Cured, and to have hurried to the
scene. AS the carriage passed all
heads were uncovered.
The wounded assassin was taken TO
the Alexander Hospital, so dazed as to
be unable TO speak. His condition was
accounted for by the fact that he took
poison Immediately after throwing the
bomb.
The deceased minister's carriage was
being followed by secret service men
on bicycles, but by a miracle not one
Of them was injured.
The force Of the explosion was so
tremendous that all the windows of a
hotel facing the street were blown IN,