New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-29


rh. wreckage of the carriage and pieces OF the
,ed lining os the Minister'S officiaI overcoat A
few yards from n. Plehves body lay shapeless
heap Of the coachran's remains. In the general
havoc Of shattered windows and damaged
sacaecs in the neighborhood the only thing
that absolutely escaped injury a littfN
chapel IN front OF the Baltic station.
The police Immediately seized the assassin
who, because Of his wound. had been unable
80 escape, and established a Gordon around the
Scene OF the crime and around the Warsaw
Hotel in which five of the asssseins accom-
pl.ces were said TO be. Every person in the
hotel was arrested. The assassin declined 10
give his own name the names of those asso-
ciated with him. lie was taken 10 the Alex
ander Hospital. dazed as to be unable 10
speak His condition was accounted for by the
fact that he took poison Immediately alter
throwing the bomb
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
According to the official version. the assassin.
who was standing the sidewalk urea 10
break through the crowd az the Minister'S car
Stage approached but, being interfered with'
Jumped into the street and threw the bomb at
the rear of the carriage, which was closed one
A number OF secret police. who were following
the carriage on bicycles. We're uninjured.
Another account says that the bomb was
thrown from a window of the Warsaw Hotel
says, one OF whom threw the bomb from the
window and then bolted. When captured an
other bomb is said TO have been found in his
pocket. The Warsaw Hotel stands at the cor
ner Of the Zshalansky Prospect. and a road
bordering on the Obvodny. or circular canal
Being near the station, il is almost exclusively
patronizeG by railroad men. IT has been denied
however. that the bomb thrown from the
hotel
THE BOMB FILLED WITH NAILS
The bomb was filled with nails. and the out
rage is connected by the police with an expo
sion at Kharkoff three days ago. It is supposed
that The bomb manufactured there The
crime is believed 10 be the outcome of an inter
national anarchist movement with which Ger
schuniu the Russian revolutionary agitator'
who was arrested at Kieff in June, 19oo was
connected. Cerschunin, il is asserted. was the
organizer Of the murder Of NJ Bogoliepor, VINO
was Minister OF Public Instruction and OF
NJ. Sipiaguine. who was Minister Of the IN
ssrior before NJ Plelye.
The police also connect the crime with the plot
which was frustrated by the explosion at the
Hotel Gu Nord on April Is. in which Kazanoff,
ono Of the consp!rators, was killed by tie &C
tidertal explosion Of an internal machine winch
NJ the time II was said. was intended lor Al
Plehvc On that occasion only hazanon was
killed while one man escaped owing 10 the
sriehtful force OF that explosion, which wrecked
,wo rooms and blew the body of hazahoH al
most TO atoms. the heads OF the police peneNe IL
ss nossible that the explosive was Identical with
.ba+ used in to-day's tragedy. and that the per-
-o.,rs,or to-day was the man who escaped then
r-ha exact spot at which the outrage occurred
Go IN the Zabalansky Prospect, just before the
bridge spanning the circular canal is reached'
ON the other side Of the bridge are the warsaw
end Baltic stations. The assassin was favored
nv the fact that traffic here is always OF the
heaviest owing to the crossing of lines OF sur
face cars and the continuous stream or heaFy
trucks.
PLEHvE FEARED ASSASSINATION.
~ plehve was always apprehensive Of at
senpts on his life, and used 10 drive as rapidly
=. nos.ible His goodman. however. was COM
.elled TO go slow at this point The assassin evil
IDENTIFY foresaw this. and. when the minister's
coachrnan slowed down, threw the bomb. The
explosion was terrific, and practically ami
hflated the woodwork 81 the carriage. The
horses. which ran away, so badly wounded
that they had not galloped far before they FELL
with pools OF blood under them
The force of The explosion so tremendous
that all the windows of hotel facing the street
were blown in and even some of the large panes
of the Warsaw station were shattered. Some of
the drosky drivers at the cab stand in front Of
she alton injured.
The bomb thrower must have known perfect
iy Well that the minister would pass the spot
Ihis morning. he makes his report the En-
peror every Thursday. and the Emperor is now
ct Peterhof.
The news of the tragedy spread like wild
fire throughout the city. causing CONSERVATION
everywhere. Police reserves were hurried TO
The scene from all parts of the city. and the
various departments were instantly informed.
When The Associated Press CORES pondent
rived at the telegraph Office. fifteen minutes
sitter the tragedy occurred. the Director of
Telegraphs had already been informed of the
assassination. and instructions had been given.
DUKE OF OLDENBURG ARRIVES.
Passengers by the Peterhof train soon began
20 arrive the scene Among them We're the
Duke and Duchess OF Oldennurg. who stopped
Their motor car within a couple of PAGES OF NJ.
Plehves body. and received from a policeman
the terrible tidings. They were much affected.
Guarded by police. the body remained in the
street until the arrival of the official CORE
spending with American coroner; even in the
case Of the most powerful minister of the en-
pre- the law requiring this formality had 10 be
observed before the body could be removed
When the officers Of the law. headed by Minis
Ser Muravieff. had terminated the necessary for
inalities by drawing up a written report OF the
crime, the mangled body OF the Minister Of the
Interior was conveyed TO the chapel adioin-
ing the Baltic station. The priests and people
with characteristic Russian piety at once Joined
~ solemn requiem. The square I'm front OF the
ststion was filed with q reverent crowd OF peas
1n1s ana lahorers. ana the busy hum Of traffic
was siienoed. A priest lifted up his voice and
proclaimed. The eternal memory of the de-
parted servant, Wenceslas" while all those In