The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-03
COACHMAN ALSO KILLED.

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CoACHMAN ALSO KILLED.
The coachman was also slain by the
force of the explosion, and the mad
dened horses, being free and ffighten-
ed by the crash, dashed wildly away,
with the front wheels and axle Of the
carriage dragging at their heels. The
animals had not galloped far before
they fell with pools Of blood under
them. The ministers servant, who
was also on the coachman'S box, was
badly wounded and two officers driv-
Ing in the cab were Injured by flying
SplinterS.
ASSASSIN WOUNDED.
The assassin, wounded in the eye,
took to fight, but at last accounts he
had been overtaken and is now under
arrest.
The people and gendarmes hurried
to the scene Of the assassination,
where the body Of the minister lay
welteriDg in his blood. The roadway
was strewn for a hundred yards with
wreckage Of the carriage and pieces
OF the red lining Of the minister's
coat. A few yards from Minister
Plehv's body lay that Of his coachman,
which was Shapeless heap.
CONSTERNATIoN IN CITY.
The News Of the tragedy spread
like wild-ire over the city, and in
every quarter CONSERVATION reigned.
The police reserves hurried from all
parts Of the city and the various de-
partments Of the government were
notified Of the assassination.
EMPEROR NOTIFIED.
TIE prefect Of police at once noti-
fed the Emperor. He was at the
Villa of Alexandra and vas greatly
affected by the news, coming as it did
upon the bad tidings from the seat Of
war and fears Of international COM
plications and the strain incident upon
the hourly expectations OF an heir.
ACT CONDEMNED EVERYWHERE.
Whatever may have been the motive
Of the crime, the act aroused the
greatest indignation in the city and
condemnation OF it was general every
where.
Senator Plehve was appointed min
lister Of interior April 18th 1902, and
succeeded Minister Sipiaguine, who
was assassinated two days earlier.
He was formerly the director OF the
police department., when he prosecuted
the regicides who were responsible for
the death Of Emperor Alexander II,
in 1881. Before the Emperor called
Plehve to the department Of interior,
he had been almost forty years in OIL
cial life and at time Of his death he
was about Sc years old.
SEVERE OFFICIAL.
Although OF Finnish DloOi no man
in Russia so signalizd himself for sew
erity against the Firms. he was re-
gardeG by many as the power behind
tie throne, and he was dreaded on
account of his control Of the secret
police. 1t is also alleged that he
controlled the press Of Russia.
ASSASSIN A JEW AND TOOK POISON.
The assassin, who is reported to be
Jew, was taken to Alexandra hos
pital so dazed as to be unable to
speak. His condition Is accounted for
by the fact that he took poison i'm
mediately after he threw the bomb.
The force OF the explosion was so great
too& ~ IA 20
facing the street, were shattered, and
some DroSkev drivers in front Of the
railroad station were Injured.
THREW BOMB FROM HOTEL WINDOW.
According to the latest account the
bomb was thrown from window in
the Warsaw hotel, and Won Plehves
head was torn off and the lower por-
tion of his body was completely torn
to pieces, while the upper part is unin-
jured. Only two conspi,ators, accord
ing to this version, were connected
with the tragedy, and one OF them
threw the bomb from the window and
then bolted. When he was captured
another bomb was found in his
pocket.
Won PLEHvE STOOD NEXT TO EN-
PERoR.
The assassination threw the city
into intense excitement, and croWoS
gathered and started to discuss the
affair when they were dispersed by
the police. Business was partially
suspended, people rushed to the
streets from their places OF business
and homes, and everywhere scenes
bordering on a panic were enacted by
the populace. Only the assassination
OF the Emperor himself could have
created such wild excitement and
more CONSERVATION, as next to the
Emperor Won Plehve was regarded as
the most powerful personality COZ.
nected with the Russian government.
WAR ovERsBADowED BY TRAGEDY.
The tragedy has overshadowed com
pletely the news from toe seat Of wal
and the strained relations with Eng
land, which when ST. Petersburg re-
tired Friday night appeared to be or
the point of breaking. This morning
the whole scene has changed and The
war in the east and Britain are loS'
sight Of and another dark tragedy
which has been added to the man,
already on the pages OF Russian bis
tory, is the sole and excited topic o
talk in every corner Of the empire.
WAS no SURPRISE.
A special from Washington Thurs
day says Secretary Hay has caoled t
Count Lamsdrof, Russian minister {
soreipn affairs, an expression Of pro