Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-30

| the stronS personality or the former
| finance minister. In official Quarters
| the list of candidates who are MINER,
Gus, is headed by NJ. Maraviefr The
minister of justice; Prince Obo,enskv
the encouragement OF Finland and
Governor General Klefels ofKiefr.
| Madame Plehve, widow of tho TO.
ceased statesman, arrived here this
morning. She is terribly broken down
| but is calm. She drove to the, of,ic;.
| residence of the late minister. Friends
! tried to persuade the widow NOT tn looL
at the remains of her husband tut She
could not resist the impulse. The sigh,
Of the body caused the widow. who emf
| fers from heart trouble. n TERRIBLE
! shock and she fell to the floor In i,
| fainting condition. Doctors revived har
| and she was urged to go to the minis-
| ter's villa on the islands of tho Na,.,
| and she eventually went there win
| her son.
The funeral Of Won Plehye has DAFT
| nitcly been fixed for July 81. Reo,;an,
| masses will be celebrated daily at . p
Nj. and p. NJ. The son and daugbtar
of the deceased were present NJ tho
mass this afternoon. Thu E,oner,r 10
expected to attend the service.
Later the correspondent of Tho .c.,-
ciated Press learned that while tho it. ~
| THY and nationality of the assassin mn,
his accomplice apparently Finn Inn
whose name is UNKNOWN. who WAS ar
rested. last night, are still not datpt - !,
esta blished, the police are MAXIM y, A.
ress in unraveing the skein. inc, ar,
amazed to find how far-reachiny w,s mo
conspiracy. There Is nothing vet how
ever, to prove its connection with thar
of Gerschunin. The documents f,,,d
to murder ministers, bnt tn" m st l..m. rs-
able feature is that ii did not inc,ua.. tha
Emperor. who is distinctly declare, 10 lie
'uninvolvcd."
The capture of the accom- Nice of the
murderer was effected under circum-
stances showing that the constructors
pursued the very plan followed at the
time of the assassination of Alexander
IL. The accomplices then were posted at
several street corners, in order that il
one man failed another might succeed
The same plan was adopted, yesterday
, The accompice who is now under arrest
stood near the Baltic depot ready to
throw a second bomb in case the assas-
sion stationed half mile higher up the
canal had failed. Tho former could watch
the course of events and when he heard
the explosion he was satisfied that the
mu der had been accomplished and hasii-
l. IAN down the canal side, hired a boat
I.r ~ lopccks per hour and directed the
boatinan 10 take him for a row toward
y,,,
Tragedy.
The bOa:man noticed soon after they
started that his passenger took card
n,:l,l box out of his pocket and dropped
ii quickly overheard. The boatman SAID
nothing, but when the passenger landed
he called policeman and gave the man
in charge.
The prisoner, who was respectfully
dressed. spoke Russian with a foreign
acc cnt. lie refused to give his name.
Divers are now searching the canal bot
tom for the supposed bomb.
The assassin walked up and down the
street at the corner as he threw The
bomb at least a quarter OF an hour
awaiting Won PlehveS carriage. lie did
not arouse the slightest suspicion on the
part of the several policemen VINO We're
almost alongside Of him: btcause he wore
railroad cap. A uniform OF any kind
invariably inspires confidence in Russia.
The murderer must have Known Won
Plehve's carriage well as he paid no at
tenlion to the passage of several other
ministers who had preceded Won PlchVr
in going to PeterhOf.
So soon as the victims carriage APP
a q In
the evident intention Of throwing the
bomb through the window. Won PlehVe
must have seen him, ana felt his SOM
ing doom before the death dealing
charge burst. Had the cyc!i.:t detective
accompanying the minister ridden
straight he might have Knocked down
The murderer and savel the minister's
Eft at the cost of his Own, bu; the
cycliet inStinctivcly sWcfvei, enabling
the ASA sSin to launch the inrcrn;:l ma
chine after rctardng the carriage.
The correspondent OF The Associated
Press was shown n sad relic Of the
tragedy-the battered remnants of the
deceased minister's pot folio which
was living In front of his seat. The up
per portion was reduced to a pulp and
the low er part wue completely riddleG
with the nails VT. whi n the 10 Eb was
stuffed.
Won Plelvo and several of the other
ministers were to travel to Peterhoff,
Yesterday, in the same compartment.
NJ. Muravielf. the minister of Justice
and Count Protassoff- Bakhmetfeff,
member Of the council of ministers.
were on the train, wondering at Won
Plehve's absence, when they heard the
explosion and later received news that
their colleague had been assassinated.
The ministers hurriedly left the train
and drove to the scene of the explosion.
NJ. Muraveff being eX officio of the
grand procurator, was able to at once
institute the legal proceedings which
were subsequently handed over to a
subordinate. Later In the day whih
Muravieff was on train journeying
to Peterhof to report the case in per-
son to the Emperor, stone was hurled
through the minister's compartment,
narrowly missing him. Although the
superstitious consider this a bad omen
and see ir it a connection with the
Won Plehve plot, the police think the
cuprit probably was a mischievous
boy.