The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-05
AN ASSASSINATION.
Won Plshve, the. Russian Minister
Murdered.
CAST A BOMB UNDER CARRIAGE
Ceachman Also Killed and Bystand.
ers Hurt by the Terrific Explo.
sion. All ST. Petersburg
Is Shocked.


Is Shocked.
A special from St. Petersburg says
Minister Of Interior Won Plehve was
assassinated Thursday morning while
driving tc the BalL:c Station enroute
to visit the Emperor at the Peterho1
Palace. The crime was committed al
10 o'clock.
a bomb was thrown beneath the
minister's carriage, which was com.
pletely shattered by the explosion that
followed. Minister Won Plehve was
terribly mangled. The assassin was
Immediately caught, and wild excite.
ment followed the news of the assass-
1nation which spread over the city like
wild-fire.
COACHMAN ALSO KILLED.
The coachman was also slain by the
force of the explosion, and the mad.
dened horses, being free and frighten.
ed Dy 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
tney fell with pools Of blood under
Them. The minister's servant, who
was also on the coachman's box, was
badly wounded and two officers driv-
Ing In the cab were injured by flying
Bplinters.
ASSASSIN WOUNDED.
The assassin, wounded IN the eye,
look to flight, but at last accounts he
had been overtaken and is now under
arrestt.
The people and gendarmes hurried
TO the scene Of the assassination,
where the body Of the minister lay
weltering in his blood. The roadway
was strewn for 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-tire 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.
The prefect Of police at once noti.
fed the Emperor. He was at the
Villa Of Alexandra and was greatly
affected by the news, coming as it did
upon the bad tiiings from the seat Of
war. and fears OF international com.
plications and the strain Incident upon
the hourly expecta OF an'heir. :.
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Whateyer may have been the motive
OF the crime, the act aroused the
greatest indignation in the city and
condemnation Of 1t was general every
where.
Senator Plehve was appointed min
ister-of Interior April 18th 1902, and
succeeded Minister Slpiaguine, who
was assassinated two days earlier.
he was formerly the director of the
police department., when be prosecuted d
the reglcides who were responsible for
the death OF Emperor Alexander III
In 1881. Before the Emperor called
Plehve to the departm ent OF interior
ne mad been almost forty years in ohi-
c1al life and at time of his death he
was about G6 years old.
SEVERE OFFICIAL.
Although of Finnish blool no man
IN Russia SO signalizd himself for sew
Gritty against the Firms. He was re-
garded by many as the power behind
the throne, and he was dreaded on
account OF his control OF the secret
police. t is also alleged that he
controlled the press Of Russia.
ASSASSIN A JEW AND TOOK POISON.
The assassin, who Is reported to be
Lew, was taken to Alexandra hos
pital so HdaZed 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
that windows OF the Warsaw hotel,
facing the street, were shattered, and
some Droskey 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 Plehve's
head was torn of and the lower por
tion Of his body was completely torn
to pieces, while the upper part is unln-
Jured. Only two conspirators, accord
w oillo NCloiOut Wtlc CClluCCUBu
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 crowds
gathered and started to discuss the
affair when they were dispersed by
r the police. Business was partially
suspended, people rushed to the
streets from their places OF business
and homes, and everywhere scenes
bordering on panic were enacted by
the populace. Only the assassination
Of the Empefor himself could have
created such wild excitement and
more CONSERVATION, as next to the
Emperor Won Plehve was regarded as
the most powerful personality con-
nected with the Russian government.
WAR OvERsHADOwED BY TRAGEDY.
The tragedy has Soyershadowed com
pletely the news from the seat of war
and the strained relations With Eng
land, which when st. Petersburg re.
tired Friday night appeared to be on
the point Of breaking. This morning
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