The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-30
RULERS CAUGHT in
WEB OF CONSPIRACY
Widespread PlotSto Strike Down
Heads ofsthe Russian
Government.
an PERoR Z: 10 WAS 4n1yNlNv0LLyE Z LyEDl'' !l
Investigation Of Assas sinationso,f
Won Plellves Brings Out Start
ling Conditions in Empire.
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ST. sT.PETERsBURGJ July 2s-Th '' nc are nc
Of the assassin OF mister the In 't' te-
rior " on Plehve. Is given by the BoursEe our Pc
Gazette, MS Porozcff, but this . is not lot
confirmed BY the police. The G orrespon1t-s pe41t
dent 81 tho Press learns earns
that while the Identity me II as as
"a sini}s and his accomplice are a9f 9. still
not definitely established the police e e
making progress In unrayeling the skeill.
They are amazed TO find how "a "a ar-reach- CHI
Ing was the conspiracy. There re, is is no. no.
thing yet, however. to prove It's connec-9
lion With that o Gerschunin.
Emperor " u ninvolYed d.
6 he documents found show that the.
existence Of a ~ wholesale plot, to murde:5
minister's but the as8 most emarkabl.e
feature is that II did not include ts the
Emperor. who Il In distinctly declared to
be- .uninYolv ed. "a
The capture OF the ccomplice g Z tlt nc
murderer was Effected under circum-
stances showing that the conspirators
pursued the very plan followed Il at the
time OF the assassination OF Alexander
II. The accom- plices then we're posted at
several street corners, In order that u
one man failed, another might succeed.
The same plan was ad opted vest erday.
The aoco,nplice who Is now unde erY arrest
stood near the Baltic depot ready to
throw a second bomb In case the assassin
stationed half a mile ttg he { up the cana.
had failed. The former coui a i3 wat tch
the course of events. and when he heard
the exploslo lon he was sat fled Y at thu
murder had been accompiIshe J. and
a. Ia <leaFe
boat for eighty kopeeks per ii our and
directed the boatman to ii take him for
a row toward the sea. /. AVA from the
scene OF the tragedy. The boatnlGn.
noticed soon after they started that his
passenge took a card board box out OF
his! pocket and dropped 1t quickly over
board. The boa tE1an i said nothing, but
when q the pas senger landed he called a
policeman and gave the man in charge.
The prisoner. who was respectfully
dressed, spoke Russian with a foreign
accent He refused u to give his name.
Divers are now, searching the canal bot
tom for the presumed bomb nj & /; ]. s
Assassin Expresses No Regret.
The assassin walked up and down the
street, at the corner whence he threw.
the bomb at least a quarter OF an hour.
awaiting Won Plehye's carriage. He
did not arouse the slightest suspicion on
the part OF several policemen w no were
almost longside of him, because he wore
IN official (railroad) cap8 a uniform
of any, kind lnvariab bly, inspires con fidence
In Russia. The murderer must have
known Won Plehyes carriage well Eas
heSpaid no attention to the passage OF
several ministers who preceded Won,
iPlehye, ~ AS soon as the yictim's carrages
appeared. & the assassin ran forward with
the evident Intention OF thro wing the
bomb through the window. Won Plehves
must have seen him and felt his coming
doom. before the eatf-uealing charging
burst Had the cycli detective, accom-
panying the minister rldaen straight, he
might have knocked down the murderer,
and saved the minister's life at the cost
of his own, but the cyclist instinctive-
ly,5gs werved, enabling the assassin to
launch the Internal alSmachine after retard-
ing the carriage ~ M I3ls II i. !.
The recovery OF b Lego, \ alias Porozefr, Il
5is practica llyF certain. He Is entirely con-
scious. although h suffering pain In conse-
auence of me operation In extracting the
splinters from his abdomen, face ana
a ~ Al