Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-29

FeternoT, was greatly anecreu by the
news coming as it did, atop Of the
bad tfdings from the seat OF war,
fears Of international complications
and the strain incident upon the hour
ly expectation Of an event so close
to his fathers heart. The emperor
almost broke down when he was In
formed Of the minister's murder.
Whatever may have been the motive
FOR the crime, nothing but the utmost
Indignation and condemnation Of the
assassin's act is voiced everywhere.
Guarded by police the body remain.
ed in the street until the arrival of
the official corresponding with an
American coroner, even in the case
| Of the most powerful minister of the
empire, the law requiring that this
| formality had to be observed before
| the remains could be removed. After
| this official had viewed the body it
was placed in carriage covered by
! robe and was driven slowly to a lit
| tie chapel adjoining the railroad sta
ton and then to the deceased's mag
| niicent town residence, adjoining the
ministry. of the interior The car
rlage, surrounded by mounted gen
darmes, passed through the crowded
| streets, the sidewalks being a solid
mass of people. Even the cross streets
| were blocked with spectators for
blocks. AS if by magic, everybody in
| the city seemed to have suddenly be-
come aware that a frightful catastro-
phe had occurred, and to have hur-
ried to the scene. AS the carriage
passed, all heads were uncovered.
Opinion of Police.
The first hurried investigation of
the police seems to connect the crime
with the plot which was frustrated by
the explosion at the hotel du Nord
April IS, in which Kasanoff, one of
the cOnspirators, was killed by the &C.
cfdental explosion Of an Internal ma
chine which at that time, it was said,
was intended for Won Plehve
AS a further indication of the iden-
tfty of today's tragedy with the ho-
tel du Nord affair, there were in each
case explosive bullets in the bomb.
1t is reported that six men are i'm.
plicated, and that five of them fed
into little chapel adjoining the scene
of the assassination, the only one who
was wounded having been captured.
The hotel was surrounded by the po-
lice and all it's inmates were arrested.
The wounded man, who is said to be
a Jew, was taken to the Alexander
hospital so dazed as to be unable to
speak His condition was accounted
for by the fact that he took poison
Immediately after the throwing of the
bomb
The deceased minister's carriage
was being followed by secret service
men on bicycles, but by a miracle
not one of them was injured.
Explosion Was Terrific.
The force of the explosion was SO
strenuous that all the windows of
and even some of the large panes OF
the Warsaw station a hundred steps
away were shattered. Some of the
drosky drivers at the cab stands in
front of the station were injured. Ac-
cording to a later account the bomb
was thrown from a window of the
Warsaw hotel Won PIehve's head
was torn off, the lower portion was
completely shattered, but the upper
part was untouched. There were only
two conspirators, according to this
version, one of whom threw the bomb
from the window and then bolted.
When captured another bomb Is said
to have been found in his pocket.
A heap of debris from the carriage,
portion of the coachman's uniform,
mute and pitiable relics Of the tragedy,
were still lying in Zabalansky street,
where the crime was committed, when
the correspondent of the Associated
Press returned to the spot this after.
noon. For block on either side of
the street was guarded by police, and
no one was allowed to approach.
Intense Excitement.
Even in the midst of the consterna-
tiOn produced by the tragedy, every
body is talking of Won PIehve's proba-
BILE successor. Won PIehve's assassi-
nation was officially announced at
about 1 o'clock and was followed i'm
mediately by the issuance Of extra
editions of the papers. Although they
contained only four lines referring to
the tragedy, the newsboys were fairly
mobbed by the crowds in tnie streets,
so eager were all for details of the
crime. Excitement reigned every
where. Only the assassination Of the
emperor could have created more OF
a sensation, as next to his majesty
himself Won Plehve was regarded as
the most powerful personality in the
Russian government. The emperor is
still at the PetefhOff palace. When
the news was received all the festivi
ties of the day were, of course, tmme.
diately countermanded, and instead a
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