Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-05

st. Petersburg. July 29.-The name Of
the assassin of Interior Minister Won
Plehwe is given by the Bourse Gazette
a. Prozeff. but this is not confirmed by
the police, who. If satisfied that they
have established the identity or even
the nationality of the murderer, are
carefully guarding the facts. perhaps
to throw his accomplices off the scent.
The general public is disposed to re-
gard the crime as Intimately connected
with the far-reaching terrorist plot re.
yealed last Summer by the arrest OF
Gerschunin, the Russian revolutionary
agitator at Kieff, where he had gone
to organize an attempt on the EN-
peror's life at Saraoff during the GER
cmonies incident to the cancellation
OF st. Seraphim The subsequent trial
established the fact that Gerschunin
was the head or a murderous conspir-
acy similar to the Nihilist conspiracies
OF the early eighties, the object Of
which was to create a reign OF terror
In Russia by killing Ministers, Gov
errors and the Emperor himself. Ger
schunin is Jew and was former
petty official of st. Petersburg.
The perpetrators OF the murder. as
well as the victims. were to be selected
by lot. The series of crimes resulting
from this conspiracy began with the
attempt on the life of Privy Councillor
Pobiedonostzeff, chief procurator of the
Holy Synod, who was fired at by man
named Logoweki, March 22, 1901. and
included the killing of NJ. Bogdanovich.
Ex-Governor General OF Ufa. European
Russia, who was assassinated May 10,
1908; M. Bogoliepoff, former Minister
OF Public Instruction, who was shot
by Peter Karpovich February %, 1901,
and died March 18th of the same year
from the effects of his wound. and NJ.
sipiagvine. NJ. Won Plehve's predeces.
sor assassinated April l6. 1902, by
student named Balmashoff, and the at.
tempts on Prince Obolensky, now Gov.
ernor-General of Finland, while Gov
crnor Of Kharkoff, he being fired at
four times August II, 1902, and Prince
! Galstzsin, Governor General of the
Caucasus, who was stabbed by three
natives in the outskirts OF Tifis. Octo-
Der 81, 1903. The more recent murders
OF Governor-G General Bobrikoff, OF Fin
land. who was shot by Eugene .Schau-
mann June 1G. and of Vice. Governor
Andrieff, Of Elizabethpol, Trans-Ca
oasia, assassinated July 18th last, prob
ably were not connected with this plot.
Gerschunin was captured and he and
two others, one of whom was woman,
were tried, convicted and sentevced to
death, but the Emperor, with Won
Plehve's acquiescence, commuted the
sentences to fifteen years imprison-
ment
Gerschunin is now serving his sem
tence In Schlusselberg prison.
The funeral OF Won Phehve has been
fixed for July 3lst. Requiem mass will
be celebrated daily. The Emperor il
expected to attend the services.
Later the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press learned that while the
identity and nationality OF the assas-
SIN and his accomplice are still not
''N'y SosoSiohtu tlc are
making progress in unravelling the
skein. They are amazed to find how
far reaching was the conspiracy. There
Is nothing yet however, to prove its
connection with that of Gerschunin.
The documents found show the exist
ence Of wholesale plot to murder
Ministers. but the most remarkable
feature is that 1t did not include the
Emperor, who is distinctly declared to
be "uninvolved."
The capture of the accomplices of the
murderer was effected under circum-
stances showing that the conspirators
pursued the very plan followed at the
time OF the assassination of Alexander
H. The accomplices then were posted
at several street corners, in order that
II one man failed, another might sue.
coed. The plan was adopted yester-
Gay.