Evening journal., 1904-07-28
MINISTER
VON PLEHWE
ASSASSINATED
Bomb Thrown Beneath His
Carriage in St. Petersburg
Streets
ASSASSIN SAID TO Be A WOMAN

Deed Whose Identity is Not Dis
elosed-czsr is Frustrated at Tras-
edr
st. Petersburg. July 2s, 1856 a. m.-
Minister Of the Interior Won Plehwe
was assassnated this morning while
driving 10 the Baltic station to 30 to
the Peterhof Palace to see the Emper-
or IT ia said the assassin was a wo-
man. This has not been definitely es-
tablished. but the assassin is wounded
and under arrest. one account de-
clares the ASSASSIN is a Hebrew, who
refuses to give him name.
A bomb was thrown under the minis
ter's carriage. completely shattering IL.
NJ. Won Plehwe was terribly mangled.
The crime was committed at 10 o'clock.
The coachman was killed and the
wounded and maddened horses dashed
wildly away with the front Of the carr
riage. the only portion Of the vehicle
remaining intact.
Immediately there ensued scene OF
the widest confusion. Police and gen.
darmes hurried up from every direction
and vast crowds gathered about the
spot where the mangled body Of the
minister lay
The Associated Press correspondent
was at the scene Of the tragedy within
five minutes after it occurred. NJ. Won
Plehwes shockingly mangled body was
/ frrfssar In. ~ q a. "a
been partially covered with a police.
mans overcoat. with the left arm. th'
bone OF which was broken of. project.
ing.
A policeman came up and raised tn
overcoat In order to arrange II, reveal
ing for an instant the strong features
of the dead minister. whose head wa
lbattered almost beyond recognition
The roadway was strewn for a hun
dred yards with the wreckage OF tn
icarrlage and pieces OF the red linin
Of the minister's ofhcial overcoat.
few yards from NJ. Won Plehwe's bod
lay the coachman's body.
: Assassin Well Posted
The tragedy occurred on the zalalh
- onski Prospect. broad thoroughfar
p leading up to the railway station
whence the road sharply turns 70 th
/ left toward the Baltic railway station
The exact spot at which the outrag
occurred is just before the bridge span
ming the circular canal. on the othe
side Of which both stations are stu
ated.
! The bomb thrower must have know
b perfectly well that Minister Won Pleh
we would pass that spot this morning
for the minister makes his report {
the Emperor every Thursday.
The missile was thrown with deadl
accuracy. and the assassin was favore
by the fact that traffic here is alway
of the heaviest owing to the crossin
, lines Of surface cars and the contint
Gus stream OF heavy trucks NJ. Vo
Plehwe was always apprehensive Of al
tempts upon his life and used to driN
as rapidly as possible. The coachmal
however, was compelled to go slow
this point.
The assassin in laying his or h
e plans evidently foresaw this circun
10 stance, and, while the minister's coacl
an slowed down, threw the bonn
I The explosion was terrific and pract
e cally annihnated the woodwork Of Il
d carriage. The horses tore on, draggir
o the axle and the front wheels. The al
= imals, though infuriated by the woun,
e they sustained had not galloped q
e before they fell, with pools of bloc
d under them.
h Bomb Thrown.
The minister's domestic, who was a
,. eo IN the carrfapo hov woe bsd