The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-02
MURDER OF Won PLEHvE
Is Being Investigated bomb Was Loaded With
Lyddite--.In Spite of Great ProvOCation
Given the Race Il Is Thought
THE ASSASSIN WAS NOT A JEW

|tnO VVI n SIU
there was large wound in the throat
from which the blood was issuing
freely"
Last evening, by order of the czar,
solemn requiem service, in accord
ance with the rites of the Orthodox
! Greek church was celebrated. All
the members of the ministry, practi-
cally all the notables in St. Petersburg
and all the foreign diplomats were in
attendance The service was impress
sive in the extreme.
The great hole torn in the street
where the explosion occurred has been
fenced in by order of the authorities
and completely covered with a wood
en- shed in order that the chemical
analysis of the remains of the bomb
may be made without disturbance or
interruption.
One deeply impressive consequence
of the assassination is the fearful men,
tai effect it has had upon Car Mich
olas. He appears to have aged most
perceptibly in the few hours since
Won Plehve was so suddenly taken off
yesterday morning. 1t is reported, and
not denied, that his physicians are
much concerned over his nervous
state.
Great care has been taken that no
word of the tragedy shall reach the
ears of the czarina at the Peterhof,
where her accouchment is now not dis.
tant
II has been decided that funeral
of exceptional ceremony shall be held
in honor of the dead minister. The
czar, in spite of the fearful counsels
of many of his most intimate advis-
ers, has determined that he will fol-
low the funeral procession through
the streets of the city in person. Need
less to say, the precautions to be
taken on this occasion will be such
that any attempt on the life Of the rul-
er of all the Russians will be well
nigh impossible.
Notwithstanding all the Official"
regret and apparent sorrow over the
untimely end that came to M. Won
Plehve, the feeling throughout st.
Petersburg is far from that, actually.
Last night, at sporadic intervals and
in infrequented parts of the city, there
were even subdued evidences of pop
ular rejoicing at the fact that Russia's
most retrograde and illeberal person
ality had been swept from the open
page of the country's history.
1t was learned late last night that
the secret police have information to
the effect that at the moment of the
explosion of the bomb, man be-
lieved to have been an accomplice of
the assassin was seen to fall from a
window in the third floor of small
hotel opposite the carriage of NJ Won
Plehve. 1t is said that he was kill.
eddy the fall although 1t was at first
| thought that he was one of the people
killed by the explosion.
! An index of the force of the explo-
sion is the fact that the funnel of a
tug that was passing along the canal
with barge in tow at the time was
bent down even with the deck.
Up to an early hour this morning
five suspects had been taken in custo-
dy by the secret police. All of them
were identified as having been among
the crowd in the street at the time the
bomb was set off.
The man who is believed to have
been the perpetrator Of the deed was
operated on the Alexander hospital
and is said to be in an extremely
critical condition this morning. The
man is variously reported to be either
a Finn, an Armenian or Pole. It is
not thought that he Is Jew as had
been first asserted from the fact that
Won Plehve's most re-actionary policy
was directed against the Jews.
II is learned that the bomb used for
the assassination Of M. Won Plehve
was probably homemade affair, con-
structed by the murderer himself. It
consisted of a small tin canister or
box and contained, beside the explo-
sive, quantity of small scraps of
metal. These, in dispensing, injured
most of those hurt
Several of the more seriously in
jured by the explosion OF the bomb,
1t is reported this morning have died.