The sun., 1904-07-29

Not Known-The Murder Occurred ~
the warsaw Railroad station. which
Was Dana maged-AutomobIIe Had Oh.
structed the Minister'S Carriage Just
Before the nation-Europe
Looked on De Plehve as Real Dictator
OF the Russian Empire. and while His
Death Has Saved Nation From Inn
mediate Ruin Situation Is still Grave.
\ Special Gable De,patehss 10 THH SUN.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 2s.--M. de Plehve,
the Russian Minister Of the Interior, was
assassinated here at 10 o'clock this morn
ing just as he arrived at the Warsaw rail
way station on his way to Psterhof, where
the Gear and his family are now residing
A bomb was thrown at the Minister'S
carriage The Minister was almost blown
to pieces. The driver OF his carriage and
several persons who were standing near
are reported killed, and a number Of
others were injured
BOMB THRowER ARRRsTKp.
The man who threw the bomb was ar
rested. he is Russian subject, young
and with fair hair. He wore good clothing.
He was wounded and thrown to the ground
by the explosion, and before he could riss
was seized by the police agents tn plain
clothes who were In the neishborhood.
The identity Of the assassin has not oesn
established up to late hour. He b in =
hospital 1t is stated that bis wound Is
not serious. but it is impossible TO visit
him or to get information. the police -
fusing to talk. It il variously rspoeted
that he is a Jew. Pole. An Armeniatand
Finn.
The Warsaw Hotel. whore 10 seeuae he
lodged for some time. s third olasstsyesn.
The police have taken possession oS It.
confining all the occupants and allowing
nobody to enter.
The police arc making arrestsofpsseons
suspected OF completely in the.assassina-
tion.
ANoTHHR MINISTER sToNED.
While NJ. Mouravie6, Minister At Jus
tice. was driving to the palace at Psesrhof
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, 70 make his
weekly report to the Czar, stones were
thrown at his carriage tho windows Of
which we're broken.
The persons who threv: the stones were
not discovered.
To-day is~St. vladimir's Day. and 1t is
thought the assassin counted on IL. de
Plehve going to Peterhof to congratulate
the Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle OF the
Gar In the confusion that followed the
murder 1t was extremely dihloult to obtain
any connected account OF what happsnsd.
According to some OF the bystandsrs,
Just before M. do Plehve's carriage ar
rived a young man was noticed looking
intently out OF the window OF a restau-
rant near the Warsaw railway station.
When tho carriage was abreast OF the
restaurant the young man hurled bomb.
According to one account. it fell under
the carriage. According to another. inside
the vehicle.
MINISTER WAS BLowE TO PIEcEs.
NJ. de Plehve was blown to pieces IN the
explosion, his head, arms and legs bslng
torn from the trunk. Tho ooachman was
blown from the box and tho carriage was
shattered. Only the rear wheels OF ths
vehicle could be foundaftsr the explosion.
80 great was the force Of tho explo8on
that the windows OF the railway station
were smashed, the bridge at tho approach
to the station was damaged and the pave
ment was torn up.
MAN had ANOTHER BOMB.
The assassin. slig htly injured BY dying
fragments. was seized almost instantly.
The police at once searched him and found
another bomb In his pocket.
crowd had gathered. but 1t scatssrsd
when tho report spread that tho murderer
had another bomb. The polios threw
Gordon about the railway station and cov-
cred with a cloth the remains OF tho unsr-
dered Minister. which lay in the stresA
A number OF injured were lying In the
street. Ambulances were summoned and
the injured were removed
M. de Plehve was reading some papers
when he was killed, and they were still
clutched in his hand as his dead body lay
on the ground. They were documenn
he was taking to the Car from Deputy
Minister OF the Interior Dunrovo.
The Minister'S body remained in the
street under police guard until certain
legal formalities had beel, complied with
1t was then placed in a carriage and taken
to NJ. de Plehve's late town residence.
The streets through which it passed were
lined with people
AuToMoBILt IN THE PLOT.
Spectators relate a circumstance which
accounts for the stoppage Of the MinAster's