The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-30
woHK OF TIM POLICE!
Have Discovered Enough to show Plot
Was Deeply Laid.


ST. Petersburg, July 29.-The name
of the assassin of Interior Minister Won
Plehve is given by The Bourse Gazette
as Prozef, but this is not confirmed by
the police who, If satisfied that they
hav 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 connect
ed with the far-reaching terrorist plot
revealed last summer by the arrest of
Gerschunin, the Russian revolutionary
agitator at Ref, where he had gone
to organize an attempt on the EN-
peror's life at Saroff during the cere-
monies Incident to he canonization OF
st. Seraphim.
The subsequent trial established the
fact that Gerschunin was the head of "A
murderous conspiracy similar to the
Nihilist conspiracies of the early eigh-
ties the object of which was to create
reign of terror In Russia by killing
Ministers, Governors and the Emperor
himself. Gerschunin is a Jew and was
former petty official of ST. Petersburg.
The perpetrators of the murders as well
as the victims were selected by lot.
The series of crimes resulting from
this conspiracy began with the attempt
on the life OF Privy Councillor Pobie-
donostoff, chief procurator of the HOW
Synod. who was fred at by a man
named Logowski. March 22. 1901, and
included the killing of NJ Bogdano-
witch. Ex-Governor General of Ufa.
European Russia, who was assassinated
May 10. 1908; M. Bogoliepuf, forme-
Minister of Public Instruction, who was
shot by Peter Karpevich, February II.
1901. and died March Is of the same
year from the effects of his wound, and
NJ. Sipiaguine, M. Won Plehve's prede .
cessor. assassinated April Is, 1902, by
student named BalmashoT. and the
attempts on Prince Obolenski, now
Governor General of Finland. while
Governor of Kharkofr, he being fired at
four times August IL. 1902. and Prince
Gailtzsin, Governor General of the eau
casus, who was stabbed by three ma
tives in the outskirts of Tinls, October
81 1903.
The more recent murders of Cow
ernor-General Bobriekon of Finland.
who was shot by Eugene Schaumann,
June 16. and died the following morn
ing, and of Vice-GoVernor Andreiff. of
Elizabethpool. Trans-Caucasia, assassi-
mated July IT. last, probably were not
connected with this plot. The latter
crime was undoubtedly to promote
vengeance.
The arrest of Gerschunin was con-
Quoted under dramatic circumstances
He had been Swallowed by the Aus
trlan police. and upon his arrival at
Kief tried to escape by jumping from
an electric car. After an exciting chase,
Gerschunin was captured and he and
two others, one of whom was a woman,
were tried. convicted and sentenced ID
death, but the Emperor, with Won
Plebve's acquiescence extended mercy
and communted the sentence to fifteen
years imprisonment. Gerschunin is
now serving his sentence in Schlussel-
berg prison.
1t is learned that while the identity
and nationality of the assassin of Min
lister Plehye and his accomplish are
sim not def Iitsly established the
police are making progress in unravel-
ling the skein. They are amazed TO
find how far-reaching was the con-
spiracy. There is nothing yet. how
ever.to prove it's connection with that
of Gerschunin. The documents found
show the existence of a wholesale plot
towards minister, but the most re-
markable feature it did not in-taoini
markable feature is that it did not in
clude the Emperor who is distinctly
declared to be uninvolved.
Capture OF AccOmplice.
The capture of the accomplish of the
murderer was affected under circum-
stances showing that the conspirators
pursued the very plan followed at the