Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-29
THREW Two BOMbS|
CHIEF OF POLICE OF WARSAW
SEVERELY INJURED.
Elaborate Conspiracy Of Revolutionary
Party-Poiice Caught Bomb Throw.
er, but He Broke Away and Later
Committed Suicide-Affair Causes
Great Excitement.

Warsaw, March PA bomb was
thrown into the carriage of Baron Won
chief of police of Warsaw, at
8 o'clock Sunday evening. The baron
was severely wounded.
According to latest information, the
attack on Baron Won Nolken was the
result of an elaborate conspiracy OF
the revolutionary party. Shortly be.
fore o'clock an elegantly dressed
man went to the police station at
Praga. large suburb of Warsaw, on
the other side of the Vistula, and
threw bomb into the courtyard of
the station, wounding seven persons.
two Of them dangerously. The man
started to run away, but was caught
by the captain of the police. He was
found to be Jew, but his identity has
not yet been discovered.
A telephone message was immedi.
ately sent to Baron Won Nolken at the
city hall informing him of the outrage,
Baron Won Nolken. accompanied by a
police official. took a carriage and
Immediately for Praga. When
passing the castle where the governor
general resides a man standing on the
pavement threw a bomb at the car.
riage. Baron Won Nolken. who was sit
ting on the side nearest the assailant,
received the full charge Of the bomb,
while his companion escaped unhurt.
The coachman was thrown from the
box and the carriage was smashed.
Baron Won Nolken was removed to
the city hall and doctors were sum.
who found he had received in
juries on the head. neck, arm and leg,
which are believed to be serious.
Meantime, the police official accom-
Baron Won Nolken saw the
bomb thrower fleeing and pursued
and caught up with him, but the GRIM
iDal proved the stronger and tore him.
self away. Another policeman fired
twice after him without result. Half
an hour later a man whom the police
believe to be the bomb thrower. was
found dead in Sowia street. The po.
lice think the man shot himself to
escape arrest.
A girl who was passing the spot
when the bomb was thrown was
wounded by splinters and was taken
to the hospital.
According to the theory of the police
the revolutionists calculated upon
Baron Won Nolken going to Praga on
learning of the explosion Of the bomb
at the station there. and knew he
must pass the castle. that being the
only route by which he could reach
the only bridge across the Vistula.
The affair caused great excitement.
A popular rumor says that the revolu.
tionaries adopted this course Of in
forming the police that they have
more bombs besides those discovered
in the Powonski cemetery Saturday.
Baron Won Nolken is very unpopu-
lar. He Is hated by the masses of the
Polish people. who held him respon'
sible for the sanguinary suppression Of
the disturbances here at the end OF
January. He has been here only a
year. having come from st. Peters
burg. where he was chief Of the mount
ed division of the police.
According to later information. the
bomb which exploded at the Praga
police station, was not thrown into
the courtyard. but into room in the
court station. where the men assem-.
bled when on duty. The furniture as
well as one wall was destroyed. The
bomb thrower, in trying to escape,
met a policeman and shot twice,
wounding the ofiicer in the stomach.
The prisoner himself was wounded,
and has been placed in the hospital.
The man who was killed in Sowia
street proves to be plain clothes
policeman. who was seen pursuing
Baron Won Nolken's assailant. The
police believe that the latter turned
on the policeman and shot him dead.
Baron Won Nolken's injuries are
serious, but it is thought he will re-
cover