The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07

BULLET FOR
PROCURATOR
Adviser Of Finnish
Senate Slain by
q Youth.

HELSINGFORS. Feb 6.-Soisa1on
Soininen, Procurator General of Fin
land. who before he was ennobled was
known by the name of Johnson, was
assassinated to-day by a young man
whose identity up to the present time
has not been determined. The assassin
of Soininen and his son were both
wounded in duel following the muir
der. The motive for the crime appar-
emily was purely political, the slain
official being a prominent member of
the Government party.
The murderer appeared at the Pro-
curator's residence at IL o'clock and
sent in card IN French bearing the
name of Alexander Gadd, who is in the
Russian service. The young man, who
was smartly dressed in an officers uni
form. was at once admitted TO the of
| ficiars study, and upon his entrance
| fired four shots from a revolver, one of
the bullets piercing the breast OF the
Procurator, who expired almost IN
| stantly.
| Sentiments 17-year-old son, hearing
the shots, rushed in from an adjoining
room and fired three or four shots at
| the assassin whose right leg was
broken below the knee by bullet. He
also was slightly wounded in the
| shoulder and a finger of his left hand
| was struck.
The assassin fred the one bullet re-
naming in his revolver at Sentiments
son. woupding him slightly in the calf
of the right leg. He then endeavored
to escape, but fell unconscious on the
/ floor of the anteroom- There he was
| seized.
DR.. wasastjerna was called imme-
| a. he fnr. .ho-
yond the need of his services. The as
sassin was removed to the surgical
| hospital, where he lies guarded by po-
| lice, answering no questions and evil
IDENTIFY unconscious. His recovery, how
ever, is believed to be certain. Up to
| the present the authorities have been
unable to identify him. He is of dark
complexion and apparently between 20
and 80 years old
Soininen was born in 1856 and prac-
ticed at the Finnish bar. He was high
| ly esteemed and had held various gov
ernment appointments. including that
of Provincial Judge. He was appointed
| Procurator General of the Duchy of
| Finland.
Soininen was regarded as a wise and
patriotic official. 1T is understood that
| it was at his initiative that the Firms
exiled by Governor General Bobrikoff
were allowed to return to Finland.
ERA OF TERRORISM FEARED.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. THE
news of the assassination of Soisalon
| Soininen, Procurator General Of Fin
| land. was not generally known In ST.
Petersburg last night, but may be ex-
pected to produce great sensation
when 1t becomes public. as 1t will be
regarded as the precursor OF an era OF
/ terrorism for which the events OF jan
uary in st. Petersburg and throughout
Russia gave the signal
| Until the identity Of the assassin is
| definitely known, 1t will be impossible,
| of course, to establish the motive for
| the attempt: but the present circum-
stances in Finland render almost GER
tain that the crime is OF purely politi-
| cal character and Of the same nature
as the assassination of Count Bob
riEoff, the Governor General OF Fin
land, in June of last year.
| The classification of the province Of
Finland has been meeting with great
opposition and creating much bitter
ness, especially since the formation of
/ the party of active resistance, which is
recruiting from the bolder spirits of the
original party Of passive resistance and
| to which the perpetrator OF this latest
crime probably belonged.
At the conference of revolutionary
parties Of Russia, comprising represen-
tat1veS or the F1nniSn active resistance
party, the Polish National League, the
| Russian Emancipationists and other
revolutionary organizations in Berlin
| last night, programme for general
4 concerted action was drawn up, and
/ the assassin of Soininen undoubtedly
/ was in touch with the dissatisfied ele-
ment in Russia. As matter of fact
never before in the history of the en-
pire have events of an anti-govern-
mental nature been in closer connec-
tion, as has been shown by the general
| spread of the strike movement: and the
assassination of SOininen, though prin-
cipally inspired by the grievances Of
the Finnish Nationalists, undoubtedly
was also spurred on by the use Of
troops against the strikers in ST. Pc
tersburg and elsewhere.
SOININEN MARKED FOR DEATH.
i Little is known regarding the MUIR
der, but as Procurator General Soininen
was the adviser of the Finnish Senate,
which incurred the enmity of the anti