The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-09
Russian Officer Falls Victim to Angry
POpuIaCe
he WAS A FINNISH PROcURA1OR
A Prominent Member of the Govc:n-
ment Party Falls Before the Bullets
Of a Caller at His Residence in
Helsinfors-Deceased"s Son Shoots
Down Assassin, Who Now Lies
Guarded in a Hospital.

H~elsingfors, By ~Cable.+ SoisOlon
Soininen, Procurator General Of Fin
land, who, before he was ennobled, was
known by the name of Johnson, was
a~ssassinated Monday by a young La
whose identity up to the present time
has not been determined. S~oininen's
son was also wounded. The motive
OF. the crime apparently was purely
political, the slain official being q
prominent member Of the government
party.
The murderer appeared at the Pro
curator's residence at II o'clock Mon
day and sent in a a r bearing the
name of Alexandra Gadde, who is in
the Russian service. The young man,
who was .smartly dressed in an officers
uniform, was promptly admitted to the
officials private study, and on his en-
trance fired four shots from a revolver,
one Of the shots piercing the breast Of
the Procurator, who expired almost i'm
mediately. His son, hearing the shots,
rushed in from an adjoining room and
fred three or four shots at his fathers
assailant, whose right leg a broken
below the knee by a bullet. He was
las Slightly "Ou4OCu IL In0 SUOuA0CI
and a finger Of his left hand was
struck. The assassin fired the one
bullet remaining in his revolver at
SOininen's son, wounding him slightly
in the calf of the right leg. He then
endeavored to escape, but fell c
scious to the floor in the ante-room.
There he was seized. DR.. Wasastjerna
was called Immediately, but found the
P~rocurator beyond need of his services.
The assassin was removed to the sur
gical hospital, where he lies guarded
by police, answering no questions, and
EVIDENTLY unconscious. His recovery,
however, is thought to be certain.
Up to the present, the authorities
have been unable to identify him. He
Is Of dark complexion, and apparently
between Is and 80 years old.
caonot Wait.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The dock
yard authorities at Cronstadt are com-
pleting the preparations for active
service Of the ~battleShip Alexander H.,
the cruisers Pafhyat AZova and Admir-
al Kornilon and the gunboat Groz-
jastchy, which, with the new battle
ship Slava. will form the second di-
vision of the third Russian squadron.
These requirements are expected to
sail at L0o end or next May.
The Admiralty confirms the state
ment that the first division OF this
squadron will leave Hbau in the mid
die Of February, but lit Is pointed out
that Admiral Rojestvensky will be
unable to await it's arrival, because he
will AVE to cross the Indian Ocean
before the monsoon season, which be-
gins in March, and renders navigation
impossible for torpedo boats, small
cruisers n coast defense vessels.
Admiral Rojestvensky will proceed to
the far East at the enc of February,
after the arrival of Rear Admiral Bo-
trovsky's division.
kuropatkin Has Not Resigned.
>aSt. Petersburg, By Cable.-The an
nouncement is authorized that not the
slightest information has been re-
ceived at the War Office regarding the
alleged illness or resignation Of Cen
eral Kuropatkin. On the contrary, the
War Offices information indicates no
change whatever in the headquarters
staff in Manchuria and that the de-
parture of General Gripenberg for st.
Petersburg is due to illness.
The version of the departure of Cen
eral Gripenberg now given in the best
informed official circles is that the
general left the front because he ex-
ceeded General Kuropatkin's orders in
pushing beyond Sandepas, and need
lessly sacrificing thousands of men,
This led Kuropatkin to demand Grip
enberg's recall.