Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-01
Whole TrunkfuI Captured
In St. Petersburg.
Evidence Of a Plot to Kill
General Trepoff.
The Situation Extremely Uncertain
Trouble Expected.

IL
M.-The authorities continue IN find
evidence of terrorist activity in 81
Petersburg and in spite of the precau-
tons of the police another tragedy
may occur at any moment. The fight
ing organization is known to have on
its condemned list 80 persons headed
by Grand Duke Alexis and Gov. Gen.
Trepoff, but the police. although they
have arrested several persons with
bombs in their possession and have
taken many suspects into custody,
have been completely baffied in their
efforts to discover the invisible hand
which is directing the campaign of the
terrorists. The police theory continues
to be that the central organiZa lions of
these engaged i'm the cOnspiracies are
at Genoa and in Paris and that the
men arrested in Russia are agents Sc
lected to execute the sentences. When
arrested these agents invariably are
true TO their oaths and refuse to di-
vulgc anything. no matter TO what Or
deal they are subjected.
Only Thursday the police by chance
foiled what is believed to have been a
plot to kill Gen. Trepoff. According to
the latest details of the affair. a man
was observed during the morning
lOunging at the corner of Great Nor
skaia street, about a block away from
the entrance to Gen. TrepOff's chancel-
lery. The man attracted no attention
at first us he wore the cap which is the
distinctive mark of the employees of the
messenger company whose messengers
stand at every street corner. But at
last Il policeman noticing that the
mans face was not familiar to him APP
preached the supposed messenger with
the object of interrogating him. The
man thereupon became alarmed, drew
a revolver and fired at the policeman,
but missed him. The policeman then
overpowered his assailant and arrest
Ell him.
Almost at the same hour that the
bogus messenger was being arrested on
Great Morskaia street the police who
have been keeping a sharp lookout at
the hotels and lodging houses discov-
cred several bombs of the terrorist pat
tern in a trunk belonging to a strang-
er who occupied furnished room In
Il house in Pushkin street. but who was
absent at the time the police searched
his apartment. The man was prompt
ly taken into custody when he re-
turned and. Thursday night. two indi-
viduals who called to see him were al
so arrested. All the prisoners declined
to give any account Of emselves.
Although the police refuse to fur
nish any information or give the names
of the prisoners. the two Incidents the
arrest Of the man of Great Morskaia
street and the finding of the bombs
are undoubtedly connected. The man
captured by the police on Great Nor
skaia street probcbly was on the look
out for some mark by which to distin-
guish Gen. TrepOff's carriage, as sew
eral vehicles of the same style are con-
before the governor generals
and when he drives out
they circle around and leave in differ
ent directions so that ii is almost i'm
possible in the confusion to deter
mine definitely which carriage con-
tains the governor general. 1t is said
that Gen. Trepoff ii fortnight ago re-
ceived letter informing him that this
rust. was unavailng as he would be
killed in his bed.