The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
BOMB THROWERS BUSY
Attack Police Station and Blow Up
Chief at Warsaw

Warsaw, March 27.=A bomb was
thrown into the carriage OF Baron
Won Nolken, chief of police of War
saw, at o'clock last evening. The
baron was severely wounded, but it is
thought that he will recover. The at
tack on Baron Won Nolken was the
result of an elaborate conspiracy OF
the revolutionary party
Shortly before O'Clock an ele-
gantly dressed man went to the po-
lice station at Praga, large suburb
of Warsaw on the other side of the
Vistula, and threw a bomb into the
court yard of the station, wounding
seven persons, two of them danger
Ously. The man started to run away,
but was caught by the captain of the
station He was found to be a jew
but his identity has not yet been dis
covered. telephone message was
Immediately sent to Baron Won Mol
ken at the city hall, informing him OF
the outrage. Baron Won Nolken, ac-
cOmpanied by a police official, took a
carriage and started Immediately for
Praga- When passing the castle where
the governor general resides, a man
standing on the pavement threw .
bomb at the carriage. Baron Won
Nolken, who was sitting on the side
nearest the assailant, received the full
charge of the bomb, while his COM
panioD escaped unhurt- The COACH
man was thrown from the box and
the carriage was smashed.
Baron Won NollSen was removed to
the city hall and doctors were sum-
mOned, who found he had received
injuries on the head. neck, arm and
leg which are believed to be serious.
Meanwhile, the police official ac-
companying Baron Won NOlkeH saw
the bomb thrOWer fleeing and pursued
and caught up with him, but the
criminal proved the stronger and tore
himself away
Another policeman fired twice after
him without result Half an hour
later a man was found dead in Sowia.
street, whom the police believe to be
the bomb thrower The police think
the man shot himself to escape ar
rest
A girl who was passing the spot
when the bomb was thrown was
wounded by splinters and had to be
taken to the hospital.
According to the theory of the po-
lice the revolutionists calculated upon
Baron Won Nolken'S 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 road by which he could
reach the only bridge across the
Vistula.
The affair caused great excitement.
A popular rumor says the revolution
lists adopted this course of informing
the police that they have more bombs
besides those discovered in the Po-
Wonski cemetery Saturday.
Baron Won Nolken is very unpopular. He
is hated bv the masses of the Polish pop
ulatfon, who hold him responsible for the
sanguinary suppression Of the disturb
ances here al the end of January He has
been here only a year. having come from
St Petersburg, where he was chief Of the
mounted division of the police
According to later information the bomb
which exploded at the Praga police sta
ton was not thrown into the courtyard,
but into a room of the station where the
men assembled were going on duty Six
policemen were wounded and all the fur
niture as well as wall was destroyed.
The bomb thrower, in trying to escape,
met a policeman and shot twice wound
ing the officer in the stomach. The pris-
oner himself was wounded and has been
placed in the hospital
The man found dead in Sowia. street
proved to be plain clothes policeman
who was seen pursuing Baron Won NoI-
ken'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 viii recover.