The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-09
INDICTMENT OF
MAXIM GORKY
Document Written by Defendant Is
Incorporated.
BITTER ATTACK UPON CAR
TRIAL WILL BE CONDUCTED IN
SECRET.

St Petersburg April S.-The indict-
ment of Maxim Gorky, who is styled
therein AN artisan of Mimi Nov
gorod, Alexis Maximof Meschkoff"
contains the text of Il document found
in the st. Petersburg residence of Ad-
vocatc Eugene l<edrine and the author
snip of which GO-lly is alleged to have
admitted. This document styles the
shooting of the workInen premeditated
massacre and accuses Prince SViatO-
pOlk-Mirsky (WhO. at the time. was
minister of the interior) of wilful and
unprOvoked murder. 1t continues:
Emperor Nicholas was informed of
the character Of the workmen's move
ment and of the peaceful intentions
of his late subjects. the innocent vic
tins killed by the soldiers. but notwith-
standing this knowledge, he allowed
them to be maSsacred. We, therefore
accuse him also of having continued
the killing of people who in no wise
provoke such measures
Bloody Sunday.
The document details the events of
sunday, Jan. p. the day on which the
troops fired on the wOrkmen in St. Pc
tersburS, and points out the absence
of Il revolutionary character to the
demonstrations It relates that the days
previous to the disturbance the sigma
ter Of Justice Muravief with view
TO requesting him not to order out the
troops and to enable the WOrkmen 10
speak freely with the emperor. The
SigndtOrieS were informed by the sec
rotary of the minister that it was no
affair Of the minister of justice. Aft
erWard, the document says. they went
( to the president of the committee of
ministers, Witte. TO whom they eX-
! pressed fear that blood would be shed.
! NJ. White replied that Interior Minis
/ ter SViatOpOlk-MirSlKy was more ac-
/ Curately informed as to the state of
affairs, but Emperor Nicholas certain
! ~ mad been made acquainted with the
! situation. NJ. Witte added that person
/ ally ne was impOtent 10 do anything.
! They telephoned to Prince Sviatopolk-
/ Mirsky asking the minister of the in
! terror if he would receive the deputa-
( ton, but Prince SviatopoIk- Mirsky re-
/ fused to do so The document con-
/ cludes:
/ we declare that such an order OF
things cannot longer be tolerated and
can on all citizens of Russia to enter
into an imminent and relentless uni
/ versal struggle with the autOcracy."
Gorky's Admissions.
The indictment sets forth that Gorky
admitted in writing that he composed
! the documents referred to above, with
! view to sanding il to all St. Peters
! burg newspa pers, hoping that at least
one of them would publish il. After
( describing GOrky's discussions with the
Workmen the Indictment says.
He went on the evening of Jan. p
I TO the offices of the Journal Nashidini
! where it was decided TO appoint a dep
| UtatiOn to wait on Minister of the In
! terror SViatopOIk- Mirsky for the pur-
pose of begging him as minister and
| as a man, TO take all possible measures
to prevent conflict between the work
men and the police and troops. The
deputatiOn included GOrky, whose ac-
| count of its reception, according TO his
own aVowaI was written at his Owl
initiative and without informing his
! colleagues, who only became acquaint-
ed with its contents later"
The Indictment accuses Gorky of APP
pealing to the people through the doe
/ ument to Overturn the existing sOcia
! regime, and says that the fact that tn,
I docum mt was not circulated was due
10 the circumstances outside GOrky's
control.
The trial of Gorky will be behind
closed doors.