Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-17

greater intelligence which is to be ex.
pected at the hands of this class in any
attempt to right the wrongs of Russia
The prOvocation in this case was ad
mittedly great. Sergius was perhaps
the most universally hated official Of
all Russia. No man can spend $780,
600 a. year in pursuit of his own pleas.
ure and deserve better than contempt
and he invites serious fate if he is
Russian and is governor in author
ity and is a cruel and arbitrary auto
crat. The grand duke and his wife.
aware of the danger which accom-
panied his every movement, Travelled
always under the watchful eyes of the
police, but the police had eyes only for
suspicious characters.
1t was at the request of the secret
police that the grand duchess visited
young Prince Obolenski in his cell on
the day following the tragedy, their at
tenpts to secure information having
failed. Her desire that all involved in
the conspiracy by which her husband
lost his life, should be apprehended.
appears to have made her most adroit
at a time when grief was uppermost,
or perhaps she was really concerned to
know what her husband could have
Gone to have incurred the enmity of
another member of the nobility. With
as much composure as she could sum-
mon, she asked the assassin: what
have l done that you should wish to
bring upon me such a grief?" His an
sver-regret for her sorrow, but insist
ence upon the necessity for his act
was no better than the creed of all
| anarchists.
The grand duchess expressed sur
prise that the prisoner, as a member of
the aristocracy, should so far forget his
rank and his obligations as to join
with the misguided workmen in an at
tempt to bring about the fall of the
government. She characterized his &C.
| ton as unworthy the son of a noble
family. 1t was at this point that Obo-
lenski, not wishing to assume individ-
ual responsibility for his deed, declared
that he was by no means the only one
| in high official life who had sworn the
oath of the terrOrists. The grand
duchess, realizing that the man was
forgetting his surroundings and might
be led to reveal more, quickly arose,
| declared that she could not listen to
baselesS insinuatiOns against the loyal
ty of men who were still her friends.
| The ruse succeeded. Obolenski insisted
that he was by no means alone; that
many others of his rank were ready
and waiting the opportunity to COM
NIT similar deed when the interests
of the people should require it.
| Unknown to the prince the chief of
the secret police had overheard the
interview and had had notes taken by
a secretary concealed with him above
the ventilator in the ceiling of the cell.
Agents of the police were detailed to
watch every parsonage who had been
indicated in the interview, and a
search was made of the homes and
personal papers of each. Finally the
trail led to the headquarters of the ter
rorists in Moscow, which was found
to be acting in conjunction with the
central revolutionary chiefs in London.
On March Is the police surrounded and
raided the Moscow headquarters and
found store of Internal machines and
explosive weapons, together with print
ing presses and revolutionary docu-
ments, included among the latter being
a letter to the central committee and
correspondence relating to the assassi-
nation of the Grand Duke Sergius.