The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-04
TREP0FF,
THE DESP0T
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Side Lights on St. PeterSburg'S
Governor General.
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HE is HATED BY RUSSIANS
Even the Palace Clique, Who Employ
\ Him, Is Said to Loathe
His Meth
DDS.

most hated subjects Of the car, says
the Chicago Record Herald. Men OF
liberal tendencies as well as pronounced
reyoIutionists look upon him as prob
ably the greatest foe Of popular liberty
that exists In Russia. 1t is even said
that the palace clique. who employ him.
loathe him for his desplcabie methods.
Trepoff himself declares that he bears
charmed life -Four times have the
revolutionists tried to effect his re
moval.' but each attempt proved a
failure,
When soldier of accredited ability
stoops to become a chief OF Russian
police be at once in measure loses
caste with the remainder of the army
This is the case OF General Trepoff, He
| Is admired for military actions in the
past, but despised for his present occu
patton, for within few weeks lie has
| been chief OF police of Moscow. He
! comes Of a good family and conducted
himself with distinction in the Turkish
war, but always displayed brutality
toward the soldiers under hi.u that
| caused the men to hate him. He has
| been especially distinguished for de-
| nunciatlons, in and out Of season, OF
1 anarchists and revolutionists. which
| declarations probably have won for him
the unenviable position that he now
occupies Marked man that he has
been for years, TrepoH practically has
become, next to the car and the grand
dukes, the central target for weapons
of the followers of the red flag.
The most recent attempt on Trepoff's
life was made Jan. 10 last in Moscow.
He was at the Nicholas station in that
city bidding farewell to Grand Duke
Sergius. who was departing for SC. Pc
tershurg, when a young student APP
preached, quickly drew revolver and
fired three times at the general, but the
bullets went wild Trepoff simply
blessed himself. and the secret police
who were present seized the assassin
and hustled him off to prison.
| A month previously Trepoff was the
chief Of police of Moscow It will be
remembered that ON Dec. is and 10 last
the students of the university there en-
gagged ii revolutionary demonstrations
Trepoff had put down the uprising with
heavy hand and incidentally had
caused mourning In many homes ii
Moscow. 1t was relative Of one Of the
victims Of Trepoffs 'repressive" ne
ton that had attempted to even things
by causing the close friends of Trepof
to put on black.
The year 1902 Is marked with red II
Trepofi7s calendar. Especially is theirs
a huge daub Of crimson over the monti
Of March and April of that year, for II
those months three attempts were
: made on his life. He had a marvellous
almost a miraculous, escape on Marcel
! 81. A woman named Allart had gainet
admission to his private Office on TIN
pretense of fmparting important infor
nation concerning conspiracy. Shl
carried a revolver concealed beneath
long cloak 1t was but the work OF /;
second to draw the weapon, place i
against Trepoff's breast and pull th
trigger. The revolver. however, misses
fire. and 1t II presumed that Trepof
again blessed himself, On April 4 FOL
lowing a man armed with a stilett
tried to force his way into the general
office, but was overpowered and places
In dungeon. He is now in Siberia
On April Trepoff had another thrill
I | ing experience While he was ridin
young student sprang upon the step
! Of the carriage and attempted to plung
: a dagger into the generals heart. I'll
5 secret police officer that rode with Tre
: poff warded off the desperate lnngt
8 but received severe cut in the arm
: The assailant was locked up as a ms
: MAC. and none Of his friends since ha
> seen him.
{ About jan of this year Trepoff wa
: relieved Of his duties as chief Of pg
: lice Of Moscow and ordered to th
; front He was not to 60, however. a
!, fighting man. Perhaps his superior
: desired to preserve bis life as long a
9 possible He was assigned as head {
, the Red Cross society in Manehuri,
: IT is intimated that the general had d.
: sired to lead corps or at least br
: gade, hut information. it il alleged, ia
. reached army headquarters in st. n
Z tersburg that Trepoff would not h
> welcome among the rank and file III
: der Kuropatlzin's command.
: The general almost had complete
: arrangements to proceed to the froT
: when the present crisis arose, and I'll
: grand ducal party at once selected hil
: as the most desperate man ID the en-
Z pire to meet the fateful emergencl
: hence be is again IN the saddle, con
: missioned to do work eongeniai to b
: bloodthirsty nature. Power only Sc
ond to that welded By the car hs
5 been placed IN his hands. and unless
2 proves false to his training and tender
3 cies the unfortunate people Of st. T
Z tersburg will discover speedily that
ruthless man Of blood and iron Is