The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-04-01
THREW TWO BOMBS
CHIEF OF POLICE OF WARSAW
SEVERELY INJURED.
Elaborate Conspiracy Of Revolutionary
Party-Pollee Caught Bomb Throw
err, but HE Broke Away and Later
Committed Suieide-Affair Causes
Great Excitement.


Warsaw. March 27.-A bomb was
thrown into the carriage Of Baron Won
Nolken. chief Of police OF Warsaw. at
s O'Clock Sunday evening. The baron
was severely wounded.
According to latest information. the
attack on Baron Won Nolken was the
result OF an elaborate conspiracy OF
the revolutionary party. Shortly be-
fore O'Clock an elegantly dressed
man went to the police station at
Praga. a large suburb Of Warsaw. on
the other side OF the vistula, and
threw a bomb into the courtyard of
the station, woundtng seven persons.
two OF them dangerously. The man
started to run away, but was caught
by the captain OF the police. He was
found to be a Jew. but his identity has
not yet been discovered.
| A telephone message was immeai-
lately sent 10 Baron Won Nolken at the
city hall informing him OF the outrage
Baron Won Nolken. accompanied 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 a bomb at the car
riage. Baron won Nolken, who was sit
ting on the side nearest the assaiiant,
received the full charge OF the bomb,
while his companion escaped unhurt.
The coachman was thrown from the
box and the carriage was smashed.
Baron Won Nolken was removed to
the city hall and doctors we're sum
moned, who found he had received In
ljuries on the head. neck. arm and leg
which are believed to be serious,
Meantime. the police official accom-
panying Baron Won Nolkeu saw the
bomb thrower fleeing and pursued
: and caught up with him. but the Grim
NAL proved the stronger and tore him
self away. Another policeman fired
: twice after him without result Hall
an hour later a man whom the poles
believe 10 be the bomb thfower, wa
j found dead in Sowia street. The p0
lice think the man shot himself L
). escape arrest.
+ A girl who was passing the spO
when the bomb was thrown wal
: wounded by splinters and was takeI
: to the hospital
According to the theory OF the police
= the revolutionists calculated upoi
! Baron Won Nolken going to Praga OF
. learning OF the explosion of the boml
at the station there. and knew h,
r must pass the castle. that being %,
only route BY which he could reael
J. the only bridge across the Vistula.
D The affair caused great excitement
I A popular rumor says that the revolu
q tionaries adopted this course OF In
Il forming the police that they hay
70 more bombs besides those discovers
n In the Powonsh cemetery Saturday.
Baron Won NOIken Ia very unpopt
e lar. He IL hated by the masses OF tn
a. Polish people. Who held him respor
81 slble for the sanguinary suppression q
r the disturbances here at the end G
N January. He has been here only
ct year, having come from St. Peter
of burg. where he was chief of the noun
lie ed division OF the police.
According 10 later information. th
Of bomb which exploded at the Pras
IA police station. was not thrown int
ne the courtyard. but into a room in II
ne court station. where the men asaen
I'd bled when on duty The furniture Z
ie we'll as one wall was destroyed. tn
ne bomb thrower. In trying 10 escap
at met a policeman and shot twic
he wounding the officer in the stomac
ie The prisoner himself was wounae
Is. and has been placed in the hospital.
The man who was killed in Sow
street proves to be a plain cloth
policeman. who was seen pursuit
'st Baron Won Nolken's assailant. TT
police believe that the latter turn'
IN on the policeman and shot him dead
lat Baron Won Nolken's injuries a
he serious, but It Is thought he Will l
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