The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
Russian officials at the Capital
in Constant Danger.
Persons ON Condemned
List Of the RevOlutiOnsts.
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
And Governor General TrepOfR
Head the Catalogue.
Police Are Unable to Find the
Responsible Parties.

st. Petersburg, March 31.-The au-
thorities continue to find evidence OF
terrorist activity ia St Petersburg and
in spite Of the precautions of the police
another tragedy may occur at any mo-
ment. The fighting organization is
known to have on its condemned list SO
persons headed by Gradn Duke Alexis
and Governor General Trepoff, but the
police. although they have arrested sew
eral persons with bombs in their pos
session and have taken many suspects
into custody have been completely baf-
fed in their efforts to discover the in-
visible head which is directing the cam
paign of the terrorists. The police the
ory continues to be the central organiz-
ations of those engaged in the conspir-
acies are at Geneva and in Paris and
that the men arrested in Russia are
agents selected to execute the sentences.
When arrested these agents Invariably
are true to their oaths and refuse to
dfvulge anything no matter to what
ordeal they are subjected.
Only yesterday the police by chance
foiled what is believed to have been
plot to kill General Trepoff. According
to the latest details of the affair man
was observed during the morning loung-
ing at the corner of Great Morskat
street about a block away from the en-
trance to General Trepoffs chancellory.
The man attracted no attention at first
as he wore the red cap which Is the dis
tinctive mark of the employees Of the
messenger company whose messengers
stand at every street corner, but at last
a policeman noticing that the man
face was not familiar to him approach
ed the supposed messenger with the OBJ
tect of interrogating him. The man
thereupon became alarmed, drew re-
Volver and fred at the policeman but
missed him The policeman then over
powered his assailant and arrested him
Almost at the same hour that the
bogus messenger was being arrested on
Great Morskai street the police who
have been keeping a sharp lookout at
the hotels and lodging houses discov-
cred several bombs of the terrorist pat
tern in trunk belonging to q stranger
who occupied furnished rooms IN "a
house in PushlSEl street, but who was
absent at the time the police searched
his apartment. The man was promptly
taken into custody when he returned
and last night two individuals who call
ed to see him also were arrested. All
the prisoners declined to give any ac-
count Of themselves. Although the po-
lice are reticent, refusing to furnish any
information or give the names OF the
prisoners the two incidents-the arrest
of the man on Great Morskai street and
the finding Of the bombs-are undoubt-
edly connected The man captured by
the police on Great Morskai street prob
ably was on the outlook for some mark
by which to distinguish General Trep-
offs carriage as several vehicles of the
same kind are constantly before the
governor generals chancellory and
when he drives out they circle around
and leave in different directions so that
it is almost impossible in the confusion
to determine definitely which carriage
contains the governor general. It IS
said that General Trepoff fortnight
ago. received q letter informing him
that this ruse was unavailing as he
would be killed in his bed