River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-15

have I done that you should wish to
bring upon me such grief?" His an
sv er-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 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 Lis ac-
ton as unworthy the son of Il 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 a 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 a 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
Incidentally the police were able to
clear up the mystery of the unknown
man who was suddenly blown to pieces
on the morning of March IL by the ac-
cidental explosion of bomb in his
room in the Hotel Bristol in st. Peters
burg Although the passport carried
by the dead terrorist was issued in
London, ostensibly to an Englishman
it was discovered that he was Pole,
and spoke scarcely a dozen words of
English.
The police, in tracing his movements
prior to the explosion, found that he
had two addresses here, and documents
were found indicating that he was
watching for members of the imperial
family and ministers of state. He fire.
quently visited the government offices.
The police learned that he was connect
ed with the plotters who caused the
death of the Grand Duke Sergius.
From day to day since the raid on
the revolutionary headquarters the po-
lice have made arrests as rapidly as
the reports of the secret service agents
warranted, until it is known that some
800 prisoners have been taken. Every
possible secrecy has been maintained,
and not one word of official informa-
ton has escaped from the authorities.
1t is, however, known that many of the
prisoners are members of the Russian
nobility. and the positive documentary
evidence against several of them is be-
yond question. In the case of Prince
Obolenski, the assassin of Grand Duke
Sergius. in spite of the public excite
ment and the pressure to know the
fullest details. the police have stead
lastly pretended that they have been
unable to identify their prisoner and
that his name and history are un-
known. This policy is pursued out of
consideration Tor the other members
Of the distinguished Obolenski family
and also to conceal the truth of the
widespread cancerous growth of revo-
luHonary recruits in official and aristo-
cratic circles.
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