The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-06
BADLY SCARED.
Moving Pictures Shows Genera
Trepoff, The Tyrant, His
OWN ASSASSINATION.
The IngeniousIy Cruel Trick BY Which

The Savage Russian General Was
Forced to Cease Butchsri1g
Innocent Women and Chill
dreu and Resigus.
a letter from ST., Petersburg, Rus
sia. to the NeG Y Jrk American, say
four very unusual moving r C ure
have jlst succ sded in welding nor
powerful irhlence over General Ire
pcf than II, usands Of strikers. armed
ncbs, plottirg annih;lists, hired as
sassins and angry men, women ant
children shouting fer vengence. The
pictures. it is said, have cAused the
fearless Tiepof to quit his place a.
dictator OF Russia, CHEF OF Police and
Governor, General If st, Petersburg
They have succeeded in thoroughly
frightening Trep. fin soaring him
In ract, almost to Ceath.
Il is reported that the entire set ol
m,ving pictures whtc;,, It's declared,
have cJHed tulS Ei.certo dsuatleSs
man into abdicat!ng Ii; nearly bound
less powers ,uld not be preserved in
tact for all time. I5 is reported that
they have been destroyed BY some Of
the governments secret police, bu
not, however, before the pictures hao
done the work for wi ich they were
intended, and tc them many attribute
bis recent resignation.
TREPoFF SEES HIMSELF.
The pictures had just shown IRE
pof himself being blown to bits as
punishment for his repression OF Rus
sian rioters.
This high ofh 1ial o. the CzI's EN-.
pfre was attending performance ir
ole Of the State theatres and IVES
watching cinematographic views OF
Of President Loubet's rec:nu visit to
the King OF Spain. BE was surround
rounded by members OF the Emperor :
curt and s.veral titled wome1 as well
as many Of his own staff officers. The
distinguished party Was gossipirg,
whispering and jesting, paying but
Scant attention to tee pictures shown
on The Canvas,
Suddenly the Spanish pictures
vanished and vaulted darkened room
stood upon the white screen. Around
a table were crowded ab,ut dtz n
men in the act OF taking solemn
oavh. Their hands we're .usstrei led
and their heads we're bent low. Lots
were drawn. Two men, selected for
some mission, gu ckly LETT the room.
Then it was tna5 Trepcf, who had
up to that time been more interested
II his cJnversatiCn with the lair Rus
sian women, turned toward the can
vas for the mysterious change in views
5ne pictures on a band Of supposedly
Russian p:ctters naturally excited bis
curiosity. BE was still unmoVeo, but
ne vas thoroughly interested.
@ lick as lightnsng the square In
VI governor General Trepof palace
Ii St. Petersburg, with his own
stately mansion prominent in the
foreground. replaced the den Of the
cons Spirsto1s On the screen. The front
1oorS OF the building we're suddenly
thrown open AID at the same 10 nent
a fac carIi:ge aid spired uoiSes draw
Ing 1t drew Up in front of the COVER
aor's resldeuce.
T0en Trep> # saI, to his anna z,ment
moving pictures IF himself attended
oy members OF the staff, whom he
also reoogniz I'd, emsrge from tie pal.
ace. They were surrounded by guards
for the Russians have long promlsea
70 kill Tispcf the moment they, get
che slightest opportunity. That tnsy
will do so he well kno rs.
Down the brood granite steps the
party moved, and in the next instant
une Cars military lieutenant saw
himself spring into his o~n carriage,
follow by 81 # II; ;es. Then the
carriage drove rapidly away.
n v,ki Prospect appear q 0,xS With
its fine buildings, broad carriage
drives and stately towers in the back.
ground. This vas where the Ru sian
cavalry, the dreded Cossacks, rtc,ntly
moved down by hundreds the rioters
as well as many Innocent people who
we're merely onlookers. Aloog the
splendid street dashed carriage
which Trepcf as well as every other
person in The theatre recognized in
stantly as his own.
A man ran forward toward the
vehicle, raising his right arm, ia the
hand OF which he was holding some,
thing which was smoking. Pausing
for betJer aim, he flung the burning
object right under the carriage and
darJed back into the little crowd
which bad ga5hered.
I uo1S N oS d u ALL QO - es1O Va SI1ONi-e
smoke, which partially obzcused the
carriage. 1t seemed as though the
wheels had b,en blotted out and the
vehicle left hanging In mid air. In az
instant the vapors were dissipated anc
in the window Of the carriage va:
seen distincly for moment the fac;
| 0t Trept # c1ntOrte6 into a WhirlWinC
of passion and pain. His arms were
fling upward and outward as thcugt
10 the extremity Of terror and tor
ture.
The wheels OF the carriage were
seen flying through the air and th'
great carriage horses were scattered
IL fragments far and near in the roat
way. High above the wreck OF th'
vSh!c,e ant flying amorg the ieces 0
5ne dismenEeied horses were arms
| legs and bodies Of two men-the oc