The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
OWN ASSASSINATION.
The IngeniousIy Cruel Trick BY Which
The Savage Russian General Was
Forced to Cease ButcheriDg
Innocent Women and Chill.
dren and Resigns.

hooh Fohy uhu suhl moving p urek
have just sCcc dcd in welding a more
powerful Influence over General Ire.
pLH than tho u3auds OF strikers, armed
nobs, plottir g annihillsts, hired ~.
sassins and angry mon, women and
children shouting for vengence. The
pictures, it Is said, have clused the
fearless Ttep)fr to quit his place as
dictator Of Russia. Chief of olice and
Governor General If st, Petersburg,
They have succ ,eded in thoroughly
frightening Trcp0tf-in soaring him,
IN Iact, almost to Death.
Ii Is reported that the entire set of
moving pic ures whic1, 1T IS declared,
have co"eu tins hitherto dauuuless
man into abdlcating Il, nearly bound.
less powers cJuld not be preserved in
tact for all time. 1t is reported that
they have been destroyed by some OF
the governments secret police, bu
not, however, before the pictures had
done the work for VII ich they were
intended, and to them many attribute
his recent resignation.
TREPOFF SEES HIMSELF.
The pictures had just shown IRE.
poif himself being blown 10 bits as a
punishment for his repression Of Rus
sian rioters.
This high cm jial Of tie Czlr's EN-.
pire was attending performance in
one OF the State theatres and WIS
watching cinematographic views OF
OF President Loubat's recent visit to
the King of Spain. He was surround
rounded by members Of the Emperor .
court and several titled women as well
ds many Of his own staff officers. The
distinguished party was gosslping,
whispering and jesting, paying out
to the pictures shown
on the canvas,
Suddenly the Spanish pictures
vanished and d vaulted darkened room
stood upon the while screen. Around
a table we're crowded alb ut a dozen
,nen In the act Of taking a solemn
jath. Their hands we're outstrelc led
and their heads we're bent low. Lots
were drawn. Two men, selected for
some mission, gu c4ly left the room.
Then 1t was that Trepoff, who had
up to that time been more interested
In his conversation with the fair Rus
sian women, turned toward the can
vas for the mysterious change In views
che pictures on band OF supposedly
Russian plottcrs NATURALLY excited his
curiosity. He was still unmoYed, but
he was thoroughly Interested
y lick as liRhtnSng the square In
OF Governor General TrrpCff palace
IN ST. Petersburg, win his own
stately mansion prominent In the
foreground, replaced the den OF the
conspirators on the screen. The front
doors OF the building we're suddenly
thrown open and at the same m meat
tile carriage al d spred no 'ses draw
Ing 1t drew up In front Of Gne COVER
nOr's reSldGuce.
Ten Trep, # saw, to his anti ,ment
moving pictures of himself attended
oy members Of the statf, whom he
also recogniz ID, emerge from the pal.
ace. They were surrounded by guards
for the Russians have long promisea
to kill T;epCtf the moment they get
the slightest opportunity. That they
will do so he well kno w.
Down tie broed granite steps the
party moved, and In the next instant
the cars military lieutenant saw
himself spring into his own carriage,
followed by st II till ;cr Then the
carriage drove rapidly away.
N vsN Prospect appear d ntxj with
| Us fine buildings, broad carriage
drives and stately towers In the back
ground. This was where the Ru.slan
cavalry, the dreded Cossacks, rec ,ntly
moved down by hundreds the rioters
as well as many innocent people who
we're merely onluokers Along the
splendid street dashed carriage
which Trepotf as we'll as every other
person In The theatre recognized In.
slantly as his own
A man ran forward toward the
vehicle, raising his right arm, in the
hand OF which he was aholding some.
thing which was smoking. Pausng
for better aim, he flung the burning
obi right under the carriage ano
darted back into the little crowd
which had gather, d..
There was a flash upward Of blindlne
smoke, which partially obscured the
carriage. 1T seem,d as though the
wheels had boen blotted out and the
vehicle left hanging In mid air. In ar
Instant the vapors were dissipated anc
In the window Of the carriage was
seen distinctly for moment the fact
OF Trept II contorted into WhirlWint
Of passion and pain. His arms were
| II lng upward and outward as though
Ia 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
in fragments far and near In the roat
way. High above the wreck OF tin
vehicle and flying among the ieces O
the dlsmembered horses were arms
legs and bodies OF two men the oc
oupantS CT th6 Carriage, TrepCiT an
his stat assistant
lTrepoff sank far back In his seat
and before his attendants coul,
gather around him to shield him from
the stare Of dfteen hundred pairs O
eyes he was seen to cover h!a fac
with his hands and collapse. Two Q
the women In the Official b.x wit
Trepolf tainted. y