The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-29
Secret service officials and the pc.

lice rushed toward the cin~ematograpl
Some person had inserted the assassi
nation views among those which hat
been prepared for the nights enter
ment. r o machine wa stopped OF
the instant and the whole parapher
MALTA, 1t ia reported, was taken.
Treptf had b:en trlckeC! He knew
it In an Instant after he had collaps
d, but too late The nervous s'ocl
had been administered, the OF j4c
lesson blasted home with the picture
o. a bomb.
The governor general was more
carried thai I'D from the theatre b J
O his Outrage. Try as his suite die
10 kf ep the e oating PUB ic gtz from
taeir master in ii, terror and agony
they c uld Lot, and the authors of lht
plot, to show Trepf # a moving pic
ture of himself being assassinate1, a
they had so often threatened him
must hava seen that they had beer
succe aful.
.rrepoff has resigned, Hs Is an
unnerytd man f,r the time at least.
He will leave S.. Petersburg TO as
u &c the Office of Governor Of the
Imperial PLACE st Peterhof. The
iii ;e of Minister of Police for tie EN-.
pire is to bs ao0lisaed. Tie Grand
D Ike Nicholas will Likely be appoint
ID to the military command OF St.
Petersburg.
II preparing the assassination
SC mes duplicates were made OF four
Of tie pictures in the series. Ii their
caro- for the machinery and pic .ures
che government ,ff;lals kaew noahirg
+ them, for they mad be IN made and
Kept by une Ninilists who had con-
c cJed and executed the plot. 1t is
10 this manner that these pictures
escaped.
1t was due to the wonderful Gun.
ming and skill Of certain students that
che assassination Of Trep If was pro.
duc3d in picture form before his eyes,
At secret meetings 1t was d-cioed
that, while Trepof was a reasonable
object Of haired, he was not really
so bad and desi wing Of assassination
as had been the Grand Duke Se:gius.
He was M ,rely the too willing tool OF
uhe autocracy. He might be terribly
punished an some good might follow.
TO make the pictures OF The asSas.
sanation vas thu fist thing aid then
60 insert them in the roll OF fins
for the performance at the theatre
when Trepotf should be pre- emit was
the other r, q1tsite. Inc whole mat.
GER was left 70 a selected band. In
one end IF q wide room a scene paint.
cd to represent Trepoff's mansion
and the drive Way before 1t was
hung.
Nevski Prospect was represented
and hung in the same manner. The
carriage obtaining the supposed
Erepctf was driven before 1t, Fig
ures gathered, one man rushed out
holding an empty bomb with burn
ing fuse alta he'd. He threw 1t.
Fnen another scene was made. by OK
ploding soma fishing powder Ill
n.rmless q lanity. The next view
vas MADE ny s%uspsnding the carriage
It's WHEEL, being taken Cff, In the ar
oy means Of ropes so painted thai
they would not be seen II the pic.
ture.
The carriage was taken to pieces
and the sections hung In the air be-
fore the same background as though
they were being blown up. Dlsmem.
bered sections OF dummy horses were
scattered around and portions OF dunn.
my men were hung cOnsplcOusly In
the foreground. Inc bomb thrower
Guns from the scene the moment he
nurls the explosive. He is then shown
as b,ing siez I'd and arrested.
In spite Of all Of the If ,rts OF the
secret service Of Russia and OF all OF
the Cars police the students who
devised and executed the plot to G.
lure to Trepof the inevitable fate
which awaited him II ne continued
nis career, have escaped. No arrests
have followed under direct charge OF
CHS crime for crime it Is in Russia.
THAI the plotterS must have had &C.
completes among the men in clarg OF
The state Theatres cinematograph Is
probable, but if they any the Govern
ment with its cunning Of generations
and Its great secret service machinery
mas for oncs been completely b. I'd I'D.