Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-04-19
THE TERRORIST
UNDER ARREST
Interesting Details of the Capture
of Band.
WOMEN IMPLICATED.
To Kashovsky, the Celebrated Rus
sian Detective, Is Due the Cred
1T of Catching One Dozen
Members of a Group.

st. Petersburg, April 19.-Gradually
the recent arrest of band of about a
dozen terrorists are leaking out. The
capture, which is regarded as being
of immense Importance, was accom-
plished by Kashovsky, the Russian
LecoQ. who was dismissed from the
secret police service years ago on ac-
count of his connection with Philippe.
a spiritualist. who created such stir
at court several years ago. and who.
too, went to Paris to live. General
Trepoff, upon his appointment as gov
ernor general of st. Petersburg, IN
duced Kashovsky to return to st. Pc
tersburg, and within two weeks the
detective captured the entire band,
which had been operating here under
the direction of a central organization.
which apparently had its headquarters
in Switzerland Alfred Henry McCul-
Tough. the man killed March IL by the
accidental explosion of a bomb at Ho-
tel Bi .stol, whose real name was Bau-
man, was one of the chiefs of the ter
rorists, having charge of the manufac-
ture of bombs, and Kalieff, who killed
Grand Duke Sergius, also belonged 10
the same group. After Bauman's
death Kalieff's duties devolved upon
Mile Leontief, daughter OF General
Leontieff, daughter of General Leon
tieff. who was recently appointed gov
ernor general of Yakutska, eastern ST.
IBERIA Mile Leontieff became a con-
vert to terrorism during her stay at
Lucerne, Switzerland. Kalieff's iden-
tity was established through the dis
covery of a photograph belonging to
SavinkofT. who had been his comrade,
both at the university and in exile.
When Kalieff was charged with COM
plic.ty he admitted il, saying immedi-
ately: "Savinkoff has been arrested
The police later thought they cap
tured Savinkon and so announced
publicly, but 1t turns out that the man
held under that name Is another. an.
Savinkoff, to whom Kalief had evil
IDENTIFY confided his intention of killing
Grand Duke Sergius. were still safe
abroad
Among others captured was Madame
Ivanovskai, sisterin-law of Korolenko,
the Russian author. She was involved
in the Nihilist plot to assassinate En-
peror Alexander II, for which she was
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Dur, at the end of seven years escaped
to America
Perhaps the most romantic feature |
is the fact that Mile Leontieff con-
verted two nieces of Governor General
Trepoff. Mile Trepoff and Princess |
Denishoff, to the doctrine Of assassi- |
nation, and that after the arrest OF her
mentor Mile Trepoff actually attempt |
ed the life of her Uncle, firing two shots |
at him, both of which missed. There
upon the two girls became panic |
stricken and attempted to suicide. |
Mile Trepofr throwing herself under a |
train and Princess Denishoff shooting
herself. Neither of them succeeded |
The family since has tried to make
1t appear that the girls acts were the
result of a mutual pact for self-de-
stuction, both being In love with the
same man, an officer of the guards
About 100 male and female students
of the Cons rvatory of Music, who
have been connected with the agitation
in favor of Rimsky Korsakofr, who
was removed from a professorship I'm
the conservatory because of his atti
tude toward the striking students
have been arrested and sentenced to a
months Imprisonment.