The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
COUNT SCAUYALOFR is SLAIN,
MOSCOW PROJECT OF POLICE VIC
TIM OF AN ASSASSIN.

Shot Down in His once While Receivin 3
Petitions--NI Murderer Not Identified
Widow OF Grand Duke Serglus. Also
Assassinated, VI urns with the Family.
sptcta, Gable Dispatches TO THE Sun.
Moscow, July li.-While a number Of
persons were presenting petitions to-day
to Count Schuvaloff, the Prefect Of Police,
one OF them shot him three times, killing
him. The murderer was arrested.
The assassin had remained in the waiting
room till the other petitioners had been
received. Then, entering the audience
hall, he fred at close quarters, the bullets
passing through Count Schuvaloff's body.
The prisoner has not been identified yet.
He was arrested for a political offense a
short time ago, but escaped from the police
station.
1t Is impossible to say whether Count
Sohuvaloff was the victim of crank or Of
the odum Of the system he represented.
He was an honorable, cultured, hardwork-
ing official, In direct contrast to the average
bureaucrat. He was not known to have
an enemy.
The assassin is about 80 years old. He
had passport, which was probably forged.
His identity is unknown. The doctors say
the bullets he used We're poisoned. One
struck an Official by the name of Schneider
In the leg
LONDON. July l2.-The motive for the
assassination of Count Schuvaloff cannot
be traced. The estimates of his character
given by the different correspondents do
not agree, hut his known high culture, his
devotion to his duty as he conceived it.,
and above all the qualities he inherited from
his eminent father call more attention to
his murder than is paid to many Of the
ordinary Russian assassinations.
The Moscow correspondent of the Stan
ddrd says that the audience had been in
progress some time. A man was voubly
detailing his complaint to the Project,
when an individual Immediately behind
passed his hand around the back of the
petitioner and fired three shots in rapid
succession. The first shot struck Count
Schuval off in the upper part of the left arm
and the second lodged in the region of his
heart. The Project staggered and fell into
the arms of an orderly, whose white tunic
was stained with his blood. The third
shot wounded a clerk in the leg
Count Sohuvaloff was carried up stairs,
but lost consciousness before he was
laid on couch. He never spoke after
being shot, and died in half an hour. The
orderly afirms that only three shots were
fired.
The assassin was seized by people who
were awaiting their turn to interview the
Project and turned over to the police. He
ia about 80 years old. He was decently
but not too clearly dressed. Apparently
he is not educated, but it cannot be said
that he belongs to the working classes.
Among the first arrivals at the house
OF the Count was Grand Duchess Eliza
beth, widow of Grand Duke Sergius. who
was recently assassinated. She spent the
day with the bereaved family, attended
two services for the dead, and only left
late in the evening.
On Sunday Count Schuvaloff received
the British Consul, who was going away
on leave Of absence. and assured him in
the most positive terms that the tran
quillity Of Moscow was perfectly guaran-
teed. He secuted the idea of any out
breaks Of disorder.
Immediately after the occurrence the doors
of the chancellery were closed to ingress or
egress, but the news quickly spread and
large crowd assembled on the boulevard
opposite. The regret with which the in
teligence was received on all sides was in
marked contrast to the sentiments of the
public on the occasion of previous attempts
on the lives of officeholders.
Count Schuvaloff was interchangeable in the
performance of his onerous duties, attend
ing to everything personally so far as pos
ua haS fol vic n no "
with which he could be approached, a
facility which was the rule until quite re-
Gently with even the highest State officers.
He adhered to the Oriental custom of re-
ceivng personally every one who had
complaint or petition.
The people assembled in the basement
Of his official residence and then passed
in front of the Project, who stood with
clerk at his left hand and an orderly officer
at his right. A person on murder intent
had no more difficulty in approaching
Count Schuvaloff than any decent looking,
sober individual. whatever his position in
life.
Count Schuvaloff was only recently ap-
pointed head Of the Moscow police, When
the national congress of zemtsvos met in
Moscow on June 9. in defiance OF pro-
hibition from st. Petersburg, the Governor
General did not interfere Count Schuva-
loff acting under a special order from Gen.
Trepoff, raided the nesting personally and
dispersed It,
COST or THE ODESSA RIOTS.
Many Thousands Of Persons Out Of Work
through Destruction Of Factories.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THE sun
ST. PETERSBURG, July 1.-THE Nash0d-
Gin describes the ruin of Odessa by the riot
ers as irreparable. 1t places the losses at