The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-06
Secret service Cti ,isls aad the po-

Secret service otli ,lals aad the po
lice rushed toward the c;neMatcgrapt
Some person lad insert; d the assasSi
nation views among these which hat
been prepared for the nights enter
ment. Tle machine was stopped oI
tie instant and the whole patapher
nails, 1t is reported, was taken.
Trepctf had bsel trickec. BE kneV
it in an instant after be had colleps
ed, but too ,ate. Toe nervous shock
had been administered, the OBJECT
lesson blasted home with tie picture
Of q bomb
The governor general was more
carried than led from the theatre Ok
10 his carriage. Try as his suits dic
TO keep the & eating pubic gsz, from
their master ia i, serIor and agony,
they could LOT, and the authors OF the
plot, to STOW Treptff moving pic.
uure Of hirlself being as&assinate1, a:
they had so of:en threatened him
must have seen that they had been
successful.
Trepcf has resigned. Hs is an
ulnerved man f.r the time at least.
BE will leave ST. Petersburg to as.
u re che Office Of Governor OF the
imperial Pliace at Peterhot. The
Office OF Minister OF Police for the en-
pire is to be ABOLISHED. TIE Grand
Dixie Nicholas will likely be appoint
ed TO the military command OF St
Petersburg.
Ia preparing the assassination
scenes duplicates were made OF four
OF tbs pictures in the series. In their
sesrca for tie machinery and PIC ures
the government .ri;ials knew nothiDg
Il item, for they had BEEN made ano
kept by the n .nilis5s VINO had con-
c>cted and executed the plot. 1t is
in this manner that these pictures
escaped.
1t was dus to the wo: derful Gun.
ming and skill Of certain Stu!ents that
The assassination OF Trep. If was pro-
dUcsd in picture form b5fUre his eyes.
At secret meetings it was decided
that, while Tcepcff was reasonable
object OF haired, ne was not really
so bad and dasiVing OF assassination
as had been the Grand Duke Sargius.
ae was msre!y the too wiling tool OF
The suu0cracy. He might be terribly
punished an some good might follow.
TO make the pictures OF The aSsas-
sanation was The 4 sJ thing aLd then
10 insert them in the Ioil OF Il ms
for the performance at the theatre
when Trepctf should be pre- ent was
The other r, liSiIe. Tne whole mat.
ter was lefJ 10 selected band. In
one end CT a wide room scene paint
cd to represent Trepof's mansion
and the driveway before 1t was
hung.
Nevski Prospecj was represented
and hung in the sane manner. The
carriage c.n5aining the supposed
frepli was driven before it, Fig
or.s gathered, one man rushed out
holding al empty bomb with burn
icy fuse alta ned. 9e threw 1t.
rnen another scene was made by ex
plodiag soma flashing puader il
HARMLESS q lanity. Tue next 7ie@
vas made W suspsnding the carriage
its wheel, being taken off, in the s!f
oy means OF ropes so painted that
they would not be seen in the pic,
ture.
The carriage was tsken to pieces
and the sections hung In the air be-
fore the same background as though
tnev we're being blown up. Dismem
berld secJionS OF dummy horses were
scattered around and portions OF dunn.
my men were hung consplcously in
the foreground. Tne bomb tnrowe1
runs from the scene the moment he
nurls the * 3losiVe. He is then shown
as being Sized and arrested.
In spite Of all OF the t # Its OF the
secret service OF Russia and OF all Of
the Cars pOlic5 the students who
devised ana executed the plot TO pc,
;ure 10 Trep.f the inretItao.e tate
which awaited him if be CONTINUED
nis career, have esc.ped. No arrests
have followed under ulrect Charge ot
GniS crime for crime it is II Russia.
That the plot5ers must have had &C.
conpllces among the men III c larg OF
che state thealAes cinenatogIapn Is
prt tbable, bus If they any the Covert
ment with its cunning OF generations
and its great secret service machinery
mas for oLcs beeD completely b-tfl51.