Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-16

greater intelligence which is to be ex-
pected at the hands of this class in any
attempt to right the wrongs of Russia
The provocation in this case was adj
mittedly great. Sergius was perhaps
the most universally hated official of
all Russia. No man can spend $780,
600 a year in pursuit of his own pleas
ure and deserve better than contempt,
and he invites serious fate if he is
a Russian and is governor in author
ity and is cruel and arbitrary auto
crat. The grand duke and his wife,
aware of the danger which accom-
panied his every movement, travelled
always under the watchful eyes of the
police, but the police had eyes only for
suspicious" characters.
1t was at the request of the secret
police that the grand duchess visited
young Prince Obolenski in his cell on
the day following the tragedy, their at
tampts to secure information having
failed. Her desire that all involved in
tae conspiracy by which her husband
lost his life, should be apprehended,
appears to have made her most adroit
at time when grief was uppermost,
or perhaps she was really concerned to
know what her husband could have
Dune TO have incurred the enmity OF
another member of the nobility. With
as much composure as she could sum.
mon, she asked the assassin: what
have | done that you should wish to
bring upon me such grief?" His an
swer-regret for her sorrow, but insist
ence upon the necessity for his act
was no better than the creed of all
anarchists.
The grand duchess expressed sur
prise that the prisoner, as a member OF
the aristocracy, should so far forget his
rank and his obligations as 10 join
with the misguided workmen in an at
tempt to bring about the fall of the
government. She characterized his &C
ton as unworthy the son of Il noble
family. 1t was at this point that Obo
lenski, not wishing to assume individ-
ual responsibility for his deed, declared
that he was by no means the only one
in high official life who had sworn the
oath of the terrorists. The grant
duchess, realizing that the man wa:
forgetting his surroundings and might
be led to reveal more, quickly arose
declared that she could not listen tt
baseless insinuations against the loyal
ty of men who were still her friends
The ruse succeeded. Obolenski insisted
that he was by no means alone; tina
many others of his rank were read,
and waiting the opportunity to com
nit a similar deed when the interest
of the people should require it.
Unknown to the prince the chief o
the secret police had overheard tn
interview and had had notes taken b,
a secretary concealed with him abov
the ventilator in the ceiling of the cell
Agents of the police were detailed t,
watch every parsonage who had beel
indicated in the interview, and
search was made of the homes an,
personal papers of each. Finally tn
trail led to the headquarters of the ter
rorists in Moscow, which was four,
to be acting in conjunction with tn
central revolutionary chiefs in Londor
On March Is the police surrounded an
raided the Moscow headquarters an
found store of Internal machines an
explosive weapons, together with print
ing presses and revolutionary docu
ments, included among the latter bein
a letter to the central committee an
correspondence relating to the assass
nation of the Grand Duke Sergius.