Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-21
MOST HATED AGENT OF THE n,
is DEAD IN HIS VILLA !
AT PETERHOF,
WAS A NATURAL DESpO1|
Father Scorned as Much Before q,
Was in Recent Years-Cza,
Thought Much of Him.

fcially announced as angina pectoriS
is popularity believed, however, sn
Trepoff was a victim of poison adm,
istered several weeks ago as cim@
of a terrorist plot.
On August % Trepoff was taken =,
lently i'll. On the same day his cog
and three other servants were tbMr
into prison. Trepoff had been i'll snS
that date, but not confined to his Room
On last Wednesday he was present
the parade of the Pavlovsky regimen
and on Thursday he was present at Il,
landing stage when the Gar and fam
lily embarked on the royal yacht for
cruise in French waters.
Trepoff a Natural DeSpot.
Gen. Dmitri Feodorvich Trepof wa, |
police spy, not soldier, as his m.
implied. His name was indelbly lhkai
with reaction and oppression in Russ,
In many respects he was remarkabgI
man. He was a natural despot, tyr9,l
by inclination, education and conyictjm
He was one of those men who have co..
stantly appeared, like evil geniuses NJ
Russian history.
1t was Trepoff who became the guaI
II. had issued his famous manifesto NJ
the fall of 1905, promising the peOps
O. share in the government.
Like his father before him, Trepi
was a police master with all that I'M
name involved in Russia, and the stoT
of father and son is full of dramotI
incidents. The elder was found op
morning as baby upon the back dOaI
step of a German family, by whom h
was taken in and playfully given til.
name of Trepp-hof German for door,
step yard.
Father Hated Before Him.
The father entered the Russian serrl
ice as an agent of the famous third
section" and in the late '70S it was ID
him that Alexander II. conhded the taa
of unearthing and running down tt
terrorists who were plotting against E
life. The fight between liberalism anil
reaction then, as later under TrepOfl
son, was in full swing, and then al
later, the energies of the police Waa
directed against the student agitatOl
It was the elder Trepof whom VG
Sassulitch tried to assasslnate on FebrG
airy 5, 1878.
Dmitri followed his fathers fOotStg
in the police department. He attractG
the attention of Sergius, then govena
general of Moscow, and by him val
named police master of Moscow. TrF
off soon became Sergius' right arm NJ
fighting the revolutionary student agI
tation.
AS project of the Moscow police IreF
off proved himself a master of esplOna!'
and intrigue, but incompetent in the F
lice regulation.
Trepoff's rule was so despotlc, y
cruel. so inconsiderate, that he lncurIa
the enmity of the mobiles, who regardta
him with contempt. and OF the peogns
who looked upon him with hatred G
times did he escape assassination, ana
he boosted that his was a charmed lie
Car Calls Trepoff.
When, early in January, 1905, the CM
took from Grand Duke Serglus the gov
ernorship of Moscow. TrepOf found HlI
self without an occupation, Tor he WI
dismissed. Then came the massacre N
January %, and the Gear and the gram
dukes decided to place st. PeterS0mlE
under the rule of a virtual dictator I I'M
poff was selected, and he was lnSta,s
in the winter palace, where he ruled ny
a car. He was given the title, hrst Y
chief of police, then later chief OF U.
Russian secret police. He had full cOlI
mand of the military in the St. :, Pe ,nss
burg district. All civil officials ""I
made responsible to him. al
Anarchy prevailed when he arrE"I
But with Trepoff in the saddle the 9SpHI
of affairs changed. Troops filled Nj
streets and dead walls were pacaIgSI
with notices that the slightest dlsoIu'I
would be suppressed without mercy
Many Plots to Kill Him.
During those trying weeks pIot, a llo
plot to kill him was discovered ana H%I
trated. Two of his own nieces WERE epm n
volved in one conspiracy. They atten
ed to execute the sentence of the teFrgl
lists. But in his dungeOnlike room ii NJ
center of the palace, where no OoIl
could reach him save by shatterlns
dozen walls, with the telephone u-
stantly at his side, he issued orders aNl
received reports.
His personal courage was beyond u
question. He had almost cOh'ems
for death. Finally the Gar was Gu,
PEELED to yield to popular clamor ~
take from Trepoff the dictatorlaLl !, P Pc
he had been intrusted with. Ssll I,'n
Gar was made to believe Irep0nI a.V.
was capable of safeguarding the I'VE
himself and the imperial family; AZ
SO he retired to TzarskOe-Sel0 10 UeCOD
master of the palace. -, nj
In all six actual attempts on the n
of Gen. Trepoff have been made VIII r
the last three years, and only last III or
Gen. Kozloff of the headquarters sn,
was assassinated at PeterhOf by ao
rorist who believed he was firing t IE
Trepoff. But Trepoff escaped the wv
and the bullet only, as popuIarN
His Death Was Painless.
The death of Gen. TrepOH took t%
between 6 and s o'clock Saturday, ny
At 6 o'clock he told his wife, hs
tired and would rest on the sofa IL
private cabinet. He asked that IL
called at s O'Clock. When his yaFft
tered the room at that hour he io~S
his master dead. The body ALREADY Y
cold. The features were Tranquil
dicating the general passed away P~
lessly. -s,a
1t was known for two weeks that y
the Gar relieved Gen. Trepott o.
functions as governor of the palaHs
Peterhof his condition had been graz
Gen. De Dioulin Succeeds Il
Gen. De Dioulin. former pretect y S8
Petersburg, will succeed the "a" mrs
Trepoff as commandment Oh tHe
rial palace. ,,r n
The police at Warsaw Sunq" rsr
covered the headquarters Oh Iie cid