The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-27

the carriage. were badly wounded and
are now In the ST. Peter and ST. Paul
fortress.
Whether the assasslns who entered
the crowded reception hall threw the
bomb OF accidentally dropped IL proba.
bly, never will be known, as all the i'm
mediate eyewltnesses were killed. The
tremendous force Of the explosion alb.
solutely blew out the front OF the pre-
mlers residence aud carried away the
ceilings above and the floors beneath
and the walls OF the adjoining rooms.
People were literally blown 10 pieces.
Those who were not killed instantly
were horribly MANNED or lacerated.
and all the others present were pros
trated 10y the shock.
The premler's escape was miracu-
lous. for only moment before the ex-
ploslon took place he had stepped in
side his study at the rear OF the salon
to speak to Prince Shakovsky. Al
though he was only slightly injured. he
is completely Frustrated by the calam-
ity.
The havoc wrought by the explosion
is indescribable Bodies We're so torn
and mangled as 10 make Identification
impossible. Some OF them were head.
less, armless or legless, lying among
the blood dripping wreckage. Pieces
of flesh and clothing chung 10 the shat
tered rafters overhead. and some lodg-
ed I'm the branches Of the elm trees
which border the roadway, separating
the premier's residence from the river.
General Min, commander OF the
Semlnovsky guard regiment. who sup
pressed the riots at Moscow IN De
cember, was assassinated at Peterhof
last night
He was at the railway station with
his family when he was killed.
The deed was committed by young
volver into his back, killing him in
stantly.
Mime. Min seized the assassin by
the hand and held her until the pc
lice arrived. After her arrest the girl
showed the police bomb lying In
the station, telling them to beware
This was the third successive at
tempt on the life of General Min, who
was condemned to death by the terror
sts Immediately after the Moscow re
volt last December on account Of the
stern repression practlced by n bat
talon under his command and especial
ly for the wholesale execution OF per
sons condemned by drumhead court
martial for being caught with arms in
their hands.
General Min was returning from the
capital to his summer residence at Pc
terhof and had just greeted his wife
and daughter on the platform when a
young woman, almost a girl, approach
ed from behind and fired two shots
into his back and then three more into
his body as 1t sank to the ground
Further shots were prevented by Nine
Min. who threw herself upon the muir
deress and seized the hand which held
the pistol. The woman did not at
tempt TO escape, but she cautioned
Nine. Min not to touch handbag
which she had placed on the platform
before shooting the general, explaining
that 1t contained bomb.
To the police the girl acknowledged
that she had done the deed, saying she
had executed the sentence OF the fight
ing organization OF the Social Revolu
tionlsts, but she refused TO give her
name.
The central committee of tho Social
Revolutionists has drawn up a procla-
nation which declares that unless the
government forthwith alters Its policy
such acts as the attempt on the life OF
Premier Stolypln will be pursued to
the utmost and government represent
atives will be killed by hundreds.
1t has become known that an attempt