New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26

Perpetrators Boldly Drore to Pre-
mieT,s House en- Landau.

St. Petersburg. Aug. 2j.-The correspondent
of The Associated Press tonight visited the
scene Of the explosion and obtained from one OF
the Premiers secretaries. from a sergeant ot
police and from some of the survivors the fol-
lowing account of the tragedy:
The police sergeant. who was standing AZ o
corner of the house. about twenty wards from
the entrance noticed a landau drawn by gOOI
pair of horses. TOli UP the CaTriageWay and stop
In front OF the door The carriage had three
occupants. one of whom the uniform OF an
officer of gendarmeS. while the others were in
the livery of functtOnaries of the Ministry Of
the Interior. They were OStentatiOuSly laughing
and chatting as they approached the house. and
descended from the carriage. one of them carry
ing an article about a foot high resembling a
gilded vase. They asCended the steps, passing
directly IN front Of the policemen at the door,
and had scarcely disappeared inside the hoU.,
when thunderOUs explosion was heard
The police sergeant. who had started to walk
toward the landau. thinks that the reVOIutf0nige
carrying the bomb must have dropped 1t. aeci-
dentally or Intentionally. in the little anteTOOm
of the pOrter's lodge. just inside the entrance
The explosion. which was louder than the report
OF cannon tore out large section OF the front
wall Of the villa demolished the partition wallis
inside and brought the upper story down IN
clouds of mortar and spIintered wood
When the dust had cleared away slightly the
sergeant saw the manged bodies OF the porter
q policeman and three revOIutiOnists on the
had been stOpDed directly In front OF the en-
trance was lying the driveway a mass OF
tWiSteu ana SndttefSU WOOD ana iron. About
ten yards frOm the door was the driver. who it
is thought was also a revOIutiOniSt and had
been killed on the spot The horses were
wounded. but only In the hind legs as thew
were partly protected from the force OF the ey-
plosion by the wall Of the villa
At the moment of the explosion large ~
CeDtiOn room at the left Of the anterOOm was
hlled with great cOnCOurSe Of officials and
visitors. as to-day was the Premier's reception
day. Nj. StOlypin tmSef IN the reception
TOOn talking 10 his visitors In his office yVbirF,
was still further TO the left were three OF his
secretaries and a fOOtman. The violence ~ fI,a
explosion was such that il tore out the wall
between the reception room and the FsreU1tarss
Office. in addition to doing the other damage
mentioned. killing one OF the secretaries ard fha
fOCtman and wOUnding another secretary Ts
Was from the latter that the correspondent Os
The Associated Press obtained these details sThe.
fourth man who in the office escaped unin-
jured.
Every IN the villa and It's vicinity was
thrown 20 the ground by the shock. After the
explosion OF the bomb a few moments OF stupe-
faction followed among the uniniured survivors
and persons in the neighhorhOOd. including a
number OF soldiers from grenadier regiment.
rushed 20 the sDOt and began 20 carry away ths
dead and wounded from the villa. which hsd
caught fire as a result Or the explosion of the
bomb.
For over an hour after the explosion there was
a scene Of the greatest confusion at the villa
great cOnCOurse OF spectators gathered there
and gazed upon the horrible scenes OF the
tragedy. The police apparently had lost their
presence OF mind. for they ala Mttle or nothing
until the arrival OF NJ. Makarof.. the Assistants
Minister OF the Interior. under whose orders the