The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-30
Griaznoff, oppressor Of the eau
casus, Slain in Tifis
Street.
MOB ATTACKS JAIL
AND FREES PRISONERS
Women Among ASSISTANTS in Con.
fict at the Riga
Jail.

+. I1fls, Caucasia, Jan. 90 (via st.
Petersburg, Jan. 30).-The murder to-
day OF General Griaznoff, chief of the
stan OF the viceroy of the Caucasus,
was most dramatic and audacious. The
assassin evidently had studied the hab-
Its OF his victim and lay in wait behind
a wall OF the Alexander garden, oppo-
site the entrance of the palace. where
carriage was drawn up to take the
general for his daily. drive.
AS all suspicious persons are liable to
be searched in the streets by the police
and military patrols, the assassin inn
bomb with which he committed the
crime concealed in paint can. He
was thus able to pass the sentry posted
at the gates Of the park and reached
his place of ambush without arousing
suspicious.
General Griaznoff, clad in a crimson
uniform and the white lambs wool
shapka, or cap, worn by the viceroy IS
the crouching assassin when he emerged
| from the palace.
| Like David's Missile.
As the general stepped into the car
| rage the man sprang on the wall, swung
the can by cord, and the bomb, as If
thrown from a sling, with marvellous
precision sped straight to the mark and
struck the general on the neck.
A flash Of fire and a terrible explo-
sion followed, and Griaznoff was lit
orally blown out of the carriage. and
with his cOachman, Cossack orderly and
the latter s horse, was instantly killed.
A woman who was passing at the time
OF the explosion was mortaHy wounded.
Knelt Beside Body.
| Who, ~. o,,r,e,,o ~,
ciated Press reached the scene immedi-
ately after the tragedy, the general Is
distracted widow knelt beside the mu-
tllated body. The assassin had already
been caught, beaten into insensibility
| by the Infatuated soldiers and after be-
ing loaded into a droskey was being
carried off to the ancient fortress above
the city, where, as Tifis is under mar
tial law, he. will probably be executed
The most intense excitement fol-
lowed the assassination, as terrible
1 punishment is melted out by the troops
to bombsthr eWers. The population fled
| troops, who were soon out in force to
clear the streets.
People In a Panic.
Shortly before dark a fusilade ex-
changed between Tartars and Arme-
| mans produced veritable panic, as it
was feared that the horrors Of the re-
cent war between the races had been
renewed. Instantly all the shops were
| closed and thousands of troops poured
into the streets. So far as ascertain
| able there was no relation between the
crime and renewal of the race war.
The crime undoubtedly was poiiti-
cal act Of vengeance decreed by the
terrorists The identity Of the assas-
sin has not been established, but he is
a Georgian and probably was selected
liby lot, at meeting of social revolt
| tionists, to kill General Griaznoff, as
retaliation for the latter's severity IN
REFRESHING the revolutionists and ar
resting the leaders.
According to reports, the general was
the head of faction which believed in
not showing mercy, and he is charged
| with setting the native peoples against
each other. He had received repeated
letters of warning, and for months
past, until today, had never ridden out
without his wife.
Mob Attacks Riga jail.
Riga, Jan. 30.-A mob attacked the
jail in the center of the town this
morning, shot down the sentries, broke
! open the cells and liberated all the
political prisoners. Half a company OF
soldiers was stationed in the building,
but so rapid and unexpected was the
action Of the rioters that their purpose
was successfully carried out. There
were many women among the attack
ing party.