The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07
ASSASSIN KILLED
BY HIS OWN BOMB
Poor Aim Saves Life of Moscow s
Governor General Others
- Slain. z.,%ss,s, -, . 1888,

Is Moscow, May IA bomb was thrown
Y basoff, governor general of Moscow, as
= he was being driven to the palace Sun
day. He was wounded in the foot and
This ide-de-camp and sentry were
& killed.
II The man who threw the bomb wore
an officer s uniform.
Governor General Doubasoff was re-
turning in an open carriage from the
ifUspenski cathedral and the outrage
took place outside the carriage entrance
to his palace. Several bystanders were
injured. :.
IS According to the route decided upon
+, In advance the governor general should
have returned to the palace by the side
entrance, butt during the. drive he
changed his route and thereby ran into
!. tho peril he was seeking to avoid.
.E Terrorist Himself Slain. .~ d
J., Vice A dmiral Daubasoff s life was
saved by the poor aim of his would-be
L assassin. The bomb exploded on the
II his carriage. hurting the Eautilated
& corpse Of the terrorist several yards
Z and tearing off one arm, and the face Of
I an aide who was descending from the
!, carriage.
s. Governor General Doubasoff was
thrown under the horses heels. His
! back was burned and his leg bruised,
! but he was able to walk unassisted into
the palace.
- The coachnlan IS skull was fractured
I and he was taken to hospital.
:. 1t is Thought the assassin was the
{ student in whose rooms bomb explod-
4 ed Saturday, killing three accomplices,
?, but who at the time was watching the
palace from a room in hotel opposite.
Vtco AC,oirof no soft orroin}-
J ed governor general of Moscow in De-
eember. He is also an aide Of the en-
peror and a member of the council of
the empire. Since his appointment
several plots aga inst him have been I'M
! covered. He incur FRED the ennity Of the
!. reyolutionists,, who entered into CON
, sp1racy to abduc,t him. but this failed.
In January he was advised that an at
a. tempt would be made to assassinate
him at the ceremony of the blessing Of
the waters. AS result, Princess Kos
lovska was arrested. charged with be-
! ing an accessory.
! In March holder attempt was frus-
trated by the arrest of woman, who
had entered the palace on the plea that
:. she had come from personal friend of
the governor general: Her agitation
attracted the attention Of an aide He
. noted particularly the luxuriance of the
woman s hair, which was worn in high
/ couture. Interrogation alarmed her
:! and she attempted to" flee. But she
T was seized and searched and small
bomb was found in herstresses.
IS Cheer the Assassin.
81 st. Petersburg May THE feature
at the meeting Of The constitutional
democrats congress Yesterday was pic
turesque scene when; the news was re-
.ceiVed Of the attempt upon the life of
Governor General Deubasoff at Moscow.
i It was then supposed that the attempt
J had been successful. The convention
!. took a recess and cheered the assassin
and the deed for ten minutes. -
!. Six Kill Governor: - J. ~
- St. Petersburg, May 1.-The report
of the assassination of the governor of
!, Elizabethpol in revenge for his savage
irepressions in the Caucasus, which
reached here last night, was incorrect.
It was the governor general of Ekater-
!; 1noslav, South Russia, who was assas-
known persons, who fired vol1eys from
+, revolvers at him and then escaped.