Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-31
BOMB KILLS GR|AZNOFF
Russian Terrorists Take An
other Life, Prominent Mill
tary Man Being Victim
HEAD TORN FROM HIS BODY
Assassin in Disguise Of a Painter Car
ries Bomb in Paint Can = Wife Of
the Victim Broken Hearted - kneeIs
Beside Husbands Body in the Street
Scene Horrible One.

Tifiis, Caucasla, Monday, Jan. 20, via
st. Petersburg, Jan. 31.-The murder
today of General Griaznoff chief of
staff of the viceroy of caucasia, was
most dramatic and audacious. The as
aassin evidently had studied the hab-
it's of his victim and lay in wait be-
Kind a wall of the Alexander garden
opposite 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 po-
lice and military patrols, the assassin
impersonated a painter, carrying the
crime concealed in paint can. He
was thus able to pass the sentry post
ed at the gates of the park and reach
ed his place of ambush without arous-
ing suspicious. General GriaZnoff, clad
in a crimson uniform, and the whole
llmbswool shapka, or cap. worn by the
viceroys aide de camp, made Shin
ing target for the crouching assassin
when he emerged from the palace. AS
the general stepped into the carriage
the man Sprang on the wall. swung
the can by cord, and the bomb, as
H. thrown from sling, with marvel
Gus precision, sped straight to the
mark and struck the general on the
neck A flash of fire and terrific ex-
plosion followed and Griaznoff was
Il. l,lo Of orrin a nd
and with his coachman, Cossack or
derby and the latter's horse was in
stantly killed. A lady who was pass
ing at the time Of the explosion was
mortally wounded.
When the correspondent OF the As
ISOLATED Press reached the scene i'm
mediately after the tragedy the ghast-
ly dead still lay in the mud. Griaznoff's
shapeless body, surrounded by SOL
diers presented a sickening spectacle.
1t seemed as If the crimson uniform
had melted into the pool of blood in
which weltered his head, torn away
from the trunk. The generals dis
tracted widow knelt in the blood and
mud beside the mutilated body.
Assassin Captured.
The assassin had already been
caught, beaten into insensibility by
the Infatuated soldiers, and after being
loaded into drosky was being carried
off to the ancient fortress above the
city, Here, as Tiflis is under martial
law, he will probably be executed at
dawn.
The most intense excitement follow
ed the assassination, as terrible pun
ishment Is melted out by the troops
to bomb throwers. The population
fled in terror before the Cossacks and
the other troops who were soon out
in force to clear the streets. Shortly
before dark fusillade exchanged be-
tween Tartars and Armenians, pro-
duced a veritable panic, as it was fear
ed that the horrors of the recent war
between the races had been renewed.
Instantly all the shops were closed
and thousands of troops poured into
the streets.
So far as ascertainable, there was
no relation between the crime and
renewal of the race war The crime
undoubtedly was political act of
vengeance decreed by the terrorists.The
identity of the assassin has not been
established, but he is a Georgian and
probably was selected by lot at a
meeting Of social revolutionists to kill
General Griaznoff as retaliation for
the latter's severity in REFRESHING the
revolutionists and arresting the
leaders. According to reports the gen
eral was the head of a faction which
believed in not showing mercy and he
is charged with setting the native peo-
pies against each other. He had re-
ceived repeated letters of warning and
for months past until today had never
ridden without his wife.
Advices from Kutais say that the
revolutionists there have not been
suppressed. They have been driven
from the railroad line into the noun
tains, and it is hoped to enclose them
in trap between the troops advanc-
ing from the seaboard and the expe-
dition from Tifiis. Troops have been
landed all along the Black sea.