New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
IGNATIEFF MURDERED.
THE ASSASSIN CAPTURED.
Count Aleris Shot by an Unkno1on
Man at TUer.

Tver. Dec. 22.-Count Alexis Ignatieff. MEM
ber Of the Council of the Empire and ex-Gov-
ernor General of Kieff. Volhynia and Podolia,
was shot and killed by an unknown man here
to-day in the refreshment room Of the hall oc-
cupied by the Mobiles Assembly. The assassin
fired six bullets from a revolver into the counts
body. and then tried to commit suicide but was
seized before he could do so. and is now in
prison.
Count Ignatieff sitting with other mem.
bers of the zemstvo In the refreshment room.
The zemstvo meets in the Mobiles Assembly
Hall Suddenly young man. who had been
sitting apart, rose, and. approaching the count.
emptied the contents Of a revolver at him. All
the shots took effect, one piercing his heart.
The murderer, followed by members OF
the zemstvo, fed TO an adjoining room, where
he turned his revolver, two chambers of which
he had reloaded, toward his own breast. One
shot missed his body entirely, and the other
pierced his shoulder. He was then seized, and
at the moment his pursuers laid hold of him he
shouted: II did what came here to do"
card of admission TO the zemstvo, bearing
the name of Kulikoff. was found IN the assassin's
pocket His appearance is that of working
man.
The obnoxious drumhead court-martial law,
under which hundreds of leading terrorists have
been executed in the last few months. was
worked out at special conference of which
Count Ignatieff was member, and TO him the
revolutionists attribute the authorship of this
measure. Since NJ. Stolypin has been Premier
the count has been several times reported as
intriguing to GUST NJ. Stolypin and induce the
Emperor to abolish the lower house
It enormously announced in dispatch from
Kieff May that Count Alexis Ignatieff had
been assassinated there
General Count Alexis Pavlovitch Ignateff
born IN 1872, and. after completing course in the
corps Of pages. entered a regiment of Hussars OF
the Guard. In 1853 he appointed commander
Of the regiment OF ChevaIier Guards. the most
coveted post in the Russian army. and in 1881 he
became chief of staff of the Guard Corps. Count
Ignate entered the administrative service in 1885
Governor General of Irkutsk. and in 1889 he was
recalled TO St. Petersburg to become Assistant
Minister OF the Interior While on his way to the
capital Ignateff appointed Governor General
of Kief. He held this post until 1897
In the recent Russian upheaval Ignatefr was sent
by the Emperor to investigate the situation in
Southern Russia, and his report on the immediate
necessity for granting reforms one of the chief
reasons which induced the Emperor TO proclaim
the first Russian parliament Ignatien hrs1 IA
vored conciaton. but he success OF the represslVe
measures at Moscow apparently changed his views
for he became the active coadjutor OF General
Trepoff in the Durnovo intrigue, when it was re-
ported that the plan was to proclaim lsnateH
premier and dictator and turn the Guard regiments
against parliament +
The count was Of two sons OF the famous
first Count Ignatieff. who. from soldier in the
ranks OF the Inperisl Guard y5se 20 be preside ut
OF the committee of ministers. Governor General
of ST. Petersburg, and founder Of one OF the rich
est families OF Russia.
The elder brother OF Count Alexis. Count Nicho-
las former Minister OF the Interior, inherited
large part Of his fathers shrewdness and energy
but Alexis was chiefly distinguished for his un-
compromising devotion to the autocratic system
He occupied a small apartment. in order that he
might rent the half-doZen more splendid resi-
dences belonging 10 him in the Russian capital