The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

escape. and the Cabinet Ministers and
many members OF the diplomatic corps,
including MIR, Eddy. the American Charge
d'Affaires, rendered expressions of SYM
pathy.
News received here from Peterhof Is to
the effect that feeling runs high against
the revolut!onaries in court circles.
The two revolutionists. or at least ono
OF them, appeared TO have been able to
enter the room occupied by tho Pro-
mier's secretaries, but were not able to
enter the Premier's private Office, where
upon one OF them hurled bomb at the
wall separating the secretaries from the
Minister'S private office, resulting In the
revolutionists being blown to pieces and
the house being almost completely
wrecked. Flames Immediately broke out
among the wreck but the fire was soon
extinguished by the fremen, who were
hastily summoned
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press visited the scene OF tho explosion
and obtained from one OF the Premier's
secretaries, from sergeant OF police and
from the survivors the following account
OF the event:
Drove UP In Carriage.
The police sergeant, who was stand
ing at q corner of the house, about twenty
yards from the entrance, noticed Ian
deu drawn by a good pair OF horses, roll
OF the door. Three occupants of tho
carriage, one Of whom wore the uniform
OF an officer OF gendnrmes, and the others
being in livery OF funotionaries OF tho
Ministry Of the Interior and who were
ostensibly laughing and chatting as they
approached the house, descended from the
carriage one of them carrying 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
when thunderous explosion was heard.
The police sergeant. who had started TO
walk towards the landau, thinks that the
revolutionists carrying the pomo must
have dropped It, accidentally or inten-
tionally, in the little ante-room of the
porter's lodge. just inside the entrance,
The explosion, which was louder than
the report of a cannon, tore out large
section Of the front wall OF the villa,
demolished the partition walls inside, ana
brought the upper story down In clouds
OF mortar and splintered WOOD. Nhen
the dust had cleared away slightly the
sergeant saw the mangled body OF the
porter, a policeman and three rcyolu-
tioptsts on the ground In front Of the
door
Results OF Explosion.
The landau. which had been stopped
directly In front OF the entrance, was
lying on the driveway. mass OF twisted
and shattered wood and iron. About ten
Yards from the door was the driver, who.
Il is thought was also revolutionist,
and who had been killed on the spot,
AT the moment OF the explosion a large
reception room at the left OF the ante-
room was filled with great concourse
OF oficlals and visitors, as today was the
Prerniers reception day.
After the explosion OF the bomb few
moments of stupefaction followed among
the injured survivors and persons III the
nelgbborhood. including q number of SOL
diers from q grenadier regiment, rushed
10 the spot and commenced to carry
ewev the dead and wounded from the
villa which had now caught FIRE as
result Of the explosion. The exact num-
Der killed and wounded Is not known as
this dispatch Is forwarded, owing 10 the
5r,sbtfully mutilated state OF many Of the
corpses and the fact that some OF the
wounded we're carried to nearby resi-
denceg and have not yet been accounted
for.
n Is believed however. that twenty
Eve persons were killed and twenty-four
wounded were taken to a neighboring
hospital
Dropped by Accident.
According to the official account OF the
attempt on NJ. Stolypin's life. IL appears
that at o'clock this afternoon q car
riage containing four persons. two
dressed in civilian clothes and two In
foreign military uniforms, drew up at his
villa. The men entered the antechamber,
one OF them holding his helmet In his
hand as though concealing a bomb, which
accidentally fell In the antechamber. with
the terrible results already detailed. Cen
ersl Zameatip was instantly killed and
NJ Voronln, a court chamberlain. who
was attending the Premier's official re-
ception. was decapltated while all the
other persons Ia the antecbamber. In
cluding the three men accompanying the
individual who carried the bomb, were
killed.
The legs Of NJ. stolypin's daughter, the
official account adds, were so severely
Injured that they had 10 be amputated
and death ensued. His son had leg
broken Prince Shachowskoi who was in
an apartment adjoining the antecham-
Der. was injured The coachman OF tho
carriage which brought the terrorists to
the villa was killed and the vehicle was
destroyed
NJ Khovostoff, former Governor OF the
province of Penza, and Court Chamber
lain Dayidoff were among those killed.
The fact that two Of the assassins weTb
disguised as gendarmes doubtless was
due TO an effort on their part 10 make It
appear that they were escorting a pollti-
cal prisoner. the third man OF the group
being attired IN the clothes OF civilian
The police authorities this afternoon
declared that the assassips carried port
folios, which, 1t is believed, contained
bombs.
The whole of the center OF the house
was blown out.
Twenty persons were killed and about
the same number wounded.