The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
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5 ST. August 825.-Twen-
II eight persons 4 arc dead and twenty
& four wounded a. the result OF g dastardlys
attempt this afternoon to assassinate Pres
BB5 1nter; Htolypin with q bomb, while he was
Y: house on onAptekaryky31 Island The Premier
\ was slightly wounded 3 on the face and$
neck by flying splinters. @ sss
Among the dead are the Premier's 8 fif
IL teen year-old daughter. who n had II both
4 legs broken by the s sxplo osion and Il sub
III SbBeduently succumbed To III her injurtes:.
N General zument tin, the Premier 8 pei rsonalj
3. seer etary; II. K hovostof, former cover
nor Of the province 4 OF Penxa; &; Colonel
Fedcroff, chief OF the Premier's 8 personal
ii guard ; Court S Chamberlain Dnvidof,E &
Court Chamberlain Yaronin and Aide
Doubasoff .a ana 4 four women and nj two
s children. , #
The wounded include : i, stolypin''sI
& threesyear-old b son, b who IS seriously,
though; not fa tally, inju cd and q mum
5s5 5s5s Der ofs persons prominent Ia the social
81 ana Official worlds. .Sst Ths man who threw
u the bomb was q naong the killed. 5s{ s
Official Statement.
According to the official account OF the
attempt on 81, Il Etolyplns life, It appears
that at 4 o. clock this afternoon q car-S
Il RAG q egcontalning four personsI two dressed
II In civilian clot he's and n two In foreign
mil ltnry uniforms, 4, DIRE VI up Eat his yilla.4
~ The men entered the arlte.chamber,o one
I, of&them holding his helmet In his hand.
Z as though concealing a bomb, which ac-s
rldentally fell In the ante-cham ber, with
NJ the terrible results already detailed.
8a General Iameattn and NJ sDaVldon. I'll q
court chamb erlair. were instan tlyE killed 4
II Who u was VI tending the Premier 5 oticiai
reception, was decapitate while all the
other persons in the ante -cham Der, in-
& Guiding the three men accompanying the
Iaa'y'aus'S fiilsd. 0n0 u IN e j DoD
The legs Of M. 81 tolypin's daughter. the
g pfflcIal account adds, were 4 SO severely
Injured tha they had q, 70 .be amputaated ;al
& broken. Prince shac howskoi, who was
@ln nanJapartInehtad]o an ad Joining the ante-cham
ber, was injured. The Goa Gilman Of the
# tleavilla was XXI led, and tho vehicle was
4 destroyed, but the horses were u n OF much
injured. sSs v, 538 u 5Ssi t5s
N disguised as gendarmes, doubtless was due
III "a n effort on their part to make It 5ap-
pear that they were escortlng q political
@ prisoner. the third man OF the group be-
Ing attired In the clothes OF a civilian. II s5
9 The police authorities this evening de-
olared that the assassns carried port
folios. which IT. lis believed sS c ontaineed'
bombs. E. l N An
The whole 8of the center q the house is.
was blown out. ii Il. " 5t NJ IF .ssf
Account Of Attempt.
Tho correspondent Of the Associated
Press later visited the scene OF the ex-s
plosion and obtained from one Of the
K ,8i Premlers secretaries, from, sergeant
i pff police, and from 8 some OF the survivors:
The following account OF tha event;
II The police sergeant who was standing
L At "a corner OF the house about twenty
yards from the entrance, noticed LAM
Il aau drawn by a good pair OF horses roll
~ the carraige way, and stop In front
81 the door. VI The three occupants Of he
carriage. one OF whom wore the uni form
of an officer Ct gendarmes and the esother.
being In livery OF functlonariea OF tho
ministry OF the interior, and who was os-
.entatiously laughing and chatting as
,hey approached tho house. descended.
n from the carriage, ono Of them carrying
In article about foot high, resembling
FL 8 gllded vase. n 81 5S w,
They escended tho steps passing dl-
recty in front Of the policemen y the
door, and had scarcely disappeared In
54t side the y house When y 9 numerous ex-
A plosion was heard. s .tji s
The explosion, which was louder than
the report OF a cannon, tore out q large
section OF the front wall OF the yila.
4 demol!shing the partition walls inside and
ii38 bropghtithe upper story down8in clouds
$l Of mortar and splintered wood. Vhen
tho dust had cleared away slightly the
NJ sergeant saw the Inangled bodies Of the
porter, policeman and three reyolut1on-
lists on the ground In front Of the door.
The landau, which had been stopped d.
/ rectly8 In front Of the entrance, vas
II lying on the driveway a mass Of twisted
and shattered wood and iron, A bout ten
yards from the door was the driver,
y who, 1t Ia thought, was also n reyolutl Ions
@ ISL and who had been killed on the
5ti spot. M a9 t
the, horses were wounded. but only
n In their hind legs, showing that they
were partly protected from tile force OF
Il 3 ME exploslo lon by the walls Of the villa,
Terrific Explosion.
At the moment Of the xploslon a large
il reception room at the leftSo the ante
X AZ room, WAS filed With q great concourses
" officials and Visitors. as to-day was
al,e prelnie g reception ID ays M s "a
Nj, stolypin hinlsel was In the recep-i
lcontlnasa on Second Pass,l
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