The San Francisco call., 1906-11-14
Chilling of Bomb Saves Life Of
General Rennenka1npff.
Assassin Member Of
Revolutionary
Society.

OOO1OCy.
IRKUTSK, Siberia, Nov. 13.-It was
owing to the chilling of explosives,
that the bomb thrown at General Rem
nenkampf Governor of Trans Baika-
liza. yesterday failed to injure him. Rem
nenkampn's two aides de camp escaped
with slight contusjens.
The general has been on the Ter
rorists death list for some time on ac-
count of his severity in repressing
mutinies and armed revolts in Trans
Baikalia in December The assassin lay
in wait for the general on Amur street,
where he is accustomed to promenade,
and as the general approached the ter
rorist arose from bench, threw the
bomb and started to run. but was i'm
mediately captured, the general aiding
in seizing him. revolver was found
on the prisoner. Within four hours
after throwing the bomb he was placed
on trial before a drumhead court mar
tial The prisoner, who has not been
identified, admits that he is a member
of the social revolutionary organiza-
ton.
MOSCOW, Nov 13.-The police have
identified the man who yesterday threw
bomb at General Rheinbot, the pre-
feet of police, as a brother of Vladimir
Mazury, the leader of the flying group
of terrorists. who was captured here
September u and executed September
IA for the murder Of Colonel Won Lesh-.
inokoff of the secret police. third
brother, Sorgier, was executed for par
ticipation in the St Petersburg GUS
toms robbery, and a fourth is now in
prison here for membership in the rev.
olutionary organization.
GENERAL DEFENDS ACTION.
General Rheinbot defends his action
in shooting the terrorist after the lat
ter had been seized by two of the po-
Icemen on the ground that Mazury
was making a desperate struggle to
escape and succeeded in drawing a re-
volver and firing a shot at the prefect
of police.
General Rheinbot has received hun
dreds of messages, including person
al communication from Emperor Mich
olas through Premier Stolypin. and
dispatch from Count Witte. congratu-
lating him on his escape. In spite OF
these congratulations, which gave col
or to the official version of the attempt
on the Projects life, there are ugly
rumors in Moscow that General Rhein-
bot was himself the author of the plot
against his own life. He Is thought
to have schemed to retrieve his failing
having been decided upon in official
circles to relieve him from duty.
SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE.
These suspicious rumors are support
ed by certain circumstantial evidence.
General Rheinbot at the time the at
tempt was made was following un-
usual path on foot through narrow
alleys. The bomb exploded in man
ner described as highly suspicious.
Pieces picked up on the spot show it to
have been nothing more than an imfta-
tion bomb without effective covering
and perfectly harmless. 1t failed to
explode until it had rolled TO the oppo-
site side of the street and to a safe
distance from the Prefect The origi
nal theory was that the bomb did not
go off because the dynamite in ii was
frozen Now the police explain that 1t
was fuse bomb. and the Social Revo-
lutfonists discarded such missiles long
ago On account of the indignation
aroused by the statement that Rhein-
bot shot down his assailant while he
was being held by tow policemen, a
statement was issued tonight to the
effect that the bomb thrower. when he
was killed by the general was strug-
Cling to escape. and that he also fired
at the Prefect, but the revolver which
he is alleged to have used has not been
the man did not have revolver, that
he fired at nobody and that he had been
promised that he would be allowed TO
escape General Rheinbot, however, IS
alleged to have killed him to get rid
OF him.
TEN-YEAR SENTENCE FOR GIRL.
A daughter of General Benevsky, ex-
Governor General of Amur Province
has been condemned to ten years
imprisonment at hard labor for par
ticipating in the plot to kill ex-
Governor General Dubasoff of Moscow.
Mile. Benevsky's hand was blown off
while preparing it, This led to her de-
lection and imprisonment. Mile. Ben
evsky, who is beautiful, was married in
prison TO another political prisoner.
A revolutionist, supposed to be MAJ
zury's accomplice. was killed today by
falling four stories while trying to
escape from the police over housetops.
During the swearing in of conscripts
here today disorders broke out, oyer
half OF them refusing TO take the usual
oath of loyalty to the Emperor on ac-
count of the phrase pledging them to
defend his Majesty against all interior
enemies. Troops were summoned. but
bloodshed was finally avoided.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 13.-The ar
rival of Count witte here yesterday
created scarcely a ripple on the surface
of Russian politics. The Count was met
at the depot by only Baron Aide and
a few reporters, and he received very
few callers this morning.
The rare arrivals were closely scru-
tinized by agents OF the secret police
because OF the reported threats of as
sassination.
REFUSES AN INTERVIEW.
Count Witte denied himself to report
ers and declined to make a statement
regarding his reported intention of re-
signing his seat in the Council of the
Empire, and being a candidate for cleo
tion to Parliament. The Constitutional
Democrats are eager to receive him in
their ranks in case he decides to be a
candidate.
II is authoritatively stated that meas
ures for relieving the Jews of many
of their disabilities will be published
as temporary legislation before the
convocation of Parliament. as fore
shawowed in Premier Stolypins COM
munication of September 6.
MITAU, Nov. ia punitive expe-
dition which has been operating in the
Kreutzberg district during the last few