Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-31
General Criaznof Assas-
sinated at Tidis.
Bomb Thrown Just as He Was
Entering Carriage.
Murderer Captured, Terribly Bsatsn.--Prub-
ably Executed al Once.

Tiflis. Caucasia, Jan. 80, via st.
Petersburg, Jan. 30.-The murder to-
day of Gen. Griaznoff, chief of staff ur
the viceroy of the Caucasus. was most
audacious. The assassin lay in wait.
behind wall opposite the entrance
of the palace, where carriage WAS
drawn to take the general for his daily
drive. The assassin impersonated a
painter, carrying the bomb with which
he committed the crime concealed in a
paint can. He reached his place or
ambush without arousing suspicion.
Gen. Griaznoff, clad in a crimson
uniform and white lambs wool cap,
made a shining target for the crouch
ing assassin when he emerged from
the palace. AS the general stepped
into the carriage the man sprang ON
the wall, swung the can by a cord and
the bomb as if thrown from a sling,
sped right to the mark and struck the
general OH the neck. A clash of fire
and terrific explosion followed and
Griaznoff was literally blown out of
the carriage and with his coachman,
Cossack. orderly. and the latter's horse
was instantly killed. A woman who
was passing at the time of the ex-
plosion. was mortally wounded.
When the cor, spondent of The AS
sociated Press reached the scene i'm
mediately after the tragedy, Gria. j.
offs shapeless body, surrounded by
soldiers, presented a sickcning spec
t2cle. 1t seemed as if his crimson
uniform had melted into the pool of
blood in which weltered his head, torn
away from the trunk. The generals
distracted widow knclt in the blood
and mud beside the mutilated body.
The assassin had already been caught,
beaten into insensibility by the in
furiated soldiers and after being load
ed into a dros!ly. was being carried
off to the anci, 1t fortress above tie
law, he will probably be executed at
dawn.
Intense excitement followed the as
sasSination as terrible punishment is
neted out by the troops to bomb
throwers. The population fed in terror
before the Cossacks and other troops
who were soon out in force to clear
the streets. Shortly before dark fusi-
lade exchanged between Tartars and
Arnenians produced verita BILE panic,
as 1t vas feared that the horrors of the
recent war between the races had been
renewed. Instantly all the shops were
ciOSad and thousands of troops poured
into the streets.
So far as ascertainab BILE there was no
relation between the crime and a re-
neWal of the race war. The crime un-
doubtedly was Il political act of VEN
Sencc docreed by the terrorists. The
identity of the assassin has not been
established but he is a Georgian and
probably was selected by lot at q meet
ing of Social RcvolutioniSts to kill Gen.
PriaZnoff as retaliation for the latters
severity i'll rcpressing Rcvolutionists.
According to reports the general was
the head Of a faction which believed in
not showing mercy and he is charged
with setting the native peoples against
each other. He had received repeated
lettcrs Of warning and for months past
until today hal never ridden out with
out his wife.
BY imperial order the governor gen
erai, StarOsalski. and the vice govern
or of Kutais, who are alleged to have
shown weakness and incompetence if
not actual treason in dealing with the
revolt of the Gurians and Mingrelians,
have been dismissed in disgrace from
the imperial service. An investigation
OF their conduct has been ordered with
view Of prosecuting them for treason.
Advices from Mutais say that the
rcvolutionsts there have not been sup
pressed. They have been driven from
the railroad line into the mountains and
it is hoped TO enclose them in trap
between the troops advancing from the
seaboard and the expedition from Tihis
Troops have been landed all along the
Black sea.