The Washington herald., 1906-11-09
ROB TREASURE TRAIN
Warsaw TerrOPiStS Blow Up
Coaches and Soldiers.
OBTAIN $5OO,OOO AND ESCAPE
Riga stirred Up over Brutal ExeeU-
tiOH by Military OF Three Boys.
Drumhead Courts in Empire Have
81 Persons Executed in Past Two
MOnths-Tvso Are Sent to Siberia.

Warsaw. Nov. S.-The elimination Of a
terrorist plot last night resulted in the
dynamiting Of a military Jrain at Regon
station here. the killing of the military
guards and the theft Of $4,000 gold by
the terrorists.
The plot was well-pianned, and went
through without hitch. The train had
made up and was standing in the station,
ready to leave for St Petersburg The
people were about the station and the
military escort were lined up near the
coaches containing the treasure.
Several bombs were thrown by the ter
rorists simultaneously. The soldiers were
blown 10 pieces, while several Of the
powerful bombs exploded under the
coaches. derailing and partially wrecking
them. The coach containing the gold was
demolished, and ine safes were dyna-
mlted.
Those OF the bystanders who were not
maimcd by thc expI sion rushed away
panicstricker, and before the gendarmes
arrived ou the scene, the terrorists had
gathered up the money and decamped.
Practically no trace OF them was to be
had by the authorities.
Brutal Execution shocks Riga
ST. Petersburg. Nov. 9.-The Riga cor
respondent of the Bourse Gazette sends
that paper a narrowing description of the
recent execution OF three young boys con-
victed by a drum-head court-martiaI Of
robbery and condemned 10 death
The children were placed against a wall
in the courtyard of the barracks. and
their pitiable appearance so unneTved the
troops that they fred wildly. and several
voIeys were necessary before the little
fellows were finally Killed.
The city of Riga is greatly wrought up
over the bloodthirsty justice that would
take the lives of children, and all classes
OF subjects express freely intense indig-
nation at the executions.
Drum-head Courts Busy
Drum-head courts have been busy in
Russia for two months past. In that
time 81 persons have been executed
Thirty-five more were ordered tried, but
their fate is as yet unknown Twenty
six were acquitted One was pardoned
after condemnation because ii was dis
covered that he only murdered another
terrorist" Three persons anticipated ex-
ecution by suicide.
In addition to this. eight persons We're
shot without even the formality of hear
ings. and thirty-seven were executed
under sentences by regular military tTi-
bunals
Wants BOmb-makers Extradited.
The Russian government through the
foreign office. has opened negotiations
with other governments with the view OF
concluding supplementary extradition
treaties, covering fugitives accused Of the
preparation or appropriation of explosives
for use In the manufacture of bombs.
several governments having refused TO
deliver up such offenders on the ground
that their Ofenses We're political
court-martial in Odessa which has
been trying the agitators indicted for in
stigating d revolt OF the garrison Of
Odessa to-day sentenced two of them.
Leade and Politsovsky. TO be transported
20 Siberia. and eight others TO imprison-
ment at hard labor for from four to
eight years.