Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-09-05
BOMB EXPLOSION KILLS
e AND INJURIES MANY
Attempt Made Upon Life of StoIypin Dur
ing Reception
Daughter of the Premier Succumbs to
Her Wounds
Heads, Arms and Legs Torn from Some
Bodies
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st. Petersburg. Aug. 29.-M. Stoiy-
pins daughter died Of her injuries.
St Petersburg, Aug. 29.-Terrorists
invaded Premier Stolypin's villa Sat.
urday afternoon during the reception.
They dropped a bomb in the ante
room and 2S were killed and "a in
jured. Among the dead is the
ed. Stolypin was in the reception
room. In the office further to the
left were three secretaries and foot
man. The explosion tore out the
wall between the reception room and
the Office. 1t killed one secretary and
footman and wounded another sec
rotary. The fourth man was uniii-
jured The bomb tore out a large
section of the front wall of the villa,
demolished the partitions inside and
wrecked the upper floors. General
Zameatin, Court Chamberlain Voronln
and Davidoff were blown to pieces.
The premier was slightly wounded in
the neck and face by splinters. His
escape was miraculous as but a mo-
ment before he had gone from the
saloon to his study. He Is complete
ly Frustrated by the calamity.
Survivors Tell Story.
The correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press obtained from some of the
survivors the following account:
A police sergeant, standing 20
yards from the entrance. noticed
landau stop before the door. IT CON
tanned three occupants, one in The
uniform of an officer of the
and the third as the minister of the
interior. One carried an article re-
sembling a gilded vase They as
cended the steps, passing the police
man at the door and had scarcely dis.
appeared when the thunderous explo-
sion occurred. When the dust had
cleared away the sergeant saw the
mangled body Oh porter, policeman
and three revolutionists in front of
the door. The landau on the drive
way was a mass of twisted wood and
iron. The driver, thought also 70
have been a reyolutionist. was killed.
All persons in the ante-room we're
killed. The assassin disguised as a
gendarmes doubtless in an effort to
, make It appear that he was escorting
political prisoner, one in the group
being In civilian attire.
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For an hour after the explosion
there was the greatest confusion. A
concourse gathered. carrying the hor
rible remnants away as souvenirs. The
police did little until the arrival of NJ.
Makaroff, assistant minister of the
II terror, under whose orders the vii
lage and grounds were cleared and
the investigation begun. 1t Is thought
that the bomb was charged with cam
phor-dynamite. which was used in
is safer to handle than ordinary dyna-
mite and more powerful.
A revolutionist told the Associated
Press that the bomb probably was the
one prepared for the assassination of
General Trepoff last summer. A
woman was to have r esented the
bomb to General Trepof but lost her
nerve.
The children of NJ. Stolypin were
injured when the floor of the room
was blown up
Knew There Was Danger.
The ambassadors and ministers ex-
pressed deepest sympathy with Stol
ypin. When he accepted the premier
ship he was perfectly conse:oIs Of
personal danger. At recent inter
view he said:
81 have no doubt that attempts viii
be made upon my life but hope that
order win be restored and stability
established in Russia before they are
successful"
Horrible Scenes.
The havoc wrought by the explosion
is indescribable Bodies, some head
less, armless or legless were lying
among the blood dripping wreckage
Pieces of flesh and clothing hung To
shattered rafters and branches of
trees which border the roadway. Sat
urday evening the police still were
picking up bits Of flesh and placing
them in towels for transportation TO
the morgue
At the hospital the correspondent:
saw frantic attendants trying to ar
range the shattered bodies into some
semblance of human form for identi-
fication by the weeping relatives out
side. From revolutionary sources
it was certain that the crime was
committed by the fighting organization
of the social revolutionists In retalia-
ton for the war which the government
has been waging against them. Since
Stolypin's premiership over 1000 of
their members have been arrested, 40o
in st, Petersburg alone. 1t is now
known that an attempt upon Stolypin
was frustrated ten days ago by the
discovery of the beginning of a sub
terranean passage from the church