Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-30
MIN is ASSASSINATED
SHOT BY GIRL ON STATION PLAT.
FORM AT PETERHoF.

Aimed at Prime Minister stoIypin.
All Bodies Are AwfuIIy Mansled.
Explosion Wrecks Villa.
st. Petersburg, Aug. .27.-Saturday's
unsuccessful attempt on the life of
Premier Stolypin, with it's sickening,
useless slaughter of thirty-two per.
sons, was followed last night by an
other revolutionary outrage in which
General Min, commander of the Semi
novsky guard regiment, and who,
since his promotion to be a general,
has been attached as personal adj
jutant to the suite of the emperor, was
killed on the station platform at Peter
hof by young woman, who fired five
shots into his body from an automatic
revolver and then, without resistance,
submitted to arrest. The capture of
the girl was effected by General Minis
wife, who held her until the arrival of
an officer.
This was the third successive at
tempt on the life of General Min, who
was condemned to death by the ter
rorists Immediately after the Moscow
revolt last December, on account of
stern repression practiced by bat
talon under his command, and espe-
cially for the wholesale execution OF
persons condemned by drumhead court
martial for being caught with arms
in their hands.
The daughter of Premier Stolypin,
who was injured by the bomb explo-
sion in the premier's summer home
Saturday, and who was enormously
reported to have died, is still alive
and passed quiet night under the
effects Of an opiate. The premier's
son. who also was hurt, is better.
Four more persons injured by the
explosion died during the night, bring.
ing the total number of deaths up to
thirty-two. Twenty-six persons were
instantly killed.
1t appears that the assassins were
well supplied with funds. They pa1o
SIPS in advance for the rooms they
engaged. Before leaving them they
disguised themselves and made the
house porter drunk.
The extraordinary power of the ex-
plosion may be judged by the fact
that houses on the opposite side of the
river Neva were shaken and windows
broken.
1t was fully half an hour before a
beginning was made systematically to
clear the wreckage, during which the
injured suffered agonies. At dusk
torches were lighted and by the fltful
light from these the work was con.
tinued and the walls were supported
up with strong beams.
Many trees in the avenue were
blown down by the force of the ex-
plosion and the aspect of the houses
grounds was one of complete desola-
ton. Parts of human bodies were
thrown great distance. An officer
CHANGED to knock against small tree
and bloody, dust-covered hand that
had lodged among the branches fell
at his feet.
M. Moukhanoff, member of the
late parliament, who, at the time of
the explosion, was waiting to see Pre-
mier Stolypin, says:
II was sitting, with some twenty
other visitors, including several
ladies', at a long table in the waiting
room, M. Stolypin then being engaged
with M. Potivanoff. After waiting for
some time. l changed my seat and
Joined M. Prisitkoff, chamberlain Of
the court, in a bay window overlook
ing the avenue leading up to the
house. A few seconds after the ar
rival of the carriage bearing the as
sassins, which attracted my attention,
| because visitors usually come in
smaller carriages, was suddenly
hurled backward against the wall,
which my head struck. l was so
| stunned that did not even hear the
explosion. When l recovered con-
sciousness I saw that the ceiling and
one of the walls were gone and that
| the room was heaped with debris from
the floor above. The first words
heard came from the lips of a mother
superior, who was standing amid the
ruins in corner of the room praying.
She was one of six who escaped unin-
jured. The occupant of the chair
had formerly occupied was killed on
the spot. l then went into the garden,
where l came face to face with M.
Stolypin. He had complete mastery
over himself and was perfectly calm.
l urged him not to go back into the
house, saying that there might be an
other bomb there, but he insisted on
returning, saying there may be wound
ed persons in there. The premier's
face was despatched with ink, thrown
there by the force of the explosion"
PALMA VIRTUALLY A PRISONER
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