The Washington times., 1906-08-26
RUSSIAN PREMIER'S HOME
MADE. A CHARNAL HOUSE

front door was torn rom It's hinges ana
hurled out into the driveway.
Perpetrators Of Outrage Escape.
A hunt was instituted for the perpe-
traitors OF the outrage. but no trace OF
them could be found. AuNng the dead
were three strangers who were not rec
ognized by any OF those IN authority,
and who are believed to have had
hand in the plot Two men who hurried
~ LETT Immediately after the explosion
are supposed 10 have been their accom-
pnces. No clue 70 their Identity has
been uucarthed.
NJ StOlypin is known 10 have received
OF late a number OF threatening letters.
but he paid no attention 10 them as such
occurrences are common in the official
life OF St Petersburg He did not even
turn them over 10 the police. The lat
ter apparently had not the slightest in
timatiOn thatuny attempt was 10 be made
upon the life OF the premier and this
accounts for their evident laKity today.
NJ Stolypin refuses 70 make any state
ment for publication concerning the out
rage, but late this evening he sent the
following message 20 the Gar:
II am intact"
II II Known lndL the OAAF l5 Terribly
impressed by this attempt on the life
OF his chief omcial and it Is believed
that he will redouble the severity OF the
policy Of repression which was inaugur-
ated after the mutinies in Cronstadt and
Sveaborg.
All Guests Mystifed.
Immediately after the explosion this
] 1F a rFw
It was due TO the setting of of a mine
in the basement Of the villa, but investi.
cation proved this 10 be untrue. An
other story was circulated TO the effect
that the bomb WAS hurled by a man who
stood on he main stairway. opposite tho
door OF the big reception room, but this.
700, Is now known 20 be untrue. The
probability is that the conspirators car.
rIed the bomb into the room. as already
indicated. and had intended 10 throw IL
so as TO make sure of the death Of the
premier. but in their hurry 1t slipped
from their hands. and. falling. went off
unexpectedly.
None or the guests could give the
slightest clew as 20 the nature Of the
affair. The rooms were densely crowd
ed at the time with guests who were
exchanging greetings. and no one seems
TO have paid any particular attention 90
/ the strangers.
Stolypin Feared Plot.
/ II all happened so suddenly and the
/ shock was so great that no one realized
/ the real state Of affairs until several
/ minutes after the destruction had been
/ wrought Even yet meny of the guests
/ arc In a dazed condition, and several
/ OF them are so badly hurt that they
/ cannot live. The real story of the ex-
/ plosion will probably never be known.
| The ST. Petersburg police. who are not
| ed for their astuteness, are completely at
! sea-
! It IS probable that some of the officials
/ viii be depOsed for their laxity IN not
| observing greater precautions In view of
/ the unsettled state OF affairs In the
| empire. The event shows the thorough
| organization of the revolutiOnista. who
are working day and night almost with
in the shadow OF the palace In Peterhof.
/ NJ Stolypin has believed for some
/ time that ne was marked for slaughter
/ by the Reds. but he seems to have &C
| Cepted the situation stOicaIly and 70
have gone on carrying out the orders
/ Of the Bureaucrats without any thought
for his own peril. He told a friend re-
| Gently that he had no doubt that an
| attempt would be made upon his life
before he had been many weeks in of
flee, but that he trusted to his usual
good fortune 70 carry him through the
danger unhaTmed.