The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-14
RUSSIAN MAIL TRAIN HELD UP.
,yyoLUTTONISTS GET AWAY
WITH 2II,OOO RUBLES.
.,Ouev belonged 10 Government Ono
soldier Killed and Three wounded
-Sriftness with which Robbers worked
--IoOt Carried Away I'm saddle Bags.

Suiftpess with which RObbers worked
Loot carried Away I'm saddle BAGS.
INN SUN Correspondent a. g. Petersburg.
O. PETERSBURG, Oct lS-PAssengers
80. rho Transsiberian Railroad who
80 arrived hero bring full accounts OF
~. seizure by revolutionaries Of a mail
,1sin with a quarter OF n million rubles
=, government money near Ufa. They
Nv that when the train was approaching
.bs aoneduct bridge on the night Of October
=, was suddenly stopped and the pas
.spgers supposed that soldiers were enter
,rg ,he train to escort It across tho bridge.
sS1ddenly," SAYS one traveller, we heard
,ioEent noise from a second class carriage,
,,hicb Wa occupied by six Government
messengers armed with rifles, who were
,uariirg a number OF ironbOund boxes.
seU seconds later came revolver shots
and men rprang on the train. A soldier
mJned his bayonet on the first assailant,
rbo .tspned aside, seized the rife barrel,
nrned the bayonet upward and shot the
colder dead. The next moment W. other
.oldiers were wounded and u Several
nsn wearing masks sprang on the train,
swiftly disarmed the remainder OF tho
c.cor. and those OF the passengers who car
1ed revolver-, and bound the Government
messengers. Then they took the keys and
the ironbound money boxes.
The passengers were amazed at the
~~xiftpess with which the men worked.
IN obedience TO their leader, who gave
NJ. orders through n speaking trumpet,
The boxes we're emptied. near the side Of the
railroad, Of the money bags. The bags
we're then tied TO the saddles Of horses
which the assailants had neal by.
sOne Government messenger pleaded
thar his own 400 rubles In a strong box
which he had been protecting be returned
to him. The leader told him to leave his
name and the money would be sent to him
at Cfa.
while the unloading OF the boxes was
proceeding som Of the passengers crept
along the corridor and asked the engine
driver to steam ahead. The only reply
vas a voice through the speaking trumpet
shouting. Everybody keep inside Then
volleys from revolvers we're fred on the
locomotive and first carriage. and there
was an explosion Of bombs while the tender
and train remained still, and the. passeng gers
we're kept in their places for half an hour.
Meanwhile the transfer Of the boxes to
the saddlebags was finished and the cap
tain's voice was heard calling, report
Casualties The reply was, One killed,
three wounded Sorry responded the
captain.
'Bandages and surgical dressings were
placed alongside the wounded aboard the
train and the assailants. who numbered
thirty. drove of in the darkness with 24l. 600
nbles."
The blunders of the cadet leaders are
giving Premier S%tolypin's Ministry strength
which its own achievements could not
acquire. The Helsingfors Congress, which
Is described even by friendly witnesses as
a continuous display OF petty cleverness,
arrived at q longwinded omnibus resolu-
lion which it was supposed could keep all
shades Of liberal opinion within the party
organization. Stripped Of verbiage, il did
not make their refusal effective. They
contented themselve rs with declaring for a
continuance Of the educational propaganda.
Premier Stolypin has promptly lone
what he warned the Government he would
do il the Congress reafirned the Wiborg
manifesto in any shape. The Ministry Of
Justice has Instituted prosecutions against
each member of the HelsingfoTs Congress
who signed the Wiborg manifesto, which
means that none OF them will be eligible as
candidates at the next election to the Duma.
Their humiliation has Zee made worse
ny what most Russians regard as a fiasco
Of the proposed visit Of the delegation from
England. The only usefulness Of his
delegation to the reform agitation would be
n giving the reformers an opportunity to
hold public meetings which political parties
are not allowed TO hold. When il is ex-
planned that the visit was abandoned be-
cause the mission had no intention OF iden-
flying itself with any particular party,
but only with the Duma rs an institution,
the Russians remain unconvinced. They
see only another display Of successful
nasterfulness on the part Of Premier Stol-
ypin.