The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-28
[}7lRDLY ATTEMPT TOASSAss|NA7E
PREMIER STO[YP|N WITH A BOMB

rying an article about a foot high.
resembling a gilded vase.
They ascended the steps, passing di-
rectly in front of the policemen at the
door and had scarcely disappeared in
side the house when a thunderous ex-
plOsiOn was heard
The explosion, which was louder
than the report of cannon tore out a
large section Of the front wall of the
villa, demOlishing the partition walls
inside and brought the upper story
down III clouds Of mortar and splinter
ed wood. When the dust had cleared
away slightly the sergeant saw the
mangled bodies of the porter, a police
man and three revolutionists on the
ground in front OF the door. The
landau, which had been stopped direct
1y in front of the entrance, was lying
on the driveway q mass of shattered
wood and iron. About ten yards from
the door was the driver, who, it is
thought. was also a revolution;st and
who had been killed on the spot The
horses were wounded, but only in their
hind legs, showing that they were
partly protected from the force of the
explosion by the walls of the villa
At the moment of the explosion Il
large reception room at the left OF
the ante-roOm was filled with a great
cOncOurse of officials and visitors as
today was the premier's reception
day.
NJ. Stolypin himself was in the
reception room talking to his visitors.
In his office, which was still further to
the left, were three of his secretaries
and a fOOtman The violence of the
explosion was such that it tore out the
| wall between the reception room and
the premier's Office in addition to
to doing the other damage mentioned,
killing one of the secretaries and the
footman, and wOunding another sec
, retary It was from the latter that the
, correspondent Of the AssO ciated Press
obtained these details. The fourth
man who was in the Office escaped un-
injured Every one in the villa and its
vicinity was thrown to the ground by
, the shock.
After the explosion Of the bomb 4
few moments of stupefaction followed
among the uninjured survivors and per
sons in the neighborhoOd, including a
number of soldiers from q grenadier
l.,
menced to carry away the dead and
wounded from the villa which had
caught fire as a result of the explosion
of the bomb.
For over an hour after the explosion
there was q scene Of the greatest con-
fusion at the villa. A great cOncOurse
of spectators gathered there, handling
horrible remnants Of the tragedy and
carrying some Of them away as souVe-
Mrs. The police apparently lost their
presence of mind, for they did little
or nothing until the arrival OF NJ.
MakarOf. the assistant minister or the
interior. under whOSeS orders the villa
and the grounds were cleared and an
investigation of the ragedy begun.
According to statements OF the sur
yiyOrs none of the OverpOWeI1n@ fumGs
ACCOMMODATING the explosion OF melln-
ite. lyddite or pyrOXOline was notlced
after the explosion and 1t is thou5ht
the bomb was charged with camphol
dynamite. which are extensively uSel
in loading the revOluti0nlsts. Donos'
and which explosive was employed III
the assassination Of Alexander IL.
Among its advantages is the fact tnat
II is safer to handle than ordinary
dynamite and it is more powerful.
While the correspondent OF the AS
sociated Press was at the Stolypin villa
i piece of torn, bloody paper was tax II
from, the fragments of flesh represent
inc the dead revolutionlsts,
, This was the premfer's sentence "1
death. passed on him by the tsntlnS
organization of the social reTolutto'l
lists. and which. contrary to the uSu3i
custom. was not sent to the premleE
in advance.
With what was left of the reVoio-
fionists three revolvers, two Of them
automatic. were found.
When n. stoIypin accepted the pre-
,,,ic,,o1,iD he was perfectly conscious
Of Of his personal danger, One of his
Tamorlzs At recent interview was:
4 have no doubt that attempts VIII
he made upon my life, but l nope l'1'
crdcr will be restored and stability es-
tabliShed in Russia before they are
-nconSSful