The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
Ct. Petersburg Correspondence of V. Y
 Evening Post.

doubtless but one of many chapters or the future history of underground Russia, and shows better than vol ume of criminal statistics how ready men are to take human life in this country. The story is vouched for by the Socialist Revolutionary Party. which makes it a rule to stick to the truth in such communiques
 On June 10 a young workingman went to a place where youthful revo- lutionists are wont to foregsther. and asked to be brought before some lead or of the Social Revolutionists. saying:
 'It was that killed the man found dead in the woods. I am the murderer of Yollos. I must tell the party ev- erything. Let 1t judge me. l shall submit Do what you like with me.
 There was much curiosity a month ago about man found in the woods across the Neva In the direction or Schluesselburg. with the head almos. severed from the body and the lace ferociously disdgured. Near him lay several loaded bombs and materials Tor making others and memorandum book containing what were taken TOT telephone numbers. If the police had a clue to the mans identity. they took pains to conceal It.
 The self-confessed assassin was brought to a place or sa1ety. oh tho road he asked: ~
 'You are going to kill me at once, aren't you? You have already decided' and are taking me to my execuVoh'
 His guides had great difficulty In re- assuring him. :,
 'Theres no use in hiding It rom me-" he returned. T committed sucn a terrible crime, I know l deserve death, and if you do not wish to have my blood on your heads, I shall Kill myself"
 When finally convinced that his story was more useful than his life. he hand ed over an automatic revolver. Ills story was as follows:
 The Secret P1otter.
 During the war a workman in St. Petersburg machine shop. known as Iyanoff, fell under the Influence Of fellow workman named Alexander Kazantselff. He was arrested Tn De- cember, 1905, was exiled, escaped. ana returned secretly.s Kakantsen founo him out and proclaimed himself Maximalist-thati is. an extreme 80 ;ia! Democrat Ivanon readily admitted he. too, was a Social Democrat.
 Kazantseff then confided to 1vanon that the party had decided to kill certain count-meaning Witte-because hc had refused to procure the release of the robbers that captured $35O.ooo oI customs receipts In this city. lvanon consented to take on the. job ana 10 find an accomplice. He presented the pitifui hero of the story. who IS known as Feodoroff, to Kazantseff. He was uufcKly rearrested, whether through KAsantsen's treachery is not known. Kasantsen then dealt directly with Foedoroff, who found another man 10 help him. Kazantseff took them to his home, and. displaying quantity or haste, white like wheat mush. man
 Ilf H. ixing ordinary alarm clocks. These clumsy contrivances were packed in wooden boxes, to which were attached long cords Kazantseff went with his dupes to Count Witte's house at o'clock in the morning. and showed them how to reach the roof and which chimneys they were to let the boxes down into. When they finished. he dis missed them to their homes and loit- cred around until noon to hear the ex- plosion. There was none: so he got some iron slugs and ordered FeodoroH and his friend to drop them into the chimneys on top of the internal ma chimes.
 They went to Count Witte's house alone to execute his orders. but when they arrived, ascertained that the ma chimes had already been discovered Kazantsefr had promised to go with them, but did not meet them at the place agreed upon. The infernai ma chimes were found In the shaft con meeting the chimneys with the Dutcn ovens used in Russian houses. Ihe police found the clocks wrapped wltn cords in such a way that they began to run only when the fastenings were cut so that they were harmless as in' fernal machines, though the police gave out a statement to the erect Una, an explosion would have occurred mac the chimney been heated. It happenec that the flues selected were precisei9 those not in ordinary use.
 On the Trail of YellOs.
 Kazantseff kept in touch with Eco doroff until the second Duma had as sembled He then took his pliant too to Moscow and directed him to XII reyolutionist who had stolen $4o.oo. from the revolutionary funds. and hae deposited 1t with a Jew. The latter was expected to take fright when the revolutionist was killed. and refund the money. Kazantseff did not give the "traitor's" name, but took Feodorof tt A saloon where the intended victim Yellos, editor of The Liberal Russkla Vedomosti and a member of the nrs' Duma. could be seen entering his ofnce He showed Feodoroff the courtyard o1 the house of Toropoff, the noted reac tionary leader, and pointed out tha YeIIos passed this house every after noon on his way home.
 The murder could be done there, ant Feodoroff could escape to a waiting cab on the street beyond the back en trance. He returned to the saloon an' waited to help shadow Yellos almos to the fatal point ana thei diappeared Yellos walked aloni slowly and pensively. Feodorot passed him and took his post, an' easily planted four shots into his heaN and chest. Yellos fell dead. feouo rolf escaped in the manner preVlousl. arranged. A..
 T did not find Kanantseff at th' trysting-place agreed upon and l wen to his home. No. 36 Gruzianian street A large and luxuriously furnished apartment" Feodoroff continued H' met me with Judas kiss. I walte' fmpatiently for the evening paper ant learned to my horror that the man had killed was Yellos. kazantset said that did not make any difference as everybody would acuse the Blacl Gang So. I said to myself. 1t seem am a Black Gangster. l began t' suspect Kanantseff. but had no prolls He saw I was revolving some thint in my mind and tried to calm me b! saving it was true Yellos was Liberal but he had stolen s40,000 from tn revolutionary funds"
 Needless to ST this was a pure in vention.
 Kazantsef began to busy himsel with pretended preparations for Urandfose robbery, but soon proposed