The Washington times., 1907-01-20
GIRL TERRORISTs
SCHEME TO KILL
CAR OF RUSSIA
ReYolutiOniStS Members
of CZarina'S Sewing
Class.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. lS.-Ihs Ter
iorists. having been some time busy in
removing the Cars servants. are be-
ginning to turn their serious attention
10 Nicholas II himself.
This conclusion drew from state
ments made 10 me By several members
OF the court during my visit 10 Tsarskoe-
selo today Both Tsarskoe-selo and
Tsarskoe-sela palace are entirely nor
mai so far as outside appearances go.
But ever siu1e the abortiye attempt 10
assasslnaJe Al. Stllypin last August the
Car has been more OF less besieged
by TerrurisJs.
The terror is all the greater, because
no deterrent arrests have Deen made
and no definite clues found. But the
palace secret pallee. under the COM
mand of General DIedulin. the sharpest
gendarme officer IN Russia, know per
fectly well that the TeTOrisJs have
resumed their intentions on the Car 3
life, and are only waiting for a favor
able opportunity.
Overrun By COnspiratOrs.
Tsarskoe-seIo has been overrun by
suspicious characters during The past
three months. Some have been arrested
others have fed the town on the eve
of arrest. But In no one case have the
police discovered q concrete plot or
even positive evidence Of evil intentions.
All they know is that The Terrorlstz
are watching the Cars movements. eX-
perlmentus. studying the roads and
generally preparing Tor a great coup.
A month ago. TWO men giving the
name of GrigorieT, a rich NiJni-Novgo-
rod family rented for three months the
Tsarskoe-SeIo house OF Prince Galltzin.
They arrived, bringing with them an ~
valid sister many servants and some
magnificent horses. They gave a bank
tr's reference and according 10 Russian
custom, paid Il months rent in advance.
The GrigoFlens rode and drove every
day. one day they actually penetrated
into Tsarskoe-SeIo Park. Meeting the
Cars aide-da-camp. Colonel Puuatin,
riding, they rode behind him until all
three arrived al the park gates, which
they entered on PuJIaun's heels. They
tr-tted after him mp the avenue. circIed
Taarskue palace and then rode quickly
oUt of the gates.
Mysterious Stranger Had Fled.
The Czar had Witnessed the incident
from his study window. He asked Putil-
Tin for am explanation. Puuatin de-
clared that as tie satakeeper had adj
mitted abe strangers Le assumed they
had a right 20 enter. The gatekeeper
affirmed that the Two men had entered
with Puuatin
General DieduIm was Immediately
4. rH
They had left for ST. Petersburg and
have not since been seen. Their ser
wants had left The day before. IN
quiFies al N5ui-Noveorod proved that
the real Grigo1ens had never left their
estate.
This mysterious occurrence was fol-
lowed by "a series OF disturbing signs
and tokens. one night the timber fence
around Ts8rskoe-selo was found broken
IN a way which showed that il had been
crossed. and footprints in the snow
Showed that an intruder had got 10
within "a hundred yards of the palace
and then turned hack. The sentry was
punished
A week later another sentry fired on
suspicion a. a man who was leaning
against the fence. The EEr escaped in
the darkness.
The CzaUna's sewing class furnished
the next mystery. Two of its newest
most promising members suddenly dis
appeared. and. with them disappeared
the journal of the class with notes ia
the Empress Handwriting When q
group photograph I'm which the missing
members appeared was shown TO the
police they recognized i'm one girl a
social revolutiouist Maya JakOvlen
who has been wanted for completely in
the Moscow rebellion.
Even Girls Are in Plot.
The theory of lhe police is that IN,
two girls gained admission 10 the sew
Ing class in order 10 study the move
ments OF tie imperial family, ana Jha
journal was taken in case the Empress
handwriting became necessary for pur
poses OF forgery.
These occurrences have convinced th'
police that the Tsrror.sts are on tbs
track OF the Emperor and that NiChola:
II is surrounded by a host OF keen-eyeC
revolutionary spies, who viii take IN,
first opportunity 20 remove him by tht
same expeditions means which they
employed % remove his grandfather
Alexander III.
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