Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-09
PAVLOFF KILLED
Latest Victim of Inc Assassin in Russia Shot Down This
 Morning
MURDERER CAUGHT

| . E9 F5. . St Petersburg, Jan 9.-Lieutenant- General Vladimir Povloff the mill
 tary procurator or advocate general
 generally known since the late par
 lament as "Hangman Paxloff,' from the epithet constantly applied to him by the radical deputies, was shot and killed at ten o'clock this morning
 while walking in the garden of the chief military court building, near the Moika canal. The assassin. who apparently was disguised as work man, was captured after long chase through the crowded city
 streets during which he fired about forty shots from two reyolvers which
 he carried, killing policeman and
 accidentally wounding boy.
 The crime was executed deliberate ly and was undoubtedly carried out by the same organization which has sentenced Emperor Nicholas and sev- eral of the ministers to death. The assassin, who wore the uniform Of military clerk attached to the court, obtained an entrance to the garden under the pretext of submitting re- port to the military procurator. He approached the unsuspecting general within arms length, drew rapid fire pistol and fired the whole load, seven shots, in quick succession into Paw loff's body. Every shot was well aimed and two of them tore a gaping wound in his breast, from which the general expired while being carried to his apartments in the same build ing. From the nature of the wounds it appeared that the steel jacketed bullets had been flattened out of their regular shape 50 that they might inflict more serious wounds. Hastily slipping another clip" Of cartridges into his revolver and draw ing a second weapon, the assassin ran across the garden to the carriage entrance, threatened the porter with his pistols and dashed down Glinka street, past the imperial opera house, with crowd of thirty house porters and court attaches in close pursuit.
 A policeman in front of the opera
 
 but was shot down by the latter, who turned and fired on his pursuers, wounding a boy. The terrorist then resumed his flight through the streets. firing right and left at the police officers and house porters who attempted to bar his way. The re- suit was that the assassin's ammuni- tion rapidly became exhausted and he was capturedwhen he reached Lanter n lane.
 The entire career of General Paw loff, who was 55 years of age, mar ried and had two children. was spent in the judicial department of the army. After serving several years as a military judge he was appointed judge advocate general of the war ministry and later procurator of the supreme military court.
 General Pavloff sprang into na- tional prominence when he was dele gated by War Minister Rediger to answer the interpellations of the gov- ernment in the lower house of par in regard to courts martial and executions in the Baltic prov inces and in Poland. He justified these with such cold bloodedness that it aroused the indignation of almost the entire house and he was driven from the rostrum wish cries of "Mur- derer!" "Hangman!'' Assassin"
 The murdered general was a large After the dissolution of parliament he organized the Protec- tive Political league with the object of combating the radical projects for the appropriation of landed es- Iates and participated actively in the present electoral campaign.
 The police have established that a youth who was killed at the Grand hotel here yesterday after he had made bonfire of his papers and started firing a revolver through the ioor of his room, was member of he same terrorists organization which has carried out the recen: as- But the authorities nave not been able to ascertain who vas the youths intended victim. as he delay of the police in storming he terrorist's room gave him time to iestroy almost all his papers.
 The information which the social | have been able to &C., luire of the movements of its mark d victims indicates the existence of | treachery in the military 'ourt and the greatest alarm is felt | n official circles. where it is be- ieved that a reign of terror in St | has commenced.
 The assassin of General Pavloff | vas apparently informed by an ac- omplice among the court attaches hat the general was in the garden t that hour. as the garden is entirely nclosed and to-day is a holiday and he military procurator wss'n not fol-