Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-11
ASSASSIN FIRED SEVEN SHOTS
INTO BODY OF LIEUTENANT
GENERAL PAVLOFF.
MAKES DESPERATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE
KILLS POLICEMAN AND WOUNDS
ANOTHER PURSUER BEFORE
BEING CAPTURED.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 10.-Lieutenant
General Vladimir Pavloff, the military
procurator or advocate general, gener-
ally known since the days of the late
parliament as "Hangman Paviof,"
from the epithet constantly applied TO
him by the radical deputies, was shot
and killed at 10 o'clock a. m. while
walking in the garden of the CHER
military court building, near the Moika
canal. The assassin, who was dis
guised as a workman, was captured
after a long chase through the crowd
ed city streets, during which he fired
about forty shots from two revolyers
which he carried, killing a policeman
ana w%ounding a small boy,
The crime was executed deliberately
and showed evidence of the same care
full preparation which was character
istic of the murders Of Generals lgna-
tieff and Won der Launitz and I'M
doubtedly was carried out by the same
organization, which, it is reported, has
sentenced Emperor Nicholas and sew
eral Of the ministers to death. The
assassin, who wore the uniform or a
military clerk attached to the court,
succeeded in obtaining an entrance to
the garden under the preteXt OF sub
hitting a report to the military pro-
curator. He approached the unsus-
pecting general within arms length,
drew an automatic pistol and dis
charged the whole load, sever shots,
into General Pavloff's body. Every
shot was we'll aimed and two of them
tore a gaping wound in his breast,
from which the general expired while
being carried to his apartments, which
were located in the same building.
Hastily slipping another clip" OF
cartridges into his revolver and draw
ing a second weapon the assassin ran
across the garden to the carriage en-
trance, threatened the porter with his
pistols and dashed down Glinke street,
past the Imperial Opera House, with
a crowd of thirty house porters and
court attaches In close pursuit.
Desperate Attempt to Escape.
A policeman stationed in front of
the opera house attempted to seize the
assassin, but was shot down by the
latter, who turned and opened fire on
his pursuers, wounding a boy. The as
sassin then resumed his fight through
the streets, firing at the police officers
and house porters who attempted to
bar his way. When his ammunition
became exhausted he was intercepted
and captured at Lantern lane.
The entire career of General Pavloff
was 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 national
prominence when he was delegated by
War Minister Rediger TO answer the
interpretations of the government In
the lower house of parliament in re-
gard to courtsmartial and executions
in the Baltic provinces and in Poland.
The military procurator justified these
with such cold ~bloodedness and disre-
gard of the sentiments of the members
that it caused the indignation of al
the entire house and ne was
driven from the rostrum with cries or
murderer 'hangman," assassin"
yyhan tho ~oanaral uext naa in the
house he was not allowed to speak and
was threatened with personal violence.
When taken to the police station
General Pavloff's slayer was in the
highest spirits, chaffed the investigat-
ing officer about the inadequacy of the
police protection and described with
gusto now simply and easily his plan
was executed, answering the officers
questions with laughing jests.