The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-22
Sensational Testimony in
Court Concerning League"
OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
To Terrorize the Legislature-Rates fol
Removing" Representatives Of the
Masses Ranged from 50 to
$500.

st. Petersburg, March Sensation.
al testimony to the effect that the Re.
dictionary League Of the Russian People
hired men to murder Ivan Patrunkeyitch,
the noted Liberal member Of the first
parliament, and also contemplated the
assassination OF NJ. Ramischwill, an ex.
member Of Parliament, and NJ. Dzhapa-
ridge, another member of the late Iegis-
lature, in order TO terrorize that body,
has been given at the resumption in
Finland Of the trial Of the murderers
Of Prof. Hertzenstein, the member Of the
lower house who was killed at his coun.
try home near Terioki, Finland, July 81
last.
The prosecution placed on the stand a
soldier named Kriks, who had been a
tmember Of the Fighting Organization Of
the Reactionary party and who testi.
fed to receiving various sums Of money
from NJ. Yushkevitch, leader Of the
League of The Russian People, in order
to induce him to kill NJ. Patrunkeyitch.
The witness implicated DR. Dubrovin,
president of the league, and NJ. Bulatzel.
a ST. Petersburg lawyer of high social
standing, whose aunt married one OF the
dukes OF 0idenburg. He stated that NJ.
Brlatzel gave money TO another soldier
in order to induce him to murder NJ.
Patrunkeyitch, and also sent the man
10 DR. Dubrovin, who was SO oyerioyed
| that he kissed him on both cheeks.
Kinks described the organization Of the
Ese4ktft,tr
and gave details Of various crimes com.
mitted by the group. The witness also
furnished a mass Of hearsay evidence,
detailing the murder Of Prof. Hertzen.
stein and the plot TO assassinate NM.
Ramischwill and Dzhaparidgc; saving
that the prices paid for assassination
ranged from couple OF dollars for minor
murders to $500 for killing Prof. Hert.
zenstein
The testimony was admitted bv the
court and the trial Of tho defendants
was adjourned until April 16, during
which period an attempt will be made to
obtain the extraditiou Of NJ. Yushke.
witch, who with the chief participants
in the Hertzenstein murder, fed to Ron.
mania.
The Terrorist organization Of the So.
cial Revolutionists has issued an an.
lnouncement that eight political murders,
or attempts at assassination. were made
| by its order during the past two months,
Including the killing Of the governor
Of Penza, vino was murdered while leav.
ing theatre there on February 2. ana
the assassination Of Gen. Koslevssy, con,
mandant ~ Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. MIA
was shot and killed July ~, and also
giving particulars Of several executions
Of n-commissioned officers of the army
and navy for Interfering with the work
Of the military organization OF the So.
cial.Reyolutionists
( Nine. uspensky, wife Of one of tho a..
sistant secretaries Of the lower house "
parliament. has been sentenced "a
years imprisonment in fortress for
having revolutionary proelamations II
i her possession.
Moscow, March 22.--The execution ~
Iolpagin, the reyoutionist condemned
for participation IN series IL robberies
has been postponed in order 70 perm,t
the authorities to investigate remark
/ able confession made BY the prisoner
Tolpagin asserts that while ia CUSTODY
10 1905 he was approached by menbers
Of tho secret police and induced IN nav.
tieipate ia fobberies III order 10 betfay