Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-09
Killed While Walking in Garden Of
Military Court Building in
St. Petersburg.
CRIME WAS VERY DELIBERATE
Showed Same Evidence OF Prep
aration as Those That Have
Recently Occurred.
Assassin Disguised as Court Military
Clerk-Shot His Victim With
Automatic Pistol.

ST. Petersburg. Jan. o.--Iiout Con.
Vladimir Pavloff, the military procura-
tor, or advocate generally known since
the days of the late parliament as
"Hangman Pavlon," from the epithet
constantly applied to him by the radical
deputies, was shot and killed az 10
o'clock this morning while walking in
the garden of the chief military court
building near the Moika canal. The
assassin. who was disguised as work
man, was captured after a long chase
through the crowded city streets. dur
Ing which he fired about 40 shots from
two reviewers which he carried, killing
a policeman and Moulding a small boy.
The crime was executed deliberately
and showed evidence Of the same care
full preparation which was character
lstic of the murders Of Gen Ignauetf
and Won der Launit2 and undoubtedly
was carried out by the same organiza-
tion, which 1t Is reported has sentenced
Emperor Nicholas and several of the
ministers to death.
The assassin, who wore the uniform
of military clerk attached to tho
court succeeded in obtaining entr~.co
TO the garden under the pretext of sub
hitting report TO the military pro-
curator He approached the general
and when within arms length drew an
automatic pistol and discharged seven
shots into Pavloff's body. Every shur
was well aired Two OF them tore a
gaping wound in the generals breast.
from which he expired while being car
ried to his apartments.
From the nature of the wounds It APP
peared that the steel jacketed bullets
~ al ~, der
that they might infliet more serious
wounds. Hastily slipping another
clip of cartridges into his revolver
and drawing n second weapon, the as
sassin ran across the garden. 10 the car
| riage entrance, threatened the porter
| with his pistols and dashed down Gin
| ka street with crowd of 80 house,
| porters and court attaches in pursuit.
| a policeman in front of the I'M
| perial 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 ASSASSIN then resumed his dight
through the streets, firing at tile police
officers and houseporters, who at
tempted 10 bar his way When his
ammunition gave out he was inter-
cepted and captured AT Lantern Lane
After serving several years as nliii-
tary Judge, Gen. PaVloff was appointed
istry and later procurator of the SUI
preme military court. He sprang into
national prominence when delegated 10
arrest interpretations of the government
in the lower house of parliament In re-
gard to executions IN the Baltic prov
inces and Poland. He justified thesa
with such cold-bloodedness and disre-
gard of the sentiments OF members that
IL aroused the Indignation OF almost the
entire house and he was driven from
the rostrum with cries of murderer
assassin" When the general next APP
peared IN the lower house he was not
allowed to speak and was threatened
with violence
The murdered general vas a large
land owner, After the dissolution OF
parliament he organized the Protected
Political league with the object Of COM
batting the radical projects for the ex-
preparation OF landed estates and parti-
oipatng actively In the present electoral
Compaign. The police have established
that the youth who was killed at the
Grand hotel yesterday after he had
made n bonfire of his papers and start
ed firing a revolver through the door
of his room, was member Of the same
terrorist organization which has car
ried out the recent assassnations and
had been detailed on Il similar mis-
sion.
The information which the revolutions
lists have been able 10 acquire of It's
marked victims indicates widespread
treachery I'm the military court and the
greatest alarm Is felt IN otlicinl circles
where it Is believed that a reign OF
terror IN ST. Petersburg has occurred.
The assassin OF Gen. pnylon WIS ap-
pareuuy informed by on accomplish
among the court attaches that the gem
eral was IN the garden Mt that hour,
as the garden Is entirely closed and
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