New-York tribune., 1907-01-10
PAVLOFF SHOT DEAD
THE ASSASSIN CAPTURED.
Military PrOcmator Killed IN Garden
at CamtdI.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 9.-Lieutenant General
Vladimir Pavloff, the Military Procurator or Ad-
vocate General, generally known since the days
Of the dissolved Parliament as "Rangman Paw
loft" from the epithet applied to him by the
Radical deputies, was shot and killed at 10
o'clock this morning while walking in the garden
of the Chief Military Court building near the
Moika canal The assassin was captured after
a long chase through the crowded city streets
in which he fired about forty shots from two re-
volvers which he carried. killing a policeman
and wounding a small hoy.
The crime executed deliberately and
showed the same careful preparation which
marked the murders Of Generals Alexis Igna-
tieff and Won der Launitz, and was undoubtedly
carried out by the same organization which has
sentenced Emperor Nicholas and several OF the
ministers to death. The assassin, who wore the
uniform of a military clerk attached 10 the
court. succeeded IN obtaining an entrance to the
garden under the pretext OF submitting a report
TO the Military Procurator He approached the
unsuspecting general within arms length drew
a rapid fire pistol and fired seven shots into
Paylof's body Every shot was well aimed
and two of them tore large wound in his
breast from which the general died while being
carried TO his apartments. which were In the
Court building. II appeared that the steel
jacketed bullets had been fattened out OF their
regular shape in order that they might inhict
more serious wounds.
Hastily slipping another clip of cartridge, into
his revolver and drawing a second weapon the
murderer ran across the garden to the carria &c
entrance. threatened the porter with his pistols
and dashed down Glinka street. past the I'M
perial Opera House. with crowd of thirty house
porters and court attendants in close pursuit
A policeman stationed in front Of the Opera
n tor nfaIt
shot down by the latter, who turned and opened
nre on his pursuers wounding a boy The fer
roflst then resumed his flight through the streets
IlIlhg rlght and left at the police officers and
mouse porters who attempted to bar his way
his ammunition was soon exhausted. and he was
intercepted and captured when he reached Ian
tern Lane.
General Pavlof's slayer was in the highest
spirits at the police station. He chaffed the in
Vestlgattng officer about the inadeauacv of tbe
ponce precautions, and described with enthusI
asm how simply and easily his plan was exc
cuted answering the officers questions with
jests.
The entire career of General Pavloff, who was
nfty-hVe years of age, married and had two
children, was spent in the judicial department
OF the army. After serving several wears as q
iHiIltdry judge he was appointed Judge Advocate
General Of the War Ministry and later Procura-
tor of the Supreme Military Court
General Pavloff sprang into national nror,t
hence when he was delegated by War Minister
RudiSer TO answer the interpretations Of the gov
erhment in the lower house Of Parliament in re-
gard TO court martials and executions in tho
Baltic provinces and in Poland The military
procurator justified these with such cold blood |
edness and disregard Of the sentiments of tho
members that 1t aroused the indignation OF AL |
most the entire house, and he driven from
the rostrum with cries OF Murderer "Hanr
man.! Assassin! When the general next an |
peared IN the mouse he was not allowed to speak |
and was threatened with personal violence.
The murdered general was large land owner |
After the dissolution of Parliament he organtzed
the Protective Political League with the object |
of fighting the Radical movement for the exnro |
priation of landed estates. He took an active |
part in the present electoral campaign.
The police have established that a youth who |
was Killed at the Grand Hotel here yesterday |
after he had set fire to his papers was a mem-
ber of the terrorist organization which has car,
ried out the recent assassinations. and had bean
sent on similar mission.
The information which the Social Revolution |
lists have been able TO acquire of the movements |
of its marked victims indicates the existence of
widespread treachery in the military court and |
the greatest alarm is felt In official circles
where it is believed that reign of terror In ST
Petersburg has begun.
The assassin of General Pavlof was appar- |
entity informed by accomplice among the |
court attendants that the general was in the |
garden at that hour. the place is entirely in
closed and to-day, being a holiday, the military !
procurator was not following his usual routine |