The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-23
PLACE A PRICE, ON
DOUMA MEMBERS
SOLDIER AT SENSATIONAL FIN.
LAND TRIAL TELLS OF MUIR
DER PLOTS.
PAID men So TO SLAY
Enemies Of League of Russian Peo'
ple--Duke's Relative and Promi-
nent People implicated in
the Plan.


ST. Petersburg, March 22.-The
tiial Of the murderers of Professor
lHertzensteln who was killed at his
home in Finland last July, while q
member Of the lower house Of the
Douma and who had made enemies,
has brought to light some star Ing
testimony, which sheds remarkable
light on Russian political methods.
The senation of the trial which
| was resumed this week in Finland,
i was furnished by the testimony Of q
soldier and details of a plot Of assas-
| sination.
The Reactionary' League Of Rus
sian People, II appears, hired men 70
murder Ivan Ptrunkeyitch, a poted
| Liberal member of the first Douma,
and also contemplated the murder OF
Ramischwll, an ex-member of the
lDouma, and NJ. D2haparidge, another
Iformer member, in order to terrorize
lthat body
Paid to Asssassinate.
1
] Kaks, the soldier witness for the
| prosecution, said he had been a mem
bel of he Reactionary party con
rected with the fighting section. His
| testimony was that M. Yushkevitch.
leader of the league of the Russian
| people, had paid him money to kill
NJ. Petrnnkeyitch.
DR. Dubrowin. president of the Lea
que Of the Russian People. and M.
Bulatzel a ST. Pc ersbnrg lawyer Ct
high social standing, whose aunt mar
ried one of the Dukes Of Ollenburg,
was implicated in his testimony. Nj.
Bulatzel, he said, gave money to an
other man, and tried TO persuade him
| To murder PetIunkevitch
Witness gave many details Of va
rious crimes committed by The Fight
ing Section.
Had Murder Scale.
IN regard to tbs murder of Profess
sor Hertzenstein and the conspiracy
Ito murder NJ. NJ. Ramischwll he gave
much hearsay evidence. Minor MUIR
ders could be secured for So, while
for the assassination of high class
persons, the price ran from $40 to
800.
All of the s,ldier's testimony was
admitted The court then dool re
cess until April 16 when the trial will
| be resumed.
/ II IS hoped TO have NJ Yushvevitch
present He fed to Roumania after
/ tho murder of Professor Hertzen.
stein. He is alleged to be one Of the
! participants in he crime.
One years Imprisonment in a fort
| Uspensky for having revolut onafy
literature in her possession. She is
the wife of one of the under secre
taries for the Douma.
Announcement has just been issued
4 by the Terrorist organization of the
Social revolutionis that by its o.
der e.eht political assassinatlons OF
attempts at the same have been made
during as many weeks past. The
murder of Governor AleXandrovsky
governor of Penza on February 2
and the killing of General Koslevsky
comma dant at Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
July 27. according to the announce
ment. were also ordered by the Ter
lrcrists. A list of the murder oi
union officers and officials is alsC
given.
Reprieve for Tolpaiin.
Tolpain. he robber and revolution
list. under sentence Of death n Mos
!. COW, has had his execution post
po1 ed on account Of a stratling cen
fession made by him. The govern
ment stopped the execution in orde
TO have time TO make a thorough in
vestigation
The revolutlonist declares tha
while in the Prison last year he wal
induced by the secret police. to taxi
rart in rObber.es 50 that he might he
tray his companions. He was giver
bombs. revolvers and daggels and in
structed as to what crimes he shoul'
commit
He was condemned to death by HI
+ lccmpauions who de ected his treach
cry He claims that in order q
rsta-ca hf.,, fro r..fs1o qauaaI him Il