Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

persons We're being arrested at Paulvonla,
on the Finnish railroad
Tens of thousands of the people stood on
the sidewalks on that chill. gray March
morning awaiting the gorgeous process
sion 1t came presently. with the car in
an open barouche. seated with one OF the
ministers of state. The telegraph carried
the news to all quarters of the World-the
car had appeared in public and received
the homage Of his people. The day of as.
sassination was past. and the delusion of
a contented people was Rugged by the au-
tocratic ruler.
But things were different in the famous
Third Section as the secret police are
called. Gen. Trepoff was there arrang-
ing in consecutive form the result of five
days of hard work.
The first clue came in a most casual
manner. One night couple of men in "a
restaurant on the Nevsky had attracted
attention by their earnest whispered con-
versation During part of the talk the
name of the car and the date, the 18th
of March. had been overheard. That was
enough. Detectives placed on their tracks
followed them like bloodhounds.
On the eve of the fateful thirteenth
one of the men met woman in the
streets of ST. Petersburg and had hur-
ried conversation with her. Five minutes
after they separated the woman was
placed under arrest. A search OF her per-
son revealed IL large quantity of nihilistic
proclamations all calling for the death
of the car. She was literally loaded
down with the documents. which were be-
; ing distributed to those in the conspiracy.
She admitted that the young cadet who
had committed suicide had been selected
to assassinate the emperor. but when he
realized the meaning of the assignment he
killed himself. She stopped at this stage
of her confession. Neither persuasion
nor torture nor threats of death would
induce her to give the names of the iothers
concerned in the plot.
But Trepoff had a foundation on which
to build his case. Here was bit or
paper 1t would have to be traced to its
origin 1t was evident that an Illicit
printing press had been set up somewhere
In the city. All this time the two men
who had talked incautiously in the reStau-
rant were being followed. They were
seen to enter a house in the Jewish sec
ton. The records of the police showed
that the house was occupied by Aaron
Zondelevic, who at one time had been a
printer.
That was sufficient. In less than an
hour afterward the house was. raided.
An officer with a squad OF police broke
into the place without notice. What they
| found did not seem very damaging. Four
persons were at home at the time-two
| men and two women. Nine. Kriloff, the
head of the house, was a woman or about
for,y-tive and of unusual intelligence The
other female was her servant. One of the
men was rather arstocratic in appear
ance He said he occupied minor minis
| terial office and color given to his
| statement by the portfolio which he had
| in his hand The other man. named Lub-
! kin was a consumptive about twenty
| three years of age.
Where is your printing press de-
| manded the officer.
Madame shrugged her delicate Shout
ders and outstretched her hands in a
manner which said plainly crr ugh that
the police were welcome to any printing
presses they might find i'll that place.
A printing press is bulky thing. 1t
| should not he hard to find. But the OFF,
GERS searched the house from cellar to