Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-31
Special CORRESPONDENCE.

Special Correspondence.
YAitSANN,, Oct. 20.-Sergcs Alex
Nm androvitci1, young officer il
wv one of the regiments of dra
goons stationed at the tow
of NilaWa near the German frontier
q has been compelled In the performance
4 OF his duty to shoot his dearest friend
u Polish patriot who became mixed III
i in an unsuccessful attempt 10 kidnat
1 the governors general of Warsaw. Yet
terrible as the tragedy may appear tc
4 the reader in the United States 1t is
1 but typical of the conditions which pre-
vail today in Russia.
4 Jan Pietrowski. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Po-
l,lish friend, served his time n:thea Rus
| sian army in the same regimentia as his
future eYecutioner. The ment became
boon companions.asUp onethe expiration
of the, compulsory term the Pole re-
signed4and- came home to WARSAW. The
1.-TWO young men, !. however, remained
firm friends and constant correSpon-
dents. Frequently, when he could OBJ
tain leave Serge 3Alexandrovitch came
to visit Jan here
PLANNED CONSPIRACY.
Several months ago some hot headed
neutrality-suspicious. Polish youths gin War
saw began plotting against the Russian
administration which, according TO
their poorly-laid plans, was TO be over
thrown in night and replaced by
Poles All was satisfactorily arranged,
On paper-and Jan was among the
sconspirators. though he hadslittle3more!
than Il passive hatred forsthe tgoycin-i
5ment. Serge noticed change. in his
friend when he went up to Warsaw.
tAll the youths spirits seemed to have
left him. What is the nlatter?"t he
a ell mir Int of
he had Vanly striyen to bring.t smile
into the others face Nothing was
the reply, I'm sleepy and viii go
Home to bed" Instead. he left the sup
per tablesto attend a. secret meeting at
which lots were eastsa to who should
be intrlisted With the task of kidnap-
ping and holding prisonert the governor
general The fatal choice fell upon
Jan and final arrangements We're soon
made. Dressed In his dragoon's uniform
he was To so to the governors generals
summer residence on the outskirts of
Warsaw and demand to see him, say
ing he bore private and pressing dis
patches from the garrison att Nilawa
concerning the Germans who are con-
tinualy looking iungrly across the
Russian frontier. once in the COVER
nor's presence there was no fear OF his
plan failing because the conspirators
had chosen a day when men Who. were
official would he on guard at the house.
POLICE IN INTRIGUE.
As these supposed secret dispatches
We're timed to arrive in the evening the
young soldier.would he received in the
governors private room overlooking
the park. The men on guard there We're
Poles, who had bribed the police to
change uniforms. The victim would be
gagged, carried through the park and !
hurried TO a quiet road, where a closed |
motor car waited. No violence was
to be used unless absolutely necessary. |
Simultaneously with the capture OF !
the governor general all the other
high Russian military and civil OF
ncials would be seized and imprisoned |
in various quiet country houses. IL the !
car granted the demand of the con-
spirators for autonomy these men
would be released; il not, they We're
10 be killed and an attempt made to
forcibly secure the reins of govern
nient. It was as mad. daring and /
hopeless a plot as ever youth concoct
ed.
ONE sPoTTER a SPY.
Although few people were acquaint-
cd with the existence of the plot 1t