Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-24
3O5"5]..,. 3lO,>5,>5)I1. |...) ROYALTY A Shadow 7h:ot Darkens the
 Path of tha Czars.
HE FEAR OF ASSASSINATION
Plots That Were Woven Around Alsx ander II. and the Bomb That Shat tered His Body-An lnfernal Machine That Failed to Kill Alexander III.

tered His Body-An Informal Machine
 That Failed to Kill Alexander III.
 The shadow that falls across the path
 Gf the cars may extend the world , round. Wherever the ruler of all the
 huSsias may happen to lc, there the
 shadow of fear lies.
 Once in Paris, once in tho palace
 gardens, Alexander II. was fired at
 Again in the Winter Palace square
 'ne Soorieff, wearing the uniform of
 n official, passed the guards one day.
 and again the ear was fired upon
 Alexander ran for the palace Solo
 rieH followed him and fired three
 times. The cZar ran in zigZags how
 eyer, and so escaped Not lon. after
 ward two mines were laid to blow LID
 the imperial train. One did not ex- plode. but the second wrecked the
 train. Once more the ear escaped
 Watching eyes had saved him. their
 owners having persuaded the ruler to
 take another train.
 later Alexander II. owed his life to l the fact that he came late to func- | ton at the palace. \ bomb blew clean
 'ut large portion of thc imperial resi- t."nce. but the ear w:lS net present. But of all the attempts on the lives ot ktlsSia's rulers two stand out most clearly for their amazing ingenuity One tells the story of d little uilpre- i"ntiou> shop ill Malaja Sadovaia street KoboZeH. then unknown L" the police. took the shop and Sel cut to impress the police. who were d. "'%s making sudden inspections of premises along the thoroughfareS through which Alexander H. passed that Ee was nothing but a provision dealer. Nearly every on" in 1ha. street was a paid spy. but koboZrff loked with his customers pleased his purEHyorS and was most affable and apparently harmless
 The dealer inspired confidence. and ais custom increased gradually No wonder. for most of the parcels that his customers were carrying away by day contained nothing but earth earth that during the night hours had been scraped by the man and his wife from beneath the street. It was bF such ingenious method that a tun- ncl was hollowed and cleared under the thoroughfare and a mine laid he, aeath the way the czar often paSsed. an innocent couch upon which the housewife slept covering the entry 1o the tunnel.
 Yet all the work was useless. On inc day the scheme was to be carried! out the czar upset all the arrange :IcntS by going off to lunch with the Grand Duchess Catherine MichacIovna
 Among those who were watching on behalf of the terrorists was {; htau! fal Girl-a countess, toO-namcu Pa rcrSkaIa. It was she who. seein. Inc I at czar would return to the palace way. Along this route four n:rn carrying bombs were stationed One threw his. Men and horses were killed all around. but the ear stepped from his coach unScathed. A second 'llttA ii'iNiibr, tt DciIO Nftlilt lOI NuIu and threw it. "This time the effect was awful" says Waclaw Gasiorow- ski. who describes the incident in his book. Tragic Russia .'rhe ear foli aS if cut by a scythe. His legs wer" shattered to pieces" So died the czai, who had escaped as by a miracle many times.
 Alexander III. followed. and there were attempts upon bis life. The fourth WaS one of the nest Sen>H- !oia! in the entire list of niEilst rlu,>:
 o: a bright autumn day tn" impn- rial train travelled at full speed on the track we'll guarded by Selder> II VI. toward noon. The imperial ia.ni: ":re in the dinn.; car. Tlrre lune,i WaS about tu be served. The cnei; anG his help were making the last prtpHrH lions for it when an assistant wa taken ill.
 The court physician attended lla, man and. having stated that hp had fever. with symptoms of some i1,e: plcable ailment. decided hat the na. could not remain ill tho imperial ,r9. and l!e was left at the next StAtinr
 The train moved forward trH~.4 Borki. traveiin@ at the speed of eight, kiomelers an hour. Then the c.2c. trtcal bell notified the cook that tAn Imperial family were ready for lunch, non. A few seconds after the !e,l d terrific noise WAS ha"iC and Il violent explosion ch :n""d in ,t'. twinklin% of an eye the llXuriors ;lM- iron. of wrecked carS Of mu:ilHl, rorpses. enve!ored in smoke and n31sis tll the more narrowing by the mos ing and cries fer help of the wo"a'ia.7 Yet thc cZ:si escaped, The t..irs r"oin car that he niIli'iS's had | 'rit!cd Sllcuia he d grave for the cZ"