Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-10-14
RUSSIA AND ROYALTY
A Shadow That Darkens the
Path Of the Cars.
THE FEAR or ASSASSINATION

OF the GxatA Alh1 tANGn4 AnE W0AtN
round. Wherever the ruler Of NIL the
Russias may happen to be. there the
shadow OF fear lies,
Once in Paris, once In the palace
gardens, Alexander II. was fred ut.
Again In the Winter Palace square
one Solorieff. wearing the uniform OF
an ofiicial. passed the guards one day.
and again the car was fred upon.
Alexander ran for the palace. Solo
rieff followed him and Aired three
times. The ear ran in zigzags, how
ever. and 20 escaped. Not long after
ward two mines were laid TO blow up
the imperial train. One did not ex-
plode, but the second wrecked the
train. Once more the car escaped.
Watching eyes had saved him, their
owners having persuaded the ruler to
take another train.
Later Alexander ii. owed his life TO
the fact that be came late to func-
ton ut the palace. A bomb blew clean
out large portion OF the imperial resi-
dence, but the car was not present.
But Of all the attempts on the lives
Of Hussla's rulers two stand out most
clearly for their amazing ingenuity.
One tells the story OF a little UMPIRE
tentious shop In Malaja Eadovaja
street. Koboxeff, then unknown to
the police, took the shop and set out
70 impress the police, who were AL
ways making sudden inspections OF
premises along the thoroughfares
through which Alexander II. passed.
that he was nothing but a provision
dealer. Nearly every one III that
street was paid spy, but kobozelf
Joked with his customers. pleased his
puFveycFs and was most afeable aud
apparently harmless.
The dealer inspired confidence, and
hls custom increased gradually. No
wonder. for most OF the parcels that
bis customers were carrying away by
day contained nothing but earth
earth that during the night hours had
been acFaped BY the man aud bis
wife from beneath the street! II was
BY such ingenious method that a tun.
mel was followed and cleared under
the thoroughfaFe and a mine laid be.
meath the way the car often passed,
an innocent couch upon which the
housewife Rlept covering the entry to
the tunnel
Yet all the work was useless. On
the day the scheme was 10 be carried
0ut the ear upset all the arrange
FnamRa M ezatns* 80 - a..mag. ,..tkt. A..
Grand Duchess Catherine Afichaelovna.
Among those who were watching on
bahaif Of the terroriats visa q beanti.
ful girl-a countess. too-named Pc
Fovakaya. II was she who. seeing the
altered arrangements. gave warning.
The csar would return to the palace
another way, Along this route four
men carrying bombs were stationed.
One threw hia. Men and horses were
killed ell around. bat the car stepped
from his coach unacathed. A second
man holding q bomb came forward
and threw Il. 'srhls time the effect
was awful" says waclaw 0asiorow-
skis who describes thu incident In his
book. tragic Russia" 'srha car fen
- Il cut by = scythe. His legs were
shattered TO pieces" So died the czar
who had escaped as by q miracle
many aimea.
Alexander Ill. followed, ana there
were attempts upon hia life. The
fourth was one Of the most aansa.
tional IN the entire list Of nihslist nlots,
On q bright autumn day the lmpe-
rial train travelled at fall speed on the
track well guarded BY soldiers. II was
toward noon. The imperial family
were In the dining car. where lunch
was about TO be served. The cook and
his help were making the last prepare
tiohs for II when an assistant was
taken III.
The court physician attended the
man and. having stated that he had
fever, with symptoms OF come lnex.
pticabla allment, decided that the man
sould not remain In the imperial train.
ami be was left at the next station.
The train moved forward toward
boFkL travelling ct the speed Of eighty
hflometers an hour. Then the elec.
eFicai beli notified the cook that the
imperial family were ready for luneh.
cen. A few seconds after the bell
sounded q terrible noise was heard.
and = violent explosion changed Ia the
swinklins Of an eye the luxurious Inn.
p@Fial train into q heap OF broken
iron, of wrecked ears. o. mutllatad
soTpaea. enveloped In smeke and made
al The more narrowing BY the moan
re and cries for help oe the wounded.
1es the ezar eseapedl The dining
room car that thu nIhIliass had In
tended should be a grave for the car.
haa family aud his suit saved him, Tor
although It's roof and noor were
wrecked its sides were preserved.
They inclined toward the center, prop.
ped each other like two cards ana re-
manned IN that position. protecting
thoas who we're there from beiag
crushed.
The cook who had been put OF ths
train had worked the whole thing. He
had placed an internal machine On a