Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-13

ouuI0yeQ 10 Buoie
- hut their very numbers heipeo
!. make them menace rather than
protection
I, October, 1879. a carpenter, car
-..ne his box Of tools on his shoulder
.,,esred at one of the basement doors
\ the palace and said that ne nao
h..n sent TO assist In making some re-
.slrr to the drying rooms of the cars
r,,ter residence. He was admitted
.,,sout question and within an hour
-, Il work with other mechanics In
AZ lower part Of the great building
rss foreman Of that section came
,,nng,ne along. He noticed new
,,ee among the men. He stopped and
said:
what Is your name?"
i asergay Batyschkon.
-Wbo sent you here7"
~Mv employer" giving the name
A. , vell-known cabinet maker.
The foreman shrugged his shoulders
impstiently.
sTbat a Irregular. I am tired OF
having men put on me in this way
The new carpenter held out his
hands plea6ingly.
-rm sorry" ne said. but I need the
work badly-please overlook the "
regularity this time"
very we'll" was the gruff response.
INIT this will be the last"
so his name was entered with the
other mechanics. and that act had far
reaching consequences.
On the 9Th of February. 1850, the
4 car had arranged splendid dinner
in honor of the Prince of Bulgaria
Il was a state affair and all of the de
tails we're planned on a scale OF
grandeur commensurate with the
greatness of the Russian empire Five
minutes before the royal guests had
assembled In the state dining room
there was dynamite explosion in the
imperial palace. The mine had been
Get IN the basement and the explosion
pierced the two ST oors and made
gap ten feet long and six feet wide
IN the dining hall in which the table
had already been laid for the dinner.
The explosion killed I'VE men Of the
police guard and injured thirty-nve
others.
The greatest CONSERVATION pre-
vailed The car. of course. realized
that the Nihilists had been at work.
but be was terrified to think that they
had gained entrance into the palace
and Tat the explosion which had just
taken place was intended to encom-
pass his death as well as that Of the
members Of the royal family.
The conspiracy in this case seemed
70 be widespread and far-reaching. Al
most on the eve Of the explosion in
the winter palace woman visited
General Trepoff, the chief of the St.
Petersburg police. She said her name
was Vera Zassulic. and that she had
called for the purpose Of demanding
satisfaction Of General Trepoff for his
tyranny in ordering political pris-
oaer, named Bogolinbuss, to be fiogged
Tor q slight breach Of prison dis
clpline. II seems that for years she
had been nursing grievance against
TIE chief of police. She believed that
fhe was TO be the instrument by which
lrepof was to be removed from his
position. Her life. 1t is asserted. was
a. apprenticeship for one thing--the
Killing OF the cars chief OF police
Al the age Of seventeen she had been
srested and kept In prison for two
ysars because she had received letters
nom revolutionist. After that she
passed an examination as a school
teacher and was working at book bind
NC. At the end of 1875 she returned
% 81 Petersburg. Her experience had
prepared her for the deed. On the
morning In question she presented hin
ti'n paper, and while he was read
ing 4 fred her revolver and then es
capped.
L was soon after this that the czai
called upon Trepoff. promoted him t.
ne position Of counsellor Of state ant
nen charged him with the commits
won Of capturing and Furnishing tn,
man or men who were guilty Of th,
outrage In the winter palace.
repon was a man of remarkabl,
pacity. He was burly In form bu
ensularly nimble In thought. He ha,
"e cunning Of the fox with the pa
n'nce and persistence OF a well
esineo hunting dog. A number o
men we're arrested on suspicion. Tha
.s necessary. II seems to be tn
Practice Of the police in all countrie
" arrest somebody at some time 4
unection with every crime that
submitted. Afterwards. II the perso
n prove his innocence. all is vel
eu' N the meantime there Is a feelin
a' the police have been alert an
ave done everything In their powe
" capture the criminal. But in thi
instance those who were acquainte
IN the redoubtsble Trepoff knee
ek ne was not satisfied. A dozen q
lure men. who were placed In col
sment Immediately after the expl,
-. might or might not be guilty, b.
spon knew In his own mind that b