Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-15

| KIEv, Russia, September 15.-There ap-
pear to be grounds for the hope today
that Premier Stolypin will for the third
time survive the attack Of an assassin.
| Fired upon at close range as he sat
defenseless in his chair at the Municipal
Theater last night the premier escaped
| with two wounds, neither OF which, 1t is
saidS is necessarily fatal. A dispatch sent
to the premier's brother, Alexander
Stolypin, at ST. Petersburg. in the early
morning stated that the patients condi-
ton was very satisfactory" and the
surgeons had not deemed an operation
necessary. Their tentative judgment was
that the bullets had wounded the pleura
and grazed the liver. A pulse OF seventy
was recorded. Following his removal
from the playhouse the wounded man
slept for four hours, after which the first
consultation was held.
The assassination was attempted un-
der circumstances that lent themselves
to a most dramatic scene. The would
be murderer, who described himself as
junior member of a firm of lawyers
and the son of a well known attorney
and wealthy house owner. NJ. Bogroff.
chos a moment when attention had
been Withdrawn from the stage and
centered readily upon his first unex-
pected move.
After Day Of Festivity.
The day had been one of festivities.
in which Emperor Nicholas and others
of the imperial family had participated.
In the afternoon the emperor. with M.
Stolypin and others Of the cabinet,
had witnessed the army maneuvers in
the vicinity of Kopylow.
Returning to the city, the party Wis
tied the Plethora hippodrome and wit
messed a review of 1000 Boy Scouts
from the Kiev Grammar School. This
was at $50 o'clock. Meanwhile the
populace had been entertained with the
trotting races and other public exhibi-
tions.
The program was to close with a gala
"Tsar Soltan." by Rimsky- -Korsakoff, the
late composer, and professor of the ST.
Petersburg Conservatory. Admission to
the Municipal Theater was by card, and
these permits had been issued with great
discrimination to leading citizens. At 8
clock the curtain rose The imperial
box was occupied by Emperor Nicholas,
the heir apparent, Grand Duke Alexis,
aged seven years. and the emperors 8
daughters, the Grand Duchesses Olga,
Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia.
Premier in Front Row.
In the front row of the pit, directly at
the rear of the orchestra, were seated
Premier Stolypin and his associates in
the ministry. The opera progressed until
the curtain fell on the second act Dur
| ing the intermission Premier Stolypin
| leaning his left arm upon the orchestra
fence, had turned his face to the right
toward the center aisle, as he conversed
with the minister of war, Gen. Soukhom-
! linoff and Count Potocky
A young man in evening dress moved
! quietly down the cepter aisle, approached
| the row occupied by the ministers, anG
| appeared TO accost NJ. Stolypin. A sec.
| ond later he swiftly drew a revolver from
/ his coat and emptied it seemingly point.
blank at NJ. Stolypin. AS the reports OF
1 the shots crashed through the house there
was wild cry from the spectators. who
rose to their feet simultaneously, many
of the women Immediately sinking into
| their chairs faintingly. The vast GROVE
| seemed panicstrcken.
| Emperor Nicholas, at the sound of the
/ first explosion. sprang from his chail
| and, stepping to the front of the imperia
/ box. stared in the direction of the wound
| ed premier. With a quick realization O.
what had occurred, his majesty ordered
the orchestra to play the nationa
| anthem.
Shows Great Composure.
/ The coolest figure in the tragedy wa
| that of NJ. Stolypin. who was twic
wounded One bullet had entered tn
right breast and the other the right wrist
probably as he had raised his arm in de
| fense. With great courage he summone,
| his waning strength, and rising, faced tn
imperial box, lifted his wounded arm an,
made the sign of the cross toward hi
majesty. Then lie dropped into his seat
Before Gen. Soukhomlnoff could assis
| him the premier removed his uniform
coat and attempted TO examine his in
| juries.
| Meantime there was the widest con
| fusion, in the midst of which Begrof
slipped toward an exit. Before he coult
| reach il, however. he was seized, thrown
| to the floor and trampled under foot. TIL,
police succeeded in controlling the sitd
alton and gave Begroff the protection o
| a prisoner.
After the premier had been given frs
aid he was taken from the theater. A
he was carried down the aisle he wit
messed a remarkable demonstration o
loyalty. While. responding to the com
mand of the emperor, the orchestrs
PLAYED the national anthem the curtain