Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19
ST0LYP||l
IS NOW TOWERING At
DEATHS THRESHOLD
Reports From Bedside of The
Wounded Russian States
man Monday Morning Indl-
cate That Epd May Come

KIEv, Russia. Sept 1&-Death today
hovers over Premier stoiypin, shot down
by wouId-be assassin in the Imperial
theater here several nights ago.
This forenoon his pulse had risen to,
14o and his temperature was below nor
NAL. The heart is endangered.
The patient had appeared to improve
until late Saturday. when perftoiiitisl
set in.
Early examinations OF the wounds in
iicted on the premier by Dimitry Bog
rom led to hope for an early recovery.
Development Of unfavorable symptoms
followed few hours after the patient
had made q most hopeful rally. The
rally followed Immediately the removal
Of the bullet in an enort 70 relieve the
premier OF the unbearaDse pam o. which
he had complained throughout saturday
night and which had thrown him into q
state of depression where death seemed
a welcome relief.
Several times during Saturday night
the premier had broken out involuniari-
~ with . murmured exclamation: II
feel death coming upon mel"
The bullet was removed without tlifn-
Guilty and hopes. apparently were 5tIsti-
fed when the premier experienced a
great sense OF relief and cherfully talked
with his attendants, inuuiring of current
events and commenting ON appearances
Of his assailant
The little fellow was awfulIy pitiful
as he came up to me in the tfieater He
was pale and bowed-a sorry figure
AN ALARMING CHANGE.
But the favorable symptoms did not
last long Soon the patients pulse ye-
gam to mount aIarmingly and unmis-
taxable symptoms Of peritonftis set in.
His temperature remained Unclaimed.
later sinking a tri1e below normal. sss.
The normal temperature was at first
ascribed to an almost total elimination
OF outside infection on account Of the
care with which Professor Rein had
made the initial dressings Later some
q the physicians were inclined to re-
gard the dropping temperature as an I'M
favorable sign, indicating that the pa
tents system was yielding to the pois-
oning without the struggle which would
be marked by rise in temperature
The doctors placed great hopes on the
powerful constitution of their patent.
who was In the pink OF condition after
months sojourn In the country; but. al
the same time, they pointed out that bull
let wounds are always doubtful quanti-
ties and that complications are always
likely.
The bullet which the doctors extracted
was of huge caliber and proved to have
been purchased in Berlin. The head
was deformed from striking the vlsdi-
mir cross which adorned Stolypin's
breast. The cross DETECTED the course
of the bullet and deprived 4 of much
of its penetrating power.
The condition of Premier Stolypin this
evening is considered almost hopeless.
The heart is unable to withstand the
drain of the internal .hemorrhag es.
At 1880 o'clock this afternoon the pa
tents condition grew worse from min
lutte to minute.
One hundred and fit yarrests Of law.
Bogroff the man who shot Stolyfan,.
have been made in Kiev. 5fl
Bogroff today furnished the authori-
ties with valuable clues. The original
confident behavior of. the prisoner has
given place to dependency and he is n3w
receiving medical treatment. $50
Bogroff is believed to have belonged
to new autonomous Revolutionary.
group. the aim Of which is to assassl-
nate Individual statesmen. Bogroa has
declared he held N. Stolypin as one
of the most pernicious men OF the
ktate.
There Is story that the revolutions
aries put BogFofE in a dilemma, where
he had TO kill Stolypin or be himself
killed. ,Bogroff kchose the first alterna-
tive as his penalty for alleged infdelity
to the reds"