Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-03-02 | Page 1 | Attempt to Assassinate Minister of Russia at St. Petersburg

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE OF RUSSI PETERSBURG St Petersburg March 1 Peter Kar entered the ministry in citizens attire today under the pretext of handing hand handing handing ing the minister a petition to reenter the Dorpat university M lI passed around the room receiving pe pc petitions petitions Karpovich who assumed an anair anair air of exultation glancing dramatic dramatically for forthe forthe forthe ally at the ceiling while waiting the ministers entrance drew a revolver er from his breast pocket and while the Cher minister was talking with Mayor fired within two steps at his heart but the hand of the assassin trembled and the bullet passed into the right side of the ministers neck lodging near the spinal column whence it has not been extracted M hI fell feU unconscious Karpo Karpovich KarpovIch Karpovich vich thinking him dead did not fire again He tried to slip the revolver into his breast pocket but fumbled tumbled and let It fall tall on the floor He then re remained remained quiet and motionless making no attempt to escape of minister M rd N V justice justi interrogated Karpovich as to his motives but he would give gle no an answer answer answer save that he had bad nothing per personal personal personal against the minister According to one account he admitted subsequently subsequently subsequently having been selected by lot to kill M The wound is not necessarily fatal although the fact that a portion of the clothing was war carried in with the bullet is regarded as a bad feature The students are inclined to glorify the deed and Berlin acquaintances s de describe describe describe scribe Karpovich as and altruistic I M 11 Es is 58 years old He is credited with ideas on the subject of popular education and with the declaration that reading read inS writ writing writing writIng ing and elementary arithmetic are the classes needed neede 1 He was not nol nODular with the advanced classes in Russia I The students committee has issued a large quantity of or mimeograph procla proclamations proclamations proclamations poems and the like and one of the army organizations has circulated ed a declaration that the minister of public instruction is the victim of the recent