| Show BULLETS HISSED ABOUT HIS HEAD HEAn Attempt to Assassinate Assassin te Grand Duke Nicholas While Re Reviewing Reviewing viewing the Troops VOLLEY FIRED TOO SOON SO N CONSTERNATION IN MILITARY CIRCLES I St Petersburg Aug 11 Grand Duke Nicholas president of the council of national defense nar narrowly narrowly narrowly escaped assassination I yesterday afternoon at the hands of the Imperial guards In the guard camp at Krasno c belo Selo Thus far the Associated Press has only been able to obtain meager details of the affair from which it appears that the grand duke duko was personally re reviewing reviewing reviewing viewing the maneuvering and putting the troops through blank firing practice practice practice tice when he suddenly was startled by bythe bythe the wa hiss of bullets about his head lead Fortunately neither himself nor his horse was touched The command to cease firing was Immediately given end the soldiers of the regiment from which the bullets came were marched back to their quarters and an Investigation investigation gation gatlon begun in the hope of ascertaining from the barrels of the rifles which of the soldiers fired ball cartridges Sev Several Several Several eral arrests are understood to have been made Plot to Assassinate One Ono of the grand dukes camp ramp who however was not personal personally ly present advanced the theory that possibly the bullets were fired by acci accident ace accident 1 dent but he considered c that beyond a doubt there was a plot on the part of ofa ofa a n number of disloyal guardsmen who deliberately planned to take t the grand dukes flukes life Ufe under cover cover of the general blank cartridge firing It was no more an accident the said Baid than was the fir tIr firIng tIrIng firing Ing of the charge of grape from the sa saluting saluting battery at the Winter palace on the occasion of the ceremony of bless blessing blessing blessing ing the waters of the Neva Neya by the em emperor emperor emperor a year and a half ago age The bold attempt on the grand dukes I Ilife life caused an immediate change In the plans of the emperor who had arranged I to go to today and spend a week with the soldiers of his Imperial guards Impossible to Place Blame Blamen It n was learned that the troops were In extended order and engaged In vol volley volley volley ley firing when the accident occurred tendering rendering it difficult to determine the regiment from which the bullets came The grand duke surrounded by his officers of officers fiers and was off on one side of the line of fire The affair has created a deep Impression Impression Impression sion in military circles and is the one topic of conversation in the clubs but the attempt on the grand dukes life Is not generally known here no word on the subject having been published In Inthe inthe the newspapers Afterwards It was definitely established that the shots were fired by the First battalion of the sharpshooters of the guard who advanced in rushes while hile making a sham attack on an in trenched position Fully a hundred shots were fired but the impatience of the conspirators led them to open fire at such a n distance as to frustrate their object Before the maneuvers began all the ball cartridges were taken from the troops and the officers had taken the precaution to make a complete ex examination before inauguration of the movement of the troops |
