Show v MURDERED PRUSSIAN RUSSIAN MINISTER OF IN INTERIOR TERIon SLAIN IN THE STREETS f wa was murdered by bomb thron n by finn his coachman also being n killed and several person persons injured Constanti noy itch von heave minister of the interior ot of Rus I lussia sla was assassinated in st pot pet e rs burg thursday morning with a bomb thrown thron at his carriage while ho he was driving to the baltic sutton station to take aake a train for the palace at peter hot hof where ho he was to make his weekly report to the czar the assassination Is believed to bo be the outcome of a widespread plot the existence of which has been suspect aed ed for several daya dats numerous arrests have already been made including that of the assassin a oung man who Is believed to he be a finn of the name of lealo and who la Is now in la a hospital perhaps fatally injured by the explosion of hie blia own bomb an art accomplice of lealo biso apparently a finn but whose name Is unknown has been arrested he had bad in his possession a bomb which he tried to throw but he was overpowered by the police just in time to prevent great treat loss of life the assassin wore a brown overcoat and a railroad cap he ile stood on the sidewalk just as minister von carriage wa was about to cross the canal bridge near t la elation station the ta minister inister was escort escorted 4 by a number of detectives on bicycles and one of them jostled the assassin who then rushed into the road and threw the bomb after the carriage the missile struck the hind wheel and exploded with f jarful force killing or wounding more inore than a score of persons minister von and his coachman were killed outright and an officer of the guard was fatally injured one of the detectives arrested the assassin who endeavored to escape escapes though wounded by splinters in the face arm and abdomen he ile made nc ne attempt at resistance however when seized by the detective and confessed his crime but refused to give his name the police after tho the explosion arrested a suspicious individual who took refuge in a hotel near the scene of the tragedy he carried a bomb similar to that thrown by lealo As soon as the police saw the bomb they scattered but an cm em aloye of the hotel rushed up behind the accomplice and pinned his arms the tho explosive ie Is believed to lave lava been composed of as it gave oft off little smoke the force of the ex wae was so terrific that it not net only broke nearly every window with in a radius of halt a mile but reduced heavy paving stones to powder heaved piece of iron work of the carriage across the canal severing a thick barge mat which tell fell stunning the captain of the barge everybody in the street was knocked down and ind bruised |