| Show MINISTER RUSSIAN MINISTER OF INTERIOR THE STREETS was murdered by bomb thrown by finn H s coachman alto being killed and several persons injured von minister of the interior ol 01 russia was assassinated in st pet kersburg thursday morning with a bomb thrown at his carriage while he was driving to the baltic station to take a train for the palace at peter hot where he was to make his week ly report to the czar the Is believed to be the outcome of a widespread plot the existence of which has been suspect ed for several days numerous ar rests have already been made include ng that 0 the assassin a oung man who Is believed to be 1 of the name of lealo and who Is pow in a hospital perhaps fatally in aured by the explosion of his own bomb an accomplice of lealo also apparently a ann but whose name Is unknown has been arrested he had in his possession a bomb which he tried to throw but he was over powered by the police just la time to prevent great loss of life the assassin wore a brawn over coat and a railroad officer s cap he stood on the sidewalk just min ister von s carriage wag about to cross the canal bridge near the station the minister was escorted by a number of detectives on bicy cles and one of them jostled the as sassin who then rushed into the and threw the bomb after the car ariage the struck the hind wheel and exploded with fearful force killing or wounding mare than a score of persons minister von and hia coachman were killed outright and an officer of the guard was fatally injured one of the detectives arrested the assassin who endeavored to escape though wounded by splinters in the face arm and abdomen he made no attempt at resistance however whan seized by the detective and confessed his crime but refused to give his name the police immediately after the explosion arrested a suspicious in who took refuge in a hotel near the scene of the tragedy he carried a bomb similar to that thrown by lealo As soon aa the police saw the bomb they scattered but an em aloye of the hotel rushed up behind the accomplice and pinned his arms the explosive Is believed to have been composed of as it gave off little smoke the force of the ex was so that it not only broke nearly every window with in a radius of half a mile but reduced heavy paving stones to powder heaved piece of iron work of the ear ariage across the canal severing a thich barge mait which felt stunning the captain of the barge everybody in the street was knocked down and braised i f |
