Eureka Reporter | 1906-05-18 | Page 2 | Plunged Knife into His Back

commander of port of st petersburg slam at the admiralty works workmen a holiday and Is stabbed to death his murderer escaping in the crowd and will probably never be discovered st petersburg vice admiral kuz commander of the port who was unpopular with the work men was assassinated here monday by workmen whose may day demon he had attempted to stop abe admiral was killed at the new admiralty works a government ansti gutlon where most of the 2 men employed there reported for the duty at 5 clock they wanted immediately to march out in a body and celebrate the russian may day but final ly agreed to work until 2 clock la the afternoon the admiral however made a speech to the men saying that be could not agree to their leaving work at 2 clock and the matter was left open at about 9 30 a m according to an officer who was at the gate of the works the admiral was emerging from a small shop in the works when a workman who had been concealed around the corner of the building leaped on kuzmich from behind and drove a long dagger into his back the admiral fell forward on his face which was badly cut by stones and died immediately the assassin fled into a large forge where he was lost among the men employed there the works were promptly surrounded by troops and police but the search tor the murderer was unavailing his corn rades professing ignorance of his iden ity