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Show "plot to murder w , .. is nipped i the bui) . ; ', $ Eighty Conspirators In the Scheme to Mtke Way With the Ruler of Russia Are Captured. London. Tho Dally Telegraph's St Petersburg correspondent reports- tha accidental discovery and foiling of tho grontest terrorist plot slnco tho Do-'qucrishcrlBt Do-'qucrishcrlBt plol of eighth-two years ago. ''Tho correspondent nays ho has tho Btory from tho authorities. According Ac-cording to tho version no fowcr than eighty conspirators- "resolved, a couplo of months ngo to assassinate Emperor Emper-or Nicholas, and plans wcro flnnlly' fixed for carrying out tho deed during Easter. Tho plotters Included ofllcors and other officials nnd civilians, whoso loyalty hitherto had been undoubted. A largo number of plotters, tho correspondent cor-respondent says, wns necessitated by tho elnbornto precautions ndoptod nowadays to protect Imperial porson-ages. porson-ages. Tho plan was, tho correspondent says, to approach Tsarskoo-Solo In distinct dis-tinct groups aud then executo a suddon and daring nttack on tho palaco. Tho first group, consisting of thirty-four men, arrived on tho Ilusslan Good Friday, when by somo means unknown un-known suspicions against thorn woro aroused, all thirty-four woro arrested aud documents found In their possession posses-sion led to tho apprehension of tho other members of tho band in St. Petersburg. |