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Show ia,.w'.,.nii tmm we)iwm, lmtftJmA MINI STEil M URDERED RUSSIAN MINISTER OF INTERIOR SLAIN IN THE STREETS. Waa Murdered by Bomb Thrown by Finn, His Coachman Also Being Killed and Several Peraona Injured. Vlatsheshnf Conntnntlnovllch Von Plehve, minister of the Interior of Russia, wna assnimlnnted In St. Petersburg, Pet-ersburg, Thurjdny morning with a ' tomb thrown nt his carriage while ba ! waa driving to li e Baltic atation to take a train for thn palace at Pcter-' Pcter-' bof. where he wns to make his week-! week-! ly report to the cznr. The aKnriiin:!,n Is lielleved to bo I the outcomo of a uiilesprend plot, the 'existence of which has been auspect-I auspect-I ed for several days. Numerous ar-! ar-! reata liavo nlrendy been mado, lnclud-! lnclud-! Ing that of the nn.nmiln, a young man who la bi ltered to ba a Finn of Iho name of l.clo, and who Is now In a hospital, perhaps fatally Injured In-jured by the explosion of bis own bomb. An accomplice of I-cglo, also apparently a Finn, but whoaa nama la unknown, haa b.-en arrested. He bad In his porsesslon a bomb, which ba tried to throw, hut he was over powered by tho police Just In time to prevont great loss of Ufa. Tha assassin wore a brown overcoat over-coat and a railroad officer's cap. Ha atood on the sidewalk Just as Minister Min-ister Von Plehve' carriage waa about to croa tho rannl bridge near tha station. The minister waa escorted by a number of ili-lectlvoa on blcy-clea, blcy-clea, and one of Ib-m Jostled the aa-aaaaln, aa-aaaaln, who then ru died Into Ihe road and threw the hmvh alter tho car-rlngn. car-rlngn. Tho mlnMlle struck the hind wheol and exploded with fearful force, killing or wounding mora than a acore of persons. Minister Von Plehve and hi conchmnn were killed outright, and an ofllcer of the guard waa fatally Injured. Ono of tho del.-cllvea arrested the assassin, who emlonvored th escape, though wounded by spllntera In the face, arm and abdomen. He made no attempt at reslslnnce. hnwevnr, when aelied by tho detective, end confessed hla crime but refused to give his name. The police Immediately after tha explosion arrested a simrilcloua Individual In-dividual who took refuge in a hotel near tho aeene of tho tragedy. Ha carried a bomb similar to that thrown by Iglo. Aa soon aa Ihe police saw the bomb they srnttered. hut an employe em-ploye of the hotel rushed up behind the accomplice and p.nned hla arme. The explosive Is believed tn have been composed of pv nxlln, a It gave off little amoke. The form of Ihe ex plosion waa so terrific that It not only broke nearly every window within with-in a radlua of half a mile, but reduced heavy pavln atonea to powder, heaved piece of Iron work of the car-rtage car-rtage across Ihe canal, severing a thick barge mrt. which fell, stunning tho captain of Ihe barge. Everybody In the atreet waa knocked down and bruised. |