PLOT ON THE CZAR'S LIFE.
THE CONSPIRATORS’ INTRIGUES
Press Association—Copyright. ---ST. PETERSBURG, May 23
In -connection with the rec.ent plot, a Russian girl student and revolutionary offered £BOO to a member 6i the Cossack bodyguard if lie would assassinate the Czar during his sleep. By direction of Prince Trubezkey, Commander of the Palace Guards, the Cossack haggled for £IOOO. When about to mount guard in the evening was fixed as the timo for the attempt. The conspirators handed him two infernal machines of the size of a watch with directions to place them beneath tho beds, of tho Czar and Czarvitch. The authorities then made numerous arrests.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2089, 25 May 1907, Page 3
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107PLOT ON THE CZAR'S LIFE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2089, 25 May 1907, Page 3
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