RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
HARBGWJNG SCENES AT AX EXECUTION. St Petersburg, November 9, Ilarrcra'ing scenes wc-re witnessed at Riga during an execution >if three boys and lour adults charged with robbery. The soldiers were unnerved at the sight ol the youths, and fired several volleys before all were killed.
DETAILS OF THE ROBBERY. St Petersburg, November 9. Details of the Bogoff robbery show t'.iat seventy men, armed with ma»sers and revolvers, s-'irruiimM the station and cut the wires. They then held up the train. Several Lambs -wrecked the postal van and a carriage, killing en escort of sixteen soldiers in the carriage, besides two ofiiciajs.
The Bogoff robbers shovelled gold, silver, and notes into bags, the amount being estimated as wortji a million roubles. They then left tho station in military formation, and escaped In carriages, a body of Cossacks pursuing.
MOST VALUABLE BOOT* OVERLOOKED. Received 11,4.51 p.m. St. PETEEsm'Br,, November 10. The Kogolf robbers overlooked a large ■am concealed amongst the wreckage. The booty consisted of fifty thousand roubles in cash, the rest being unrealisable drafts and bonds.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81885, 12 November 1906, Page 3
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177RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81885, 12 November 1906, Page 3
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