BULGARIAN OUTRAGE
DEATH SENTENCESBy Telegraph—Press Associ-iUon—Copyright SOFIA, July 13. Two persons were sentenced to death in connection with the Casino explosion, and four others to long terms of imprisonment. Ghenadieff, a former Bulgarian Minister, admitted giving large sum's to the principal prisoner, but did not explain his motive. [lt was reported from Paris on 1 February 26th that a bomb was thrown during a gala performance in Sofia on February 14th, in the vicinity of a box wherein was the wife of the Premier, M. Radoslavoff. Twenty persons died from the injuries received, including a daughter of M.. Fitcheff, the Minister for War. The motive of the crime was not disclosed. No arrests were made. A few days ago the “Times” Sofia correspondent reported that a court-mar-tial had begun on seven perpetrators of the outrage. The accused described themselves as Satanists, members of an Anarchist gang, under the leadership of Anastasoff, who was concerned in the conspiracy to assassinate the King in 1913.1
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9096, 15 July 1915, Page 8
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