M. PLEHVE'S MURDER
ST. PETERSBURG, December 14.
Sasonoff, the murderer of M. Plehve, was sentenced to penal servitude for life, and Sikolvai, his accomplice, to 20 years.
Many police were outside the court and preserved order among the large crowd.
LONDON, December 14."
The Daily Express maintains that Sasonoff escaped, with the aid of two members of the Terror organisation disguised as gendarmes, and that a 'dummy prisoner was tried instead.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 34
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