A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY
CHARGE OF NEGLIGENCE. ST. PETERSBURG December 2<l. M..M. Kurloff. Verigin, Spiridovncl and KnlyabKa have been committed for trial on a charge of negligence which, it is alleged was responsible for M. Stolypin’s death. M. Slolypin, the Russian Premier, died in Kieff, on September IStli. 11)11. The wounds inflicted upon him hy the assassin and police spy Bogroff during a gala opera performance proved mortal. Thus the Prime Minister of Russia was mtt--dered by an agent of the Russian Secret Police. The assassin Bogroff was used by the police to secure information of Terrorist plans. The Terrorists discovered his duplicity and threatened him with instant death unless he undertook (lie murder of tin; Premier. Up to the moment of the shots Bogroff retained the complete confidence of the agents especially appointed and extravagantly paid to guard the lives of the Czar ami his Ministers.
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Southland Times, Issue 17230, 28 December 1912, Page 6
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146A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY Southland Times, Issue 17230, 28 December 1912, Page 6
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