Eliel Soisalon-Soininen

Eliel Soisalon-Soininen (born "Johnsson", risen to the nobility as "Soisalon-Soininen") (May 26, 1856 – February 6, 1905), was a Finnish Chancellor of Justice.

Johnsson was born in Pielisjärvi, and graduated from the Kuopion lyseon lukio (in Kuopio) on June 5 1875. He obtained his law degree in 1879. Johnsson worked in the Vyborg Courts of Appeal from 1879, he served as reserve judge in 1882. Soisalon-Soininen worked at the senate's justice apartment from 1900 and from 1901 to 1905 as chancellor of justice. Soisalon-Soininen was assassinated in 1905 when a young student called Lennart Hohenthal murdered him at his apartment in Helsinki.

In the morning at 10.30 AM a big young man (Hohenthal) dressed as a Russian officer came to Soisalon-Soininen's apartment in Helsinki. Hohenthal rang the doorbell and a valet (originally a secret police agent) opened the door. Hohenthal gave the valet a business card which read "Alexander De Gadd, Lieutenant de la Garde, St. Petersbourg". Hohenthal asked if he could meet the chancellor. The valet guided him to the chancellor's office.

When Soisalon-Soininen came to the room, Hohenthal pulled a pistol and shot eight shots towards the chancellor of justice. Two bullets hit the stomach and two the chest.

The chancellor of justice fell to the floor. Then started a shooting against the men of secret police and the assassins. During the ambush the son of the chancellor of the justice, 17-year-old John (aka Juhani), came to the room, and also started shooting at the assassin.

Hohenthal shot John to leg. Hohenthal also received some small injuries and surrendered. He was taken to hospital safely guarded.