The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-18
SERVIA.
Execution OF the Com spirators The Last
Act OF tho Sorvlan Tragedy.

The Belgrade Renters correspondence of July
Is says:-"Ihe conclusion OF the trial OF the
assassins of Prince Michael has been speedily
followed by the execution OF the condemned.
Sentence was pronounced yesterday, and this
morning at O'Clock the prisoners were exc
cuted. With the exception OF Jose jeremiah,
who was sentenced TO five years. i'm 1rlsonmeut,
and against whom no proof OF completely in the
assassination was discovered al the trial, all the
other accused persons who had been arrested,
to the humber of fourteen, were condemned t.
death. Prince Alexander Karageorge and
his Secretary, Triscovich, and Philip Stanko-
vich, who had not been captured, were sentenced
in default to twenty years Imprisonment. At $50
the conden ned man left the fortress and pro.
ceeded TO tho place of execution, which was in
valley about two miles from the to Rn, on the
shore of the Danube. In order to avoid large
crowd report had been circulated that the
execution would take place in the evening az
6 o'clock, whereas it was in the morning that
the actual tragedy occurred. Nevertheless,
even at that early hour an immense number OF
persons were assembled, who occupied the
heights surrounding The Black Valley, as the
place of execution is called. In the valley itself
a long freshly.dug trench was to be seen, along
the edge OF which fourteen posts were erected.
large body of troops who were present kept
the crowd at distance, and formed square
along the bank of the Danube. Precisely at
o'clock seven closed carriages arrived from the
fortress OF Belgrade, out OF which the con-
demned men stepped and were conducted oy
gendarmes in front OF the posts. They were not
lroned, and al OF them preserved serene almost
cheerful demeanor. The sentence of the court
was first read out to them, during which the
prisoner smoked. At the conclusion OF the
reading Costa Radoyauo witsch and his two
brothers begged permission to be allowed to ap-
proach their brother Paul. This being granted,
the thee bro hers advanced to him and kissed
his hand, he responding in this act of affection
by iervent kiss upon the lips and forehead of
eVch Of them. Then commenced the plnionng
of the condemned. Their eyes were bandaged
and their hands bound behind their backs,
while they were fastened to the posts by ropes
round their necks. They stood III tue iollO wing
order:-l, Petkowitsch; 2, Vllotige witch; 8,
Atank owitsch; 4, JekoWtsch; 5, Petrowitsch
6, Maritsch; Z, Ljuboner Radovano witsch; 8,
Gjoko Georg Radovano witsch; 8. Gaditch; 10,
Sima Nenadowitsch; H. Regtsch; IL, Paul
Radovanowitsch; Is, Costa Radovano witsch;
IA, Setozar Nenadowtsch, with their
then advanced with brsech-loaders to within
the 6rst prisoner in the row (Petko vi sch), who
died instantly. The body WAS then detached
from the post, and laid in the trench, aud the
same course of procedure was pursued to ward
all the rest, who were each shot separately. At
the execution of Nenado Witsch a sad catastrophe
happened. One of the bullets aimed at the con-
demned struck the post to which he was fast
ened, and, glancing off, entered the eye of an
officer Lieutenant Ba IL Miatowitsch, who was
commanding company of soldiers on the
ground, killing him instantly. The eXtraordi-
nary camness with which the condemned men
met their fate has been a matter OF general
ing till after his neiehbor was dead. Within
quarter of an hour the tragedy was over, and
the bodies laid in he trench, which was at once
filled no and leyelled with the earth,n