The Fremont County record., 1881-03-19
AssAssINATED.
The Gar Of all the Russias Killed by {
Bomb.

New YORK, March 14.-A London
special gives the following story of
| the assassination of the czar yester-
day: Tie town was startled by the
| announcement that the Gear Alex
| ander had been fatally wounded by
the explosion of q bomb thrown bv
an assassin while he was out driving
in the forenoon. At first 1t was sup
posed that the report was eanard,
| for the emperor's assassination has
| been often announced and as often
denied since the Nihilists began 10
| endeavor to compass his death. Later
| on, however, came confirniatiou of
the news, which was 4puitkly fol-
| lowed by full account of the trage-
\ dy. All agree as to the following ac-
| count:
The car was returning in cover
ed carriage from Michael palace at
12 a. nj. with his brother, the Grand
Duke Michael. His escort consisted
of quarter troop of cossacks, aud
several officers of his household ac-
companied him in sleighs. AS the
| carriage was passing along the banks
of the Ekateriuopky canal, immedi-
ately opposite the imperial stables. a
bomb WAS thrown by a man standing
| behind a knot of pedestrians, who
had stopped to see the emperor go
| by. 1t exploded with crash right
under the body of the carriage, the
| eplinters flying across the street, but
I doing no injury beyond tearing away
the back part of the carriage. The
driver, who had drawn up, descend
ed from his box, and the cossack es-
cort, which was a few PAGES in the
rear, at once gailoped up.
At this time there We're not more
than twenty persons present. The
car, on hearing the crash at once
raj sed the window, opened the door
| and jumped out, and while he was
| drawing his fur cloak about him, u
| second bomb was thrown from the
knot of lockers on, exploding at his
| feet. The smoke of the first explo-
sion was still hanging about, and
when the second bomb struck the
pavement, dense cloud enveloped
| the carriage. There was howkof
| pain and anguish from the cossacks,
some OF whom were killed and more
wounded by the flying splinters, aiid
| three or four lookers-ou fell also.
This crash brought squad of police,
who were just going on duty at the
| imperial stables.
AS the smoke lifted The car was
seen lying GU his back beside the
! wreck OF the carriage, his legs torn
| and shattered, and the blood pouring
| from the wounds in his thighs. His
cloak aud wearing apparel were lit
| orally tora from his back. He was
| dcalhly pale, aid his cries 10 The oil
GERS of the household for help were
scarcely audible. Colonel Dorjibky,
of his suite, who was badly injured
by the secoud explosion, which had
shattered his sleigh, raised the EN-
4 reror from the ground, and with the
aid of the cosssck officers, lifted him
INTO the sleigh and conveyed him to
the winter palace.
All this did not occupy three min
utes. AS the prisoner was thrown into
The sled and driven off under a
strong guard, Col. Dorjibky's sleigh,
bearing the wounded emperor and
two or three attendants, drove rapid
| ly through the streets to the winter
palace, where a mounted messenger
had previously arrived with the
news. BY this time the story was
known through the neighborhood OF
the palace, and as the sleigh drove
through the main gate, the people
stood by uncovered while hundreds
and thousands flocked to the scene of
the tragedy. The alarm had been
sounded i'll the military and police
barracks, and in iricc the guards
on the winter palace were doubled.
and the streets lined with soldiery.
The news soon reached the church.
es, and the congregations rushed into
the streets, and made for the palace,
| where squadroons of cossacks aud
regular cavalry Kept them at bay.
General Melikoff, military governor,
was on the spot in ten minutes after
the czar's arrival, and he at once cali
ed out large detachments of cavalry
and artillery, aud telegraphed all the
| commanders in the city and outlying
posts TO hold themselves in readiness
to move with the troops at moments
warning.
There is no doubt that the authori-
ties feared general rising of Nihil-
lists. but if such a thing had been con-
templated. it was quite out of the
| question, tn whole city being armed
before the clocks struck twelve. The
firemen and fire police kept sharp
lookout for fires. aud the principal
| government and principal buildings
| were put under close guard.
Meanwhile the cossacks and police
had charged upon the knots OF people
from which the two bombs were
flung. Several persons pointed to a
man in the rough sheepskiu garb of a
peasant, and declared that he had
thrown the first she'll. This was con-
firmed by the cossacks, who saw him
hurl il. Colonel of Police Orchemoff
seized him. The man struggled dec
pera,ely. and as the ROW dismounted
| escort closed upon him, drew re-
vo!ver as though intending to shoot
the Grand Duke Michael, but his
hand was struck down and in an m-
stant he was thrown to the earth aud
securely pinioned with ropes. When
Colonel Dorjiky asked him his name,
ho replied, Roussakoff.
A large body of military and police
had gathered by this time and an
active search was made for the other
assassin. There was cry heard,
run into the imperial stables" every
door of which was at once guarded,
while the police secured the yards
and buildings, but no trace of him