Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-14
THE EVENING STAR.
ASSASSINATION OF THE GAR.
Killed by n ''BOmb''-TwO FrightfuI
Explosions, One Fatai-Eae Grand
Duke Seriously Wounded.

AS the Gar Alexander OF Russia was return
Ing from parade. about two O'Clock yesterday
AFTERNOON. bomb was thrown which exploded
with loud noise under the Cars car
rage. completely SCATTERING the vehicle
and causing the widest confusion. :
great was the conclusion that the mounted
| Clrcassians who were escorting the Empenor
we're hurled To the ground, as were also The
horses attached 10 the Cars carriage, while
the people walking In the vicinity were knockei
on Their Feet ana the windows In the houses
| fOr a distance or 500 yards were shattered
During the excitement. which was Intense the
Car ana the Grand Duke Michael, who accom-
| PANIED him, tried 10 escape under cover OF the
smoke. They we're seen, and a second bomb
| fell. exploding close beside them AMI fatally
Moulding The Emperor. Ills lex was torn
clean from his body. The Gre lSsian guard,
who rushed TO the Emper0rs assistance wnen
they saw him escaping from the carriage. were
Instantly Killed, a. We're several Others mar oy.
Inc Grand Duke Michael Was Seriously wounded
by both explosions. TIE Car was I'm ncdlately
taken TO the Winter Palace, but ali medical
eE e. 10 revive him proved useless, All az did
ut half past three O'clock.
Reuter- telegram nom -. PeiersbIrg says:
Ihe imperial carriage WAS attacked ON tn
EhjkdteTinaishy canaL opposite he imp rial Sta
ore. Nlit Tue Emperor was returning WIN
tae Grand Duke Mlcnac! from She Mica teI Pal
ace. IN cioSt'a carriage, escorted by SIGHT Cos
SACKS, the first bomb fe!l near me t,1rri4ga a.
10y Ing the back part OF It. Tae tIira,d Ms
erothtr sNgbted uninjlred. Tne assassin. GA
ie3 seized py colonel OF police, drew a
II
sccoT GoLb was then thrown b. a 10 her per.
s and fell close 10 the Cars fee its expo.
sion SCATTERING both his legs. TBe cur fell
CRY iDg for help. Col. Dorj!bky, though himself
much injured, raised the Emperor. VINO was
nyeyed TO the Winter Palace ia Col D1rjloGy'S
81 Ugh. Large crowds assembled before the
palace, but were kept back by troop OF Cos
sacks. The imperial family were ali assembled
at the death-bed. The counsel OF state was i'm
mediately convened All places OF puotc resort
The LONDON Standards s. Petersburg cor
respondent telegraphs that tue cars rignt leg
was nearly torn from his body, and his left leg
was badly shattered. Co5sack aud a pd~Ser-
by were killed on the spot. The Grand IKE
Michael was wounded. An officer or III esc3rt
and Cossack have since died. The Car nu-
gered an hour and halt. All efforts 10 rally
nim failed. The only word he uttered after be-
Ing struck was the name OF he CLlreHitcn.
Ire latter on leaving the palace after the death
OF the Car, was hailed as Emperor by the
crowd. He was surrounded, contrary 10 his
custom, by strong mounted escort. The PED
pie are Intensely excited and Indignant. TIE
soidiery, ho greatly loved the Gar, are flrl-
Gus. Ali or the officials FASTENED 10 The palace
TO inquire as 10 the condition OF tue Car. Tcie-
grams announcing the death were sent TO all
foreign courts ana 20 every part OF the empire
liz is stated til Il the bombs We're % sde Ot tnlCk
glass filled With nitro glycerIne. Tne a8sa5stns
stood On opposite sides or the road. The Car.
TfGge was moving fast, and the first Shell struck
the ground behind it, and the back OF the car
Rage was blown out The cOichm an impiored
the Car to enter the carriage again, bat he
moved few PAGES from the carriage 10 see ID
the wounded OF his escort Tue ASSASSIN who
threw the first bomb tried to point revolver
at the Car. but the pistol was struck from his
hand. The Car seemed to recover conscious
ness before his DEATH as he motIoned away the
doctors, who wished TO amputate mis- legs The
CzareWith and Czareyna drove 70 their palace
after the death, amid the Sympathlzing cries OF
the people. company OF guards surround the
palace. The asSasSinS had one hundred bom1S
concealed at points along the route that the
Emperor's carriage passed TO the Winter Pal
ace.
The Feeling i'm st. Petersburg
Arrest.
The first announcement 81 Petersburg ha1
that the work OF tie assasSlns was complete,
was the firing OF minute guns. tOlling OF bells
and hoisutBg OF the national flag at nalf-mlSt
on the dome or the Winter Palace and the tur-
rets OF the principal buildings. minute later
flags at halr-masG and inverted flags, the latter
an old Russian custom were dropping fro
the flag stalls of the houses OF the nobility and
gentry and court, government and municipal
officials, and long roll OF kettle drums nut
tered the tale IN every street AT 4:3D pm. al
extra OF the Official Messenger was issued, con-
talning the following announcement:
Gods will has been done. Al 3:25 O'Clock,
this Sunday afternoon the Almighty callei
the Emperor to himself. A few minutes before
his death the Emperor received the SacTa menL"
The widest excitement prevailed in the
neighbOrhoCd OF the palace out the people Ga
he sueets, as rule, received the news 10 sullen
silence. There was no weeping and lamentauOn,
eXtest among the soldiers, by whom he was
much beloved. In the lower quar- ,er5 TQere
the nihii'sts are supposed TO be numerous,
crowds gathered at corners and discussed the
tragedy, renarking as the police and mlitir
dispe rSed tnein, They have done for him at
last" AL the places or public resort wer
cIt Se0 and " III remain SO for some DAYS. Tn
police agents last night arrested several per
sons who were overheard denouncing The ;dd
emperor AID applaud;ng The murder. Mean
while the Cossacks and p Ilice hid ch .rgad
upon knot OF people from which the Two
bCtnoS were hung. Several persons pointed ID
man in the rough sheepskin garo OF a
a n at h.a had IaA
first she'll. This was confiime1 by the Cos
sacks. who saw him hurting tt. The colonel
OF police, Alchman, seized the man, WIN
struggled desperately, and as the now
0ismounted escort closed upon him, drew d
revolver as though intending TO Sno0U the
Grand Duke Michael, whose escape FROM death
by the second explosion was little short OF d
miracle, but his hand was struck down, and IN
an instant he was thrown 10 the earth and
securely pinlOned, the police putting irons upon
him and the Cossacks binding hun With ropes.
A large body OF military and police had gain
cred by this time and search was made for the
other assassin
Ten minutes after the first assassin was ar
rested. his felloS-consprator fell into the hanis
OF the police. He had run from the scene Ia
the confusion that followed the second ex-
plosion and concealed himself In an Old build
Ing standing In liue with and near the
western wing OF the imperial stables
around the stables so that his escape
was impossible. The police routed him out OF
his hiding place, and be was bound and sent oil
u u uuubSOu lii Vi JUSIlct uUujr an
escort or CossackS. lie admitted his guilt and,
Oh being told that his accomplice mad also Doen
arrested, said they Were ready TO die az any
moment He inquired IL the Car was dead,
and on the police refusing TO answer the queS-
ton, gleefuy exclaimed, All know by that
that We have succeeded. Long live the people"
The police refuse TO give the names or any par
ticulars relating to the prisoners and the re-
ports current in the streets are mere guess
work That they are Nihilists Is. ho viewer be
yond doubt Both are young men, and appar-
entity OF good birth and education.
Death Of the Gar.
The Car was carried up stairs on litter.
Besides the surgeons ordinary, the most
skilled medical men In the city were present,
but the case was hopeless. His left leg was
fearfully shattered. the greater portion or the
foot and ankle having been blown Off, and his
right leg was nearly torn from mis- body. he
was sensible with brief intervals OF uncon-
sciousness 10 the last. He had lost an enor-
NOUS quantity OF blood, and the shock hal
utterly Frustrated him. The doctors efforts %
rally him were frui5lesS. Tue leave akng5
are said 10 have been most touching. The Car
kissed them all and gave them his blessing. He
bore the agony OF his wounds with heroic forti-
tude and said he trusted he was ready to die,
ana that Russia would never forget that he mad
been sacrificed for unfolding her Institutions
and maintaining law and order within her
borders. Towards pm, it was evident that