Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-03-21
THE GAR ASSASSINATED.

at st. Petersburg Sunday, and soon died
of his wounds. A dispatch from St.
Petersburg to Reuters agency says of
the affair: ''As the emperor was return
ing from parade in the Michael manege
about 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
bomb was thrown which exploded under
the Cars carriage. which was consider
ably damaged. The Gar allghted uu-
hurt, but second bomb exploded at
his feet. SCATTERING both legs below the
knee and inflicting other terrible injur
les. The Gar was Immediately convey
ed in an unconscious state to the winter
palace, where he died. Two persons
were concerned in the crime, one of whom
was seized Immediately. The explosion
also killed an officer and two Cossacks.
Many policemen and other persons were
injured"
The bombs were made of thick glass
filled with nitro-glycerine. The assas-
sins stood on opposite sides of the road.
The carriage was moving fast, and the
first she'll struck the ground behind it,
and the back of the carriage was blown
out. The coachman implored the Gar
to enter the carriage again, but he NOV
ed few PAGES from the carriage to See
to the wounded of his escort. The
assassin who threw the first bomb tried
to point revolver at the Gear, but the
pistol was struck from his hand.
The assassins were disguised as peas
ants. One report states that one of
them was so roughly handled that he
has since died When Col. Dorjibky
asked the first assassin his name, he
replied Roussakoff.
The Gar was returning in covered
carriage from the Michael Palace, about
p. NJ. with his brother, the Grand
Duke Michael. His escort consisted of
troop of Cossacks, and several officers
of the household accompanied him in
sleighs AS the carriage was passing
along the banks of the Ekaterinofsky
canal, and at point Immediately oppo-
site to the imperial stables. bomb was
thrown by a man who was standing be-
hind knot of pedestrians, who had
stopped to see the Emperor 60 by. 1t
exploded with terrific crash right un-
der the body of the carriage, the splin-
tiers flying across the street but doing no
injury besides tearing away the back
part of the carriage. The driver, who
had drawn up. descended from his box,
and the Cossack escort. which was few
PAGES in the rear, at once galloped up
|. At this time there were not more thar
20 persons present. The Gar on hear
ing the crash, at once raised the window
opened the door and jumped out. and
+ while he was drawing his fur cloak abou
: him. second bomb was thrown from /;
4 knot of lookers-on. exploding right a
his feet. The smoke of the first explos
ion was still hanging about, and wher
the second bomb struck the pavement, ;
p dense cloud enveloped the carriage
S There was a howl of pain and anguish
e from the Cossacks, some of whom wer
killed and more wounded by the fyin,
splinters, and three or four of the look
ers-on fell also. The crash brought
s squad of police who we're just going Of
d duty, at the imperial stables. As tn
!, smoke lifted the Gar was seen lying o.
e his back beside the wreck of the carriage
e his legs torn and shattered and bloc
s flowing from CHASTITY wounds In hi
:. thighs. His cloak and wearing appare
: were literally torn from his back. H
n was deathly pale. and his cries to tn
J. officers Of the household for help wer
e scarcely audible. Col. Dorjrbky of hi
Il suite, who was badly injured by tn
e second explosion, which had shattere
= his sleigh, raised the Emperor from th
Il ground, and, with the aid of Cossac
l. officers, lifted him into a sleigh and col
r veyed him to the winter palace. Til
y bombs we're simply balls of thick gla'
al filled with dynamite. All this did nj
is occupy three minutes. AS the prisont
he was thrown into sled and driven Q
lie under a strong guard, Col. Dorjibky
1T sleigh bearing the wounded Emper'
N and two or three attendants drove rapi
er ly through the streets to the whit
id palace, where mounted messenger hi
previously arrived with the news. T
%. this time the story was known throug
p, out the neighborhood of the palace, an
81 as the sleigh drove through the ma
b. gate, the people stood by uncovere
:. while hundreds and thousands flock
:. to the scene of the tragedy. The alar
=. had been sounded in the military al
:. police barracks, and, in a trice, t
=, guards on the winter palace were dou
led, and the streets were lined with s.
- diery. The news soon reached t
- churches, and the congregations rush
:, into the streets and made for the pala
T. where squadrons of Cossacks and regul
- cavalry kept them at bay. Gen. Mel
49, off, the military governor, was on I
spot 10 minutes after the Cars arriv