Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-24
THE CZAR'S ASSASSINATION.
The story OF an The
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/ The London correspondent of the New
! York Herald telegraphs as follows in
regard TO the assassination of the Gar
/ OF Russia:
The best account Of the murder that
I any eyewitness has been able TO give is
that of Capt. Novlkof, of the Imperial
| staff, who was present when the second
/ bomb was thrown, and who helped 10
raise the dying Emperor. This officer
had attended the inspection held at one
o'clock in the Great Michael Riding
School, and was on his way home down
| the Nevsky Prospect, crossing the Cathe-
rine canal, when he heard The first ex.
plosion. he arrived within thirty Yards
OF the Emperor when he saw cloud Of
snow suddenly blown into the air. The
| second bomb had exploded. The
ground was strewn with wounded men.
Groans were heard on all sides. 0none
heap OF snow was q dead boy, wounded
soldier of the body guard ard a wounded
civilian. In the road lay the Emperor,
motlonless. he wore the uniform of the
Sappers of the Guard, whom he had lust
been reviewing. His legs were shatter-
ed; blood flowed from his wounds. Some
sailors came up and raised him from the
ground. Capt. NoVikoff took him round
the body; the sailors held by the legs.
They moved forward few PAGES, when
the Emperor said twice, Cold, cold,
and endGavored to raise his hand to his
forehead, on which there was blood.
Capt. Novikoff, supporting the Car with
one arm, tried with the other to get his
handkerchief and bind the Emperor's
head.
cat thst moment the Grand Duke
Michael came up, and, bending over the
Cars face, said, anxiously, How feelest
thouf To this the Emperor replied. Il
was difficult to hear what he said. He
did not utter single groan. The Grand
Duke snatched cap from q bystander
and placed it on the Emperor's head He
then bade the sailors move forward with
him. The people had meanwhile been
running up from all sides. Many fell on
their knees; all crossed themselves and
wept. There seemed to be no convey
ance in which the wounded CEar could
be placed. The police officers had driven
up in a sledge, but the horses had taken
fright and bad run away. A com
mon sledge was standing not far
off, but it was too small to allow the
wounded man to be supported in it.
Captain NovikOff asked the Grand Duke
Michael permission to carry the Gar into
nelghboring house and endeavor to
stanch the flow of blood. The
Emperor had evidently not lost
consciousness, for when the propo.
sal was made he distinctly said
Bear me to the palace to die" Another
police sledge now came up, and in this
they placed the Emperor, supporting
him on either side, for he was unable
even to keep up his head. At first the
sledge moved forward at a walk, but
the Cars strength seemed to fail
so rapidly that orders were given
to go at brisk trot to the pal.
ace. When they arrived the Emperor
was unconscious, and in that condition
he was carried through the gates. Ply
sicians were quickly summoned to his
bedside. Surgeon Krouglevski, Dr.
Botkin, DR.. Marcus and DR.. Dvoria-
chine obeyed the call. The last named
Immediately fetched such instruments
as were necessary for amputatlng the
legs. Bandages were applied. The
veins were tied up in order that the
blosd might flow back to the heart. The
Gar recovered consciousness for a brief
moment and received the sacrament
from M. Bajalov, the chaplain; then his
heart ceased 10 beat.
'When the explosion took place the
Czarevitch was at lunch with his family
in the Amutchkotf Palace They heard
the noise with fearful forebodings. They
waited in terrible anxiety, and soon an
imperial equerry gallOped up. The
Czarevitch and his wife rushed out to
meet him. They were told that the En-
peror was frightfully wounded The
heir-apparent jumped into sleigh and
drove to the Winter Palace, being the
first to arrive after the Grand Duke
Michael. Other members Of the i'm
perial family followed. Then came
many illustrious persons. Among
them were Prince Soumaroff. Prince
Dondukoff Korsakoff, Count Miliutin.
Count Adlerberg and Count Loris Nell
kof. The Emperor was not wholly uns
conscious when they arrived, He open,
ed his eyes and gave slight tokens that
ne recognized some members of his fami-
ly. He muttered 'Shasha, the diminu.
tive of the hereditary Princes name. At
the moment when he breathed his last
oAA WhO PACoCub III buc CuhLlD6T
were kneeling in silent prayer. The
events of the next few hours were deep
ly affecting. AS the Czarevitch left the
palace he was received with enthusiastic
acclamation by the crowd. The Prin-
cess Dolgorouki tainted away when she
heard the sad news, and remained un.
conscious for two hours That same
evening, accompanied by her sister
and Prince Albedirsk, Gov
ernor of Warsaw, who is her
sisters husband, she left st. Petersburg,
being taken to the railway station in a
public conveyance 1t is believed that
she will remain in lifelong exile. It has
been noticed as strange coincidence
that the day of the Cars death was the
anniversary of Orsini's execution, and
that the spot en- which the Emperor was
murdered was that on which General
Mezentzoff, Chief of the third section,
was stabbed by his assassin. It is now
inclosed and covered with turf. I'm
mortelles have been planted upon it.
Sentries of the old regiment of the EN-
peror Paul, clad in picturesque uniform
of the last century, stand there on guard,
striving to keep back the people, who
eagerly snatch at anything that can be
carried off as relic"