St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-18
The Gar ASSasSinated.
Blown to Pieces by a Bomb.
TWO AssAssINs CAPTURED.

soon died of his wounds. A dispatch
from st. Petersburg to Reuters agency
says of the affair: "As the emperor
was returning from n parade in the
Michael manege about , O'Clock Sunday
afternoon, Il bomb was thrown which
exploded under the cZar's carriage,
which was considerably damaged. The
The car alighted unhurt. but a second
bomb exploded at his feet, shattering
both legs below the knee and inflicting
other terrible injuries. The car was
Immediately conveyed in an uncon-
sciOus state to the winter palace, where
he died at 400 o'clock this afternoon.
Two persons were concerned in the
crime, one of whom was seized imme-
diately. The explosion also killed an
officer and two Cossacks. Many po-
licem6n and other persons were in
jured.' Another dispatch states that
the attack was made while the carriage
was on the Ekaterinofsky canal oppo-
site the IMPERIAL stables, Grand Duke
Michael being with the emperor, the
escort consisting of eight Cossacks.
The first bomb fell near the carriage,
destroying the back part of it. The
car and his brother alighted uninjured.
| The assassin, on being seized by a colo
mel of police drew a revolver, but was
prevented from firing it. The second
bomb was then thrown by another per-
son and fell close at the cars feet, its
explosion SCATTERING both his legs. The
ear fell, crying for help. Col. Dorjib-
ky, though himself much injured, raised
the emperor, who was conveyed to the
winter palace in Col. Dorjibky's sleigh.
hn i lr,lIA III,
o'clock in the afternoon, stated that
both legs were broken below the knee,
the lower part of the body severely in
jured, and the left eye torn from its
socket. Grand Duke Michael was not
hurt.
The car seemed to recover conscious
ness before his death, as he motioned
away the doctors, who wished to ampu-
tate his legs.
The London Standards st. Peters
burg correspondent telegraphs that the
cars right leg was nearly torn from
his body, and his left leg was badly
shattered. A Cossack and Il passer-by
were killed on the spot. Grand Duke
Michael was wounded. An officer of
the escort and a COssack have since
died. The ear fingered an hour and a
half, but all efforts to rally him failed.
| The only word lie uttered after being
struck was the name of the czarowitz.
The latter on leaving the palace after
the death of the car, was hailed as en-
perOr by the crowd.
The Official Messenger made the fol-
lowing announcement Goods will
has been done. At 3.25 o'clock this
\ Sunday afternoon, the Almighty call
ed the emperor to himself. A few min
utes before his death the emperor re-
ceived the sacrament"
The Cologne Gazette'S st. Petersburg
dispatch says: "The two assassins of
the ear were immediately arrested
| The glasses of the gas lamps in the
| Michael garden beside the canal were
broken by the conclusion of the explo-
sion. a Gordon of guards was drawn
around the scene of murder. The
streets are densely thronged with ex-
cited crowds. The utmost sympathy
for the imperial family is everywhere
expressed. The bells of the principal
churches are tolling."
The bombs were made of thick glass
| filled with nitro-glycerine. The assas-
sins stood on opposite sides of the road.
| first shell struck the ground behind it,
and the back of the carriage was blown
out. The cOachman implOred the car
to enter the carriage again, but he
moved a few PAGES from the carriage to
see to the wounded of his escort. The
assassin who threw the first bomb tried
to point a revolver at the car, but the
pistol was struck from his hand.
4
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 re-
piled ROussakoff.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE AsSASsINA-
TON.
The Car was returning in a covered
carriage from the Michael Palace, about
II A. NJ, with his brother, the Grand
Duke Michael. His escort consisted of
a 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 OPP
pOsite to the imperial stables, a bomb
was thrown by Il man who was standing
behind a knot of pedestrians, who had
stopped to see the Emperor go by. 1t
exploded with terrific crash right I'M
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 a
| few PAGES in the rear, at once gallOped
up. AT this time there were not more
than 20 persons present. The Car on
hearing the crash, at once raised the
window, opened the door and jumped
out, and while he was drawing his fir
cloak about him, a second bomb was
thrown from a knot of loOkers-on, ex-
ploding right at his feet. The smoke
of the first explosion was still hanging
about, and when the second bomb
struck the pavement, a dense cloud en-
veloped the carriage. There was a
howl of pain and anguish from the Cos
sacks, some of whom were killed and
more wounded by the flying splinters,
and three or four of the lOokers-on fell
also. The crash brought a squad of
police who were just going on duty,
at the imperial stables. As the smoke
| lifted the Car was seen lying on his
back beside the wreck of the carriage,
his legs torn and shattered and blood
flowing from CHASTITY wounds in his
| thighs. His cloak and wearing apparel
were literally torn from his back. He
was deathly pale, and his cries to the
officers of the household for help were
scarcely audible. Col. Djorjebky of
his suite, who was badly injured by the
second explosion, which had shattered
his sleigh, raised the Emperor from the
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