The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-12
Bomb 10 Force Their Door; King
Shot the Leader.
TROOPS TO RESCUE, A BATTLE
Two Commanders and Many Men
Killed.

ID 81 Years Ol0 ana He1u OF the FANNY
Opposed to the Dynasty which Alex.
ander Represent ed-Queen Draga Fled
with the King to the Roof Of the Palace,
Where They We're Ovevtaken-The Muir.
ders, in which tho Army Connivetl. 40.
compllshed at MtdRight The New Gsv.
eminent Announces That National
Representatives VIII Elect = Sovereign
on June IS-It Explains the Assassiua.
ton by Saying That Differences Arose
At Court In which It Became Necessary
for the Army to Interfere and In the
Conflict the King and Queen Lost
Their IAves-No Crepe shown In Bel
Erade-Paraders March through the
Streets. waving FIass-scandsh Of
the Ruling Family During = Century
OF Intrigue ana AssAssination--Wnl
the Powers Recognize the Govern.
ment Brought About by the Crime?
.ss/eioi csb,s Despatch to The SUE.
BELGRADE. Servis. June ll.-Bctween
midnight and O'Clock this morning. d
result Of military conspiracy TO put
Peter Karageorgevitch on the throne Of
servia. King Alexander and Queen Draga
were murdered. together with Nikola and
Nikodern Lunyevitza. brothers N tte
Queen; Prime " mister Msrkovitch. M.
Pav.ovitch. Minister OF War; Adjutant-
General Petrovitch, Col. Naumovitch, Capt
Milkovitch adnLeut. Cagovitch. Minister
Todorovitch and Gen. Nokovitch were
severely wounded.
All the Ministers not assasinated we're
arrested.
The immediate cause Of the massacre
was the return OF Lieut.. Lunyevitza, the
Queens brother, who was supposed to
have been a candidate for the throne.
AS TOLD BY AN EyEwITNEss.
A participant in the tragedy, who
processes to have been an eyewitness
OF the assassinations, gives the following
version of what took place in and about
the palace:
The plot was carried ont by the principa
officers Of the army among whom was Col
Maschin, whose brother was Draga's ffrst
husband, and Col. Naumouvitch, the Kings
Adjutant,
Late yesterday afternoon the troops
knl 10 In ha Cka All 1oo
WAS stopped. and detaohments were told
of to surround the houses Of the various
Ministers. The Sixth Regiment Of the
line, Col Maschin's command, was or
dered to surround the palace, and other
troops were instructed to prepare to put
down any outbreak on the part Of the King s
partieans.
At 2 O'Clock in the moruinS the perpe.
traitors Of the tragedy appeared at the
gates OF the Monak. or royal palace, de.
termined to seek the King in his bedchsmbel
and there force him to send adrift Queen
Draga and her brothers. the eldest Of whom
abe proposed should BE- the heir to the
throne.
Should the King refuse they were sworr
to demand his abdioation; and, il all failed
to place him under arrest in the palace
Col Naumovitch ives on duty inside the
palace As Adiutant to his Majesty. and il
had been arranged that on given sigma
he would order the palace guards to admit
his friends
Thereupon they proposed to proceed tc
the Kings apartments and present to hin
an utimatum in the name Of the army anc
Servia.
II seems, however. that both the King
and Queen had expected something Of the
sort to happen.
The Queens brother, Capt. Lungievitza
her candidate for the throne, returned
to Belgrade Tuesday. and the royal pail
had received q warning that his appear
ance at the palace would certainly result
in demonetr ation on the part of the friends
OF the Karageorgevitches.
Fully expectant Of a surprise visit the
King had barricaded the door Of his room.
PALACE GUARD ovRRPowRRED.
The conspirators outside the palace
we're challenged by the guards at the gates
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