The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26

SCENES sc, / '],l.]I s I { OF ] GRIMES
In Belgrade Palace is Red with !.
Blood Of Royal vTiiti Victims. ;Ss53
THERE WAS NO way or Of ESCAPE! IS Pc.
The ROYAL Bed Chamber Where the
soldiers slew the King and Il.
Queen Desoripedin

cne correspondent Of the Associated
Press at Belgrade, Servia, was on
Wednesday allowed to inspect the
place In which King, Alexander and
Queen Draga were murdered. The
room, which was furnished In empire
style, remains in the same condition
as when the king and queen fled from
1t on the approach Of the assassins.
The French novels lie on the queens
table and the queens Toilet articles,
perfumes and cosmetics covered her
dressing table.
The costly silk bed coverings are full
OF bullet holes, the c0nspirators hav-
Ing shot wildly in all directions,
through and under the bed, chairs and
tables in their efforts to find their
victims. a simple wardrobe room lead
Ing directly from the bed room was
the scene Of the final act in the drama.
The apartment Is lofty but scarcely
seven feet wide and fifteen feet long
and is furnished only with three great
wardrobeS. The officers who oattended
the correspondent showed the latter
the blood d-stained floor at oneend Of the
room where the king and queer fell
and the broken Venetian SHUTTER at
the window through which their bodies
were thrown to the ground below.
A secret stairway leads through the
floor TO rooms In the southern end OF
the palace. BY this stairway the hap
less couple might have attempted to
escape, but they were unable to do 80
because the opening Of this stairway
was covered by a heavy chest. Escape
in any event would have been impossi-
BILE, Us the soldiers who had surrounded
the palace were SO determined to kill
the king and queen that they had even
placed cannon in front OF the palace
and were prepared to destroy the build
ing in thee vent of failing to find their
prey.
Each Of the three roomr between the
vestibule and the bed chamber showed
marks OF the tragedy. Mirrors were
shattered, pictured were shot through,
furniture was brokon, there was bull
let holes in the doors and In the oil
portraits Of the king which were IL,
every room and most Of the latter were
otherwise mutilated.
Contrary to the general understand
ing but little effort has been made to
renOvate the apartments except where
the carpenters were making two new
doors to replace those which had been
blown to pieces at the time the con-
spirators forced their way into the
rooms occupied by Che King ind queen &
The royal apartments were sim Iply and
tatefully furnished chiefly III O oriental
style and presented q homeilss appear
ance. The interior Of the palace
might have been that of a country
house belonging to a prosperous
American. The house of the kings
adjutant, Lazar Perovics, which was
the first attacked, is even greater
wreck than the royal apartments in
the palace. The entrance was com
pletely destroyed by dynamite. The
adjutant then escaped inhurt, but he
was killed later in the veatibu1c Of the
palace.
A large blood stain marks the spot
where the officer died. 1t was in a
bare, white washed room Of the COM
mandant's quarters, adjoining the pal
ace, that Queen Draga's two brothers
were shot while sitting on wooden
chairs, which bear marks Of theh bull
lets. The proceedings in the palace
showed the same absolute callousness
which has characterized the actions
and demeanor Of everybody in Bel
grade since the tragedy.