New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-18
4 DEVASTATED PALACE.
No attempt to Couer Traces OF
Crime at Belgrade.

BELGRADE June 17-An. opportunity was given
to-day TO inspect the palace in which KING
Alexander and Queen Draga were rnuroere"
The bedroom remains in the same condition DIS
when the King and Queen fled from II on '''
ennroacb of the assassins French novels lie on
49, Kings table and the Queens toilet articles
perfumes and cosmetics. cover her oressi"s
table The costly silk bed coverings are run "
bullet holes. the conspirators having shot Wildly
through and under the bed chairs and taolee' ~
their efforts to find their victims. simple
wardrobe room, leading directly from tne oe
room was the scene of the final act IN the
drama The apartment is lofty, but scarceH
seven feet wide and fifteen feet long ano IL i"i
nished only with three great wardrooes'
The officers who attended the correspondent
showed the blood stained floor at one emo OIL 'I7
room where the King and queen 1el anu
broken Venetian shutter at the "1hoo" III
which their bodies were thrown 10 lhe q
below A secret stairway runs unoer the n.y.
to rooms in the southern end OF the paldOe' '
this stairway the hapless couple may nav
tempted to escape, but if so the attempt "ou,u
have been useless. because the opening of TINS
stairway was covered by heavy ches'- i
IN any case would have been Impossible DIS tiie
so,5,ars ,vbo had surrounded the palace were so
determined 70 kill the King and Queen that they
had evap nlaced cannon in front of the palace'
and were prepared to destroy the huilolns Il
they failed TO find their prey.
FTTSIILADE IN THE ROOMS.
rL ~ tho .brao rooms between the vestibule
and the bed chamber showed marks OF the trag
edv Mirrors were shattered. pictures were shot
Through tbe furniture was broken there were
buIle+ holes in the doors and In the oil PORTRAITS
of the King. which were in every ROOM ana
most of these pictures were otherwise mutt
lated Contrary TO the general UNDERSTANDINGS
little effort had been made to renoVate the
APARTMENTS except where carpenters were HAN
ing two new doors to replace those which had
heen blown to pieces at the time the consplra-
tors forced their way into the rooms occupied oy
the King and Queen
TIC royal APARTMENTS were simply and taste
fully furnished, and presented homehke APP
nearance The interior of the palace might have
been that of a country mouse peiohshhs "
prosperous American
The bouse of the Kings adjutant Lasar
Fa+ro,,ics which was the first attacked. Is even
a greater wreck than the royal apartment IN the
palace The entrance was completely DESTROYED
nv dynamite The adjutant then escaped un-
hurt but he was killed later, in the VesIlpule
of the palace. A large blcodstain marks the
spot where the officer died
1t was in a bare, whitewashed room OF tne
commandments quarters. adjoining the paiace,
that Queen Dragas two brothers were shol
while sitting on wooden chairs which bear
marks of the bullets.
OFFICERS INDIFFERENCE TO CRIME
The proceedings in the palace to-day showed
the same caIlousness which has characterized
the actions and demeanor of everybody in Bel
grade since the tragedy. The correspondent
inspection might Ia ve been the visit Of tourist
to some spot long ago made historical py a
ira gedy The Servian officers, chatter1ng ana
smiling. led their guests to the diherent rooms
eagerly pointing out the bullet hoes. dyTainlte
marks and bloodstains and displaying the great
est solicitude that none of the traces OF the
slaughter should be overlooked Queen Dragas
costly gowns were overhauled by the rough
hands of the soldiers. and rude jests We're made
concerning drawerful of toys, which II was
suggested were intended for the expected heir
The murderers entered the palace from the
rear where there is large vestibuie which
looked as if it had been struck by a cyclone
The heavy. oak doors and massive side columns
were shattered by dynamite, and the doors
through three rooms leading to the royal bed
chamber were also forced in a similar manner
Fire had been started in two places in the
palace.