Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-13

/ tenants ana lie ToSd1 couple Dy tne
noise OF the shooting. Liet. Lavar Pc
| trovitch, alarmed by the unwonted
hubbub. hurried forward with Q. drawn
revolver in one hand and in the other q
sword
What do you want?' he cried.
Show US where the king and queen
are. came the reply
| Back!' cried Petrovitch, and at the
same moment a bullet stretched him on
the ground. The revolutionarins pres :
sed forward, when suddenly the electric
| light gave out. All stood in the dark
ness. In the greatest excitement, and
| feeling their way, the revolutionaries
climbed the stairs and got into the
dark anteroom to the kings apartment.
Here they found candles and lit them.
This seemingly slight circumstance
was decisive to the whole action. With
out light they could not have found the
victims, who fled from their sleeping
apartment thru corridors and numerous
rooms and might have escaped. but
some OF the officers with burning can
dies and others with pistols commence
ed to search for the royal couple.
IN breathless haste the cons pirators
and looked behind curtains in vain. In
the anteroom connecting with the COR
ridor between the old and the new PAL
ace the sergeant of the gendarInes was
sleeping. Awakening he stepped be-
fore the revolutionaries who felled
him.
"At last Queen Draga's servant was
found He wounded Capt. Diraitrevic
severely, but was spared because he
was needed in finding the fleeing, couple
Indeed, this servant showed the officers
where King Alexander and Queen Dra-
ga had gone to secrete themselves.
When he told them this he was shot.
Col. Maschin now Joined the revo-
lutionists and led them back TO the
sleeping apartment, where the kings
adjutant tried to hinder the search. He
shot at Lieut. .Naumovitch, who fell
dead. The others then killed the ad-
jutant
after long search small door
leading into an alcove was discovered,
but it was found locked. 1t was broken
in with an ak. and here the royal couple
were found in undress.
The older officers first intended fore
ing the king to abdicate, but the young
officers We're in no mood to be held
back and shot at the royal couple. No
body knows In the excitement. who
shot first, but it is generally said it
was Lieut.. Kistics.
After the murder King Alexander's
body was found entirely covered with
blood. That of Queen Draga was bad
iy torn with bulletsa The report that
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dow into the garden is untrue. The
dow into the garden is untrue. The
young officers intended to do so. but
Colonel Maschin prevented it, exclaim-
ing, that would be barbarous.'
'All the servants OF the royal couple
fed when the shots We're heard, with
the exception of Queen Draga's servant,
who was found dead. AT o:ia o'clock.
all was over. Colonel Maschin issued
from the gate of the palace, around
which great crowds had collected and
made n speech saying:
We have now destroyed the dyn-
asty of the Obrenovitches, and have
got rid of the dishonorable woman who
was the kings evil spirit. Long live
the army.
Almost simultaneously with the
butchery In the palace the troops en-
deavored to arrest all the relatives of
the queen and those ministers whom
the conspirators disliked. Two broth
ers Of the queen. Lieutenant Colonels
Nikola and Nikodem Lunjevics, were
seized and escorted by detachment
of troops from their dwelling to the
guardroom of the divisional command
ar rhey ware avi1eptiy NOT Susni-
cious of their doom. and were lighting
cigarets when they were shot dead by
eight soldiers.
Gen. Zinzar Markovics. the premier;
Gen. Pavlovics, minister of war: and
NJ Todorovics, minister of the interior,
were shot by the troops as they at
tempted to defend themselves from ar
rest. The former two were killed, while
Minister Todorovics Is just alive late
tonight