The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-16

After the murder King AleXanCe.'s
| body was found entirely covered with
| blood. That Of Queen Draga was badly
! torn by bullets. The report that TIE
bodies were thrown out of the window
into the garden is untrue. The young
officers intended to CoNsO, but Colonel
Maschin prevented it, exclaiming that
would be b~arbarOuS."
All the servant of the royal coupe
fed when the first shots We're heard,
with the exception of Queen Dragas
servant who was Oun dead. At L
minutes past > o'clock all was over.
Colonel Maschin issued from the gate
Of the konak around which great
crowds had collected, and made a
| speech. saying:
We have now destroyed the dynasty
OF the Obrenovics and nave got rid OF
| the d~ishonorable woman, who was the
kings evil spirit. Long live Servia."
The people responded: Long Live
the Army"
Almost simultaneously with the
~butchering at the palace the troops en-
deavored TO arrest all relatives of the
queen and those of the ministers whom
| the cOnSpirators disliked. Two broth
ers Of the queen. Lieutenant Colonies
Nikola and Nikodern Lunjevics were
seized and escorted by a detchment of
troops from their dwelling to the guard
room of the divisional commander.
They We're evidently not suspicious Of
their doom, and were lighting cigarettes
When they were shot dead by eight SOL
diers.
General ZinZar Markovics, the prem
Ter, General PaVIovics. minister Of war,
and VI. TOdOrOVicS, minister of the in
terror, We're shot by the troops as they
attempted TO defend themselves from
arrest. The former two were killed
while Minister Todorovics is just alive
late tonight. Shortly after midnight
the bodies of the dead king and queen
were carried to their last resting place.
1t was a pitiful sight. All day long the
victims were repOsing in rOght collins
and had ain exposed to the axe of
those who had killed them and to the
privileged curious.
There have been unpleasant evidences
Of the public sentiment against IT,
late royal couple. Some persons even
Spat upon the remains.
Lieutenant NaumoVics was rot inter
red with the other victims, but in re-
Spouse TO the wish of the public was
buried in day light, with full military
hOnOrs. and is now generally styled "a
patriot" who died for his country.
Today the sisters and nieces Of the
late queen. who had been arrested by
the military authorities, were expelled
from the country. Her sisters last
night were permitted to take a fare
we'll look at the dead queens remains.
The autopsy held has proved that the
late king received thirty shot wounds,
many of them deadly. Queen Draga
had numerous shot and sabre wounds
and it is alleged that her body was torn
in a barbarouS n
The appearance of the royal apart
ments is indescribable. The doors and
floors are shattered and the ruins
drenched with blood. Joyful demon
STATIONS were INDUCED in by the popu-
lace throughout the day, and business
has not been disturbed. The radical
leaders have made fiery speeches to
thousands of people in the open air,
declaring that the act was the will Of
the people as we'll as of the military.
THE PRINCE KNOWN AS RED
PETER" AND AS A SOCIALIST.
Berlin, June PA dispatch TO the
Cologne Gazette from Belgrade today
says the massacre lasted three quarters
of an hour. The assailants declared the
killing of King Alexander was una
voidable, because if the queen alone
had been murdered or removed. the
court clique would have melted the
king to persecution and reprisals.
A window OF the Russian legation at
Belgrade was shattered by q bullet
during the fusilade at the palace.
The flag was half masted over the
SerVian legation here today. Most of
the members of the diplomatic corps
called to express coincidence.
A dispatch to the Lokal Angler from
Belgrade says the provisional govern
ment of Servia is brining troops there
from the country, preparatory to resist
ing Austrian intervention if it comes.
The backbones of both King AleXan-
der and uQeen Draga, it is announced
here We're broken in of the
violence with which the murdered SOW
ereigns We're thrown from the windows
Of the palace.
a special dispatch from Zurich says
Prince Peter Karagorgevitch studied at
the university there for eight years.
He is described as a jealous socialist
and as being the companion nov of the
German socialist leaders Won WOluar,
Fisher and Tausky. The prince at Zu-
rich was called Red Peter" or The
Red Prince
An interview with Colonel Muschich
who was the leader of the military
party which burst into the palace at
Belgrade Wednesday night is published
here. The colonel is quoted as saying:
There were a humber Of Us.
Whether it was I or another who
fired the first hot is simply conjecture.
The chief point for u is that our work
was successful We have rendered the
fatherland a tremendous service, and
We are highly satisfied at our success.
The first shot at NJ. Petrovitch was
from the revolver of Captain Ristics,
who is a noted marksman. PetrOvitch
was hit in the forehead and fell dead"
\ dispatch TO the LOkal AnZieGer
from Budapest says the garrison Of
Nish. where the late King Alexander
was most popular, is, according to 3
railroad official who has arrived al
Budapest from Belgrade. marching on