The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-26
p 49,.
SCENES SCI !, ,]''.l b OF CRIMES
In Belgrade Palace Is Red With
Blood of Royal Victims.
THERE WAS NO Way OF ESCAPE. Pc,
The ROYAL Bed Chamber whcro tho,
solaicrs slew the King aud
Queen Described.in &.
Detail.
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The 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
~ on the approach Of the aSsassins.
me French novels lie on the queens
table and the queens toilet articles,
perfumes and cosmetics covered her
dressing table. 4 ,-97 4,
| The costly silk bed coverings are full
OF bullet holes, the conspirators hay-
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
aud is furnished only with three great
wardrobes. The officers who attended
the correspondent showed the latter
the blood-Stained floor at one end Of the
room where the king and queen fell
and the broken Venetian shutter at
the window through which their bodies
were thrown to the ground below.
n 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 SO
because the opening Of this stairway
was covered by a heavy chest. Escape
in any event would have been impossi-
Gle, 3s tbs; 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 shove q
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 iii
every room and most Of the latter were
otherwise mutilated.
Contrary to the general understand
ing but little effort has been. made to
fenOvate 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. /. intoS the I
rooms occupied by the King and .squiee i: II ]
The royal apartments were simply and
tatefully furnished chiefly in Oriental
style and presented a homelike appear.
ance. The interior of the palace
might have been that of 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 ve.tibule Of the
palace.
A large blood stain marks the spot
where the officer died. It 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 theA bull
lets. The proceedings in the palace
showed the same absolute callousness
which has characterized the actions
and demcanor Of everybody in Bel
grade since the tragedy.