Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-06-17

Back" cried Petrovitch. and at the
same moment q bullet stretched him
on the ground.
The revofutfonists pressed forward
when suddenly the electric light gave
out. All stood in darkness In the
greatest excitement. and feeling their
way, the revolutionists climbed the
stairs and entered the dark ante room
to the kings apartment. Here they
found candles and lit them. This
seemingly slight circumstance was dc.
cisive TO the whole action. Without
light they could not have found the
victims. who fed from their sleeping
apartment through corridors and nu.
merous rooms and might have escaped
but part of the officers with burning
candles and others with pistols COM
menced To- search for the king and
queen. In breathless haste the con
spirators ran through the rooms. open
ed wardrobes and looked behind cur
tains in vain. In the ante room cor.
meeting with the corridor between tho
old and new konak. tao sergeant ot
the gendarmes was sleeping. Awak-
ening. nc stepped before the revolr-
I tionists, who felled him.
At last Queen Draga's servant was
found. He wounded Capt Dimitrev:c
severely but was spared until he show.
ed the officers where King Alexander
and Queen Draga had secreted them
selves. When he had told this he was
shot Col. Maschin now joined the
revolutionists and led them back ID
the sleeping apartment where the
kings adjutant tried To hinder tho
! search. He shot Lieut. Naumoyics
dead. The others killed the adjutant.
! After search a small door leading
! into an alCovc was discovered. but IL
was locked. 1t was broken in with
an ax and here the royal couple were
! found in undress The older officers
first intended to forcing the king to
abdicate. but the young officers were
in no mood 20 be held back and shot
at the royal couple.
Nobody knows in the excitement
WAC shot first. but it Is generally said
! that Lieut.. kistic fred first
| After the murder. King Alexander's
body was found covered with blood.
An autopsy proved that the late kinl.
received 30 SHOT wounds. many of
them deadly. Queen Draga sum
numerous shot and saber wounds and
! ii is alleged that her body was torn in
| barbaric fashion. The appearance of
the royal apartments is indescribable
! The doors and floor are shattered and
the ruins drenched with blood
All the servants OF the royal Coup!a
] tod ,sI,
with the exception Of Queen Draga :
| servant. who was found dead Short
~ after o'clock all was over. Col.
! 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 have got rid of
! the dishonorable woman who was the
kings evil spirit. Long live Servia /"
The people responded: Long live
the army
Almost simultaneously with the
butchery in TIE 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. Lieut. Col. NiI1ola and
/ Nikodcrn Lunjcvics, were seized and
escorted TO the guard room Of the di-
visional commander They evidently
did not expect their doom and were
! lighting cigarettes when they were
shot dead by eight soldiers
! Gen. Iinzar Markoyics. premier. Gen.
/ Pavlovics. minister Of war, and Mr.
! ToderoviCs, minister Of the interior.
were shot by the troops as they at.
! tempted to defend themselves from
arrest. The premier and the minister
OF war were killed. while Minister
Todofovics was just alive late Friday
/ night.
Shortly after midnight the bodies
Of the dead king and queen were ca.
! ried to their last resting place. All day
| long the victims lay in rough collins
/ exposed TO the gaz, Of those who lad
/ killed them ard to tIc privileged curl
| Gus.
! There have been unpleasant owl
/ denocs Of the public sentiment against
the late royal pair. Some persons
even spat on the remains. Outside
the palace a vast crowd awaited the
removal. not only of the crrpses of the
king and queen. but Of tae bodies of
all the other victims. which were ST.
multancously buried. being conveyed
I in hearses to the Belgrade cemetery.
Athens. June 13.-T1c king. the min.
/ listers and the diplomats have sent
their condolences TO VI. Nikolaieyics.
Seryian minister at Athens. on the as.
ssssination Of the Serviaa monarchs.
The press and public express repul.
4 sion at tho tragedy Of Belgrade.