The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-13
URGE THAT A REPUBLIC
REPLACE DYNASTY OF
MURDERED SERVIAN KING.
Continued From Page One

In breathleSS haste the corspiratorS ran
through the rooms. opened wardrooes and
looked behind curtains in vain
In the aateroom connecting with the cor
ridor between the old and new konak the
Sergeant Of the gendarmes was sleeping
Awakening, he stepped before the revo!u-
tionaries. who felied him.
QUEENS SERVANT
BETRAys SECRET.
At last Queen Draga's servant was found.
He wounded Captain Dimitrevic severely.
but he was spared because he was needed in
finding the fleeing couple
Indeed. this servant showed the officers
where King Alexander and Queen Drasa
had gone 10 secrete themselves.
When he had told this he was shot.
Colone! Maschin now Joined the revo!u-
| tion!s;s and led them back to the sleeping
apartment, where the Kings Adjutant tried
to hinder the search.
He shot at Lieutenant Naumovics. who
fell dead. TIE others killed the Adjutaut.
After long search, small door leading
Into the alcove was discovered. but it was
found locked. 1t was broken in with an
AK. and here the royal couple were found In
urdress.
The older officers first intended forcing the
King 10 abdicate. bur the young officers
! were in no mood TO be held back and shot
at the royal couple.
WHO FIRED FIRST
NOBODY KNOWS.
Nobody knows. in the excitement. who
| shot first, but it is generally said it was
Lieutenant Kistics.
After the murder King Alexander's body
was found entirely covered with blood. That
| of Queen DraGa was badly torn by bullets.
| The report that the bodies were thrown
out of the window into the garden is IN
true The young officers intended TO do so.
| but Colonel Maschin prevented It. exc.aim-
Ing. That would be barbarous."
| AL the servants of the royal couple fed
| when The first shots were heard. with the
exception OF Queen Drasa's servant, who
/ waJ found dead.
! At twelve minutes past Gall was over.
| Colonel Maschin issued from the gate OF
, the Konak. around which great crowds had
! collected and made speech. saying:
! I'VE have now destroyed the dynasty Of
! the obrenovitches and have got rid OF the
! dIshonorable woman who was the King
! evil spirit. Long live Servia.'
| The people responded:
Long live the army
! CC.NSPIRATORS SEIZE
| QUEENS RELATIVES
| Almost simultaneously with the butchery
| in the palace the troops endeavored to ar
| rest all the relatives of the Queen and those
| Ministers whom the conspirators disliked
| Two brothers OF the Queen, Lieutenant
| Colonels Nfkola and Nidokern Lunjevics,
| were seized and escorted by a detachment
! Of troops from their dwelling to the guard
! room of the divisional commander.
| They were evidently not suspicious of their
| doom and Were lighting cigarettes when
they were shot dead by eight soldiers.
| General Zinzar Markovics the Premier
| General Palovics. Minister of War. and NJ.
| Tcdorovics Minister of the Interior. were
, shot by the troops as they attempted to de-
| fend 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 theil
| last resting place. 1t was pitiful sight
| All day long the victims were reposinS II
! rough collins. and had lain exposed to tbs
gaze Of those who had killed them ana &c
| the privileged curious.
| SPIT ON BODIES
| OF ROYAL COUPLE
| There have been unpleasant evidences OF
the public resentment against the late roya
l couple. Some persons even spat on the
! bodies.
| Outside the palace a vast crowd awaited
| the removal. not only of the corpses Of the
| King and Queen. but of the bodies OF all the
| other victims. which were simultaneously
! Inferred being conveyed in heaTses to the
| Belgrade cemetery.
| In the streets there was dead silence.
| and the public were kept back by the
| troops. The burial service was brief. Two
| priests were present. but no high ecclesi-
| astical dignitaries.
! Inside the cemetery none was allowed ex
| cept a strong force Of gendarmes and a few
| oftice:-. Not single friend or relative Of
| the deceased was present. The bodies Of
| the royal pair were inferred in a vault ir
| the cemetery chapel. Two wooden crosses
| alone denoted the spot. marked Alexander
] Obrenovics" and "Draginja Obrenovics.'
! The other bodies lie outside in the cemetery
! in rough graves.
| DEAD ASSASSIN IS
! EURIED WITH HONORS
| Lieutenant Naumovics was not buried
| with the other victims, but in response &c
| the wish of the public was buried in day
light. with full military honors, and is now
generally styled "a patriot who died fol
his country.
| To-day the sisters and the nieces of the
| late Queen. who had been arrested by the
| military authorities. were expelled from tbs
| country. Her sisters late last night were
| permitted to take a farewell look at thu
| dead Queens body. They were subsequently
| conveyed by the police on board a Serviar
ship which took them down to Pancsova
| They were lucky to escape with their lives
| Another niece of the Queen, who was or
her way from Paris TO Belgrade, was com
| PEELED to stop at Semlin.
| Ex-Queen Natalie was desirious OF coming
to Belgrade to see the body OF her son. but
| was dissuaded by the Government.
Some shouts for Republic have beer
| heard in the streets. which are still pa.
| trollei.
The military authorities seem to appre-
| bend complications arising. and are anxious
| to get formal communications regarding the
| attitude Of the Powers toward the new gov.
\ eminent 1t is also stated that the fornali
| ties connected with the proclamation OF
| Prince ara-Georgevitch may take longer
| than was at first expected.
NO SIGN OF MOURNING
HAS BEEN SHOWN.
| There has been no sign of mourning. but
| 81 is not certain that every section of the
public will quietly acquiesce in the revolu-
| ton, and the tension will continue until
| Prince Peter Kara -GeorGevitch's accession
| has been recognized.
| The autopsy held has proved that the late
King received thirty shot wounds. many OF
them deadly. Queen Draga had numerous
| shot and saber wounds. and 1t is alleged
| that her body was torn in a barbaric fash
| ion.
| The appearance of the royal apartments
| is indescribable. The doors and the floors
are shattered and the ruins drenched with
! blood.
| the populace throughout the day and bust
ness has not been disturbed