The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-17

/ menL through COITluOTS anu HuHleiou
rooms and might have escaped, but
part of the officers, with burning can
dies and others with pistols COM
menced TO search for the royal couple
In breathless haste the cons pirators
ran through the rooms. opened ward
robes and looked behind curtains In
vain. In the ante-room connecting
with the corridor between the old and
new konak the sergeant of the
gendarmes was sleeping. Awakening,
he stepped before the revolutionists
who felled him.
! At last Queen Draga's servant was
found. He wounded Capt. Dimitrevic
severely but was spared because ne
was needed in finding
The Fleeing Couple.
Indeed. this servant showed the Off
GERS where King Alexander and Queen
Draga had gone to secrete themselves.
When he had told this he was shot.
Col Maschin now joined the revolu-
tionists and led them back to the
sleeping apartment where the kings
adjutant tried to hinder the search. He
shot at Lieut.. Naumovics. who fell
dead. The others killed the adjutant.
After long search small door lead
ing into an alcOve was discovered,
but it was found locked. Il was broken
in with an axe. and here the royal
couple were found in undress. The
older officers first intended forcing the
king to abdicate, but the young officers
were in no mood to be held back and
shot at the royal couple.
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 untrue. At 2:12 all
was over. Col. Maschin issued from
the gate of the konak, around which
great crowds had collected. and made
speech, saying:
I'VE have now destroyed the 0y-
nasty of the Obrenovitch and have get
rid of the dishonorable woman who
was the kings evil spirit. Long live
Servia."
The people responded: Long live
the army"
Buried at Midnight.
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 repcsing in rough collins and had
lain exposed to the gaze of those WHO
had killed them and to the privileged
curious. There have been unpleasant
evidences of the public resentment
against the late royal couple Some
persons even spat on the remains. 4
Outside the palace 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 similarly inferred. being
conveyed in hearses to the Belgrade
cemetery The burial services was
brief. Not single relative or friend
Of the deceased was present.
The remains of the royal pair were
inferred in a vault in the cemetery
chapel. Two wooden crosses alone de-
noted the spot. marked alexander
Obrenovics" and "Draginja -Obreno'
WIGS" The other bodies lie outside in
the cemetery in rough graves.
New Kings Policy.
Geneva, June IA. - Prince Peter
Karageorgevitch, the newly proclaimed
king of Serv:a, gave an interview yes
terday in which he repeated his dis
claimer Of any completely, direct or in
direct, in the assassination of King
Alexander and Queen Draga. He ex-
pressed his detestation Of the crime
and gave brief outline of his own
political tendencies. Replying 10 a
series of questions. Prince Peter said:
"You ask what will be my attitude
when I am in possession of the crown.
We will assume that | am called to the@
throne. | shall not fail to take inspira-
ton from the admirable institutions OF
Switzerland, which / have learned to
appreciate highly. l am in favor of alb
solute liberty of press. l hope to see
Servia prosper under the constitution
of 1901, which is liberal.
Regarding foreign relations, it has
been alleged that I am Systematically
hostile to Austria. This is false. Maybe
am in special sympathy with Russia
to which country l sent my son in the
hope that he would take service there"
Troops March on Belgrade.
London, June IA. = The correspond.
ent of the Daily Express at Semlin,
Servia a short distance from Belgrade,
says that contradictory rumors are ar
irving there from the capital. They
are all verbal, as every telegram is
censored The only piece of news on
which implicit reliance can be placed,
because it comes from trusted
source, is that the army is not unani.
nous for Prince Peter Karageorge.
witch. The leaders of the troops in the
Nisch district did not acquiesce in Tie
killing of the king, and there is much
anxiety at army headquarters concern
ing the course the Southern troops are
likely to adopt The correspondent
adds that report is current, for which
he does not vouch, that troops from
nisch are marching on Belgrade for the
purpose of driving out the ministry
and proclaiming Prince Mirko Of
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