The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-24
BOMB ENDS LIFE OF SERIOUS
UNCLE OF THE CAR ASSASSIN.
ATEp BY TERRORIST.
His Death Had Been Deersed BY Rev
olutionists In December and Sen.
tenee Was Executed al First
Opportunity.

Grand Duke Sorgius uncle Of the
car Of Russia and leader of the roac
tlonaries. met terrible death In Mos
COW shortly before 3 o'clock Friday
afternoon
The deed was committed by "a single
terrorist who threw beneath the car
Tlago Of the grand duke a bomt
charged with tho same high powder
explosive which wrought Minister Won
Plchyos death. The missile was
packod with nails and fragments Of
iron. and its explosion tore the lm'
perial victims body 10 CHASTITY frag
ments. which strcwed the snow foi
yards around. Every window In the
Great lofty facade of the palace Of
Justice was shattered and bits OF iron
wero lmbeddcd deeply In tho walls Of
tho arsenal. 100 yards away
on the snow lay fragments OF the
body Of Grand Duke Sergius. mingled
with the wreck OF the carriage. The
grand dukes head had been torn from
his body and reduced to a shapelcsi
pulp. and the trunk and limbs wer,
frightfully mangled. A finger bearing
rich seal ring was found lying sew
eral yards away The crimson tint and
the smell Of blood were everywhere
Only n few fragments Of clothing In
dlcated that the body had been
clothed. The coachman lay moaning
with pain beside a deep hole In the
pavement The horses dragging the
front wheels OF tho carriage. had
dashed on maddcncd with pain. to sink
dying before they reached the gate.
Tho assassin was thrown to the
ground and stunned by tho force OF the
explosion. but he Immediately rose and
ran toward tho gate. attempting "a
escape His haste and tho blood
streaming from his face where he
had been wounded by fragments OF the
bomb attracted the attention OF a ser
geant OF police, who seized him before
he could draw a revolver.
ne man did not deny his crime. but,
on the contrary. gloried In It's success
Ho expressed his satisfaction that he
had been able to Kill the grand duke
without involving the duchess. lie
ayowed his membership In the Social
revolutionary organization, but 70
fused to give his name and at the Jail
his papers were found to be forged.
Tho assassin belongs 20 the noted
lighting group" OF the socialist royo
lutionary party, which has removed
other prominent officials and long
since passed a sentence OF death upon
Grand Duke sorglus.
The grand duke is understood to
have been condemned TO death by tho
revolutionary party In December last
The governor generalship OF Moscow
was abolished early In the year. and
tho grand duke according TO dis
patches from Moscow January 4, kept
closely to the wellguardod Blskou
tohuy palace, ON the outskirts OF Mos
COW. retaining his position as com
mander.in.chlef OF tho military dis,
trict. Later In Janaury. however. II
was announced that the grand duke
had sought refuge In ono OF the pal
aces OF the Kremlin. lie has beer
clnssed as the most reactlonary mem
Der OF the imperial family. Mt the
head Of what Ia referred to as tho wal
party. and has been sigmatlzcd by the
liberals as Russla's evil genius
Grand Duke Sergius was born Id
1857. and was married In 1884 TO Prin
cess Elizabeth Of Hesse.Darmstadt
/ They have no children.