The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-24
BY THE BOMB OF A
REVOLUT|ONIST
Grand Duke Sergius, the Russian
Tyrani, Laid Low IN Moscow.
LITERALLY BLOWN TO PIECES
The Assassin. Watching his oppor-
Iunitx. Hurled MS bomb Di-
rcctI, Beneath the .rand
Duke's Carriage.


rc~tI, Beneath the Grand
Dukes Carriage.
Moscow. Feb. iS-Wiihin the walls
Of the farfamed kremlin palace. and
almost underneath the historical tow
er from witch Ivan the Terrible
watched the heads of his enemies fall
ing beneath the axe on the famous red
square. and within a stones throw OF
the great bell OF Moscow Grand Duke
Sergius. uncle and brother-in-law OF
Emperor Nicholas and the chief Of the
reaciiOnaries. met a terrible death
shortly before three o'clock Friday
by a siLe,e terrorist. who threw be-
meath The carriage Of the grand duke
a bomb charged with the same high
power explosive which wrought Min
lister Won PlehVe's death The missile
was packed with nails and fragments
OF iron. and its explosion tore the i'm
perial victims body 70 CHASTITY frag-
ments. which strewed the snow for
yards around. Every window in The
great lofty facade OF the palace of JUS
tice was shattered and bits Of iron
were imbedded deeply In the walls OF
the arsenal
Grand Duke Sargius died under
formal sentence passed by The Mos
COW terrorists. December u. 1904
By the same decree ot death Gar
Nicholas. the Dowaser Crarina. VIA
rim Teodoro, Grand Duke ,Ie~is,
Procnrator Of the Holy synod Po-
bicdono~tsen. Gov.-Gen. TreP"n. Of
-. ret-rsburG. aud Minister Of the
Interior BoiiEan arc condemned
Tho murderer OF Grand Duke sersius
was badly injured by the same eNpio-
sion which killed his victim lie and
a companion We're arrested.
what does d natter" said The
wounded man lightly I've done my
work
,ssa>sin Follows Victim.
The Grand Duke Sergius was FOIL
lowed hy hts assassin for some time be-
fore a favorable opportunity offered for
the hurting OF ne fatal bomb
Sergius was driving at he time Of
his death. from The Nicholas palace %
the Kremin. where he has lived for
several weeks past Behind his car
riege as it passed through the senate
quarter. were TWO cabs
Just in front II the law courts a
sleigh suddenly drew across tie road
in front Of the grand duke. forcing his
goodman % pull -.
As he ala SO one Of the cabs shot
forward and q man. jumping CD his feet
and leaning we'll forward hurled the
bomb directly under the grand dukes
carriage
The explosion broke every window
n the law courts. The carriage was
torn 10 fragments The grand duke
was thrown high in the air His
coachman was so badly injured that he
died on the way 10 the hospital
widow IIasten> 10 scene.
The instant she was told Of her hls-
..nd's death he Grand Duchess
Elizabeth FASTENED 10 the scene Of his
assassination. not even stopping 70 put
on hat or cloak
Unlike her husband who was among
the most bitterly hated % the Russian
aristocrats the grand duchess is fair
I ~ vorshipped by the people
she has recently received several
warnings never TO appear with the
grand duke, proving conclusively. the
I authorities say. that his murder was
I planned weeks ahead
I II IS a significant fact that Sergius'
I assassination was carried out in al.
most the same manner as that OF the
Z late Minister OF the Interior Won
Plehve
Following the murder the crowd
made a demonstration against a num-
Z Der OF students. who instantly began
+ 10 scatter revolutionary literature A
/ large number % students were ar
rested
One Of the assasSins was arrested by
K a policeman who overlook him as he
was running from the scene Of The as
I sassina'ion The man carried a revolt
yer but made no attempt 70 use Il.
lie expressed qualification that The
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was not ac-
4 campaigning her husband. Grand Duke
4 Sergius. when the duke was killed.
~ the moment Of the explosion.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was az The
Kremlin. experimenting work FOR the
wounded al The front and was about
10 proceed 10 the residence of The gov
ernor general expecting 20 meet her
husband there. Her carriage was
waiting outside the Kremlin. Prayers
for the murdered grand duke we're held
later in the evening. G,and Duchess
Elizabeth and civil and military on
Gers being present
The body ~ Grand Duke sergius
Will be buried in the cathedral Of The
fortress Of Saints Peter and Paul
The extra newspapers announce the
death Of Grard Duke sergius by the
explosion OF a bomb. hui give no de-
tails
The body Will probably lie In state