The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-18

DeLallen the grand duke she was driven in haste to the scene of the tragedy and kneIt hatless and coatiess on the blood stained snow and murmured prayers for the welfare the soul of her slain consort.
 The scene of the crime was the great open triangle within the Kremlin, bounded by the arsenal. treasury and courts of justice, in one angle of which is the Nicholas or Little palace, where the grand duke dwelt. At the opposite corner is the Nikolsky gate, the exit to the town beyond the ramparts. A few minutes before the bell of the gate sounded the hour of three. the equip age of the grand duke emerged from the gates of the palace and proceeded followed by sleighs containing secret police. It swept at smart pace be- fore the gate, passing the Choudoff cloister, Ivan's tower, the grat ezar bell and long rows of cannon captured from Napoleon in the winter retreat of 1872 In minute the carriage was be- fore the courts of justice, where the walls of the triangle approach. forming a narrow entrance to the Nikolsky gate. There a man clad in workman's attire stepped forward from the side walk and threw bomb which he had concealed beneath his coat. A terrible explosion followed and a hail of iron pelted the grim stone walls of the ar senal and courts of justice. A thick cloud of smoke, snow and debrris arose. When it had cleared ghastly ;og,+ nS1 tha Ia " 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 re- duced to shapeless pulp, and the trunk and limbs were frightfully man gled. A finger bearing a rich seal ring was found lying several yards away. The crimson tint and a sickening smell of blood were everywhere. Only few fragments of cloth indicated that the body had once been clothed. The coachman lay moaning with pain be- side deep hole in the pavement. The horses, dragging the frornt wheels of the carriage, had dashed off, maddened with apin, to sink before they reached the gate.
 The sound of the terrific explosion was heard beyond the city and even be-. yond the river. \ crowd immediately began to assemble, and even to handle grim evidencesof the tragedy, while they discussed the affair in awe-struck voices. Police officials rapidly gather ed, but before anything could be done towards collecting the scattered frag- ments of the body Grand Duchess Eliz- abeth drove up in an open carriage. She had dropped her work at the head quarters of the Red Cross and sped to the scene of the crime without waiting to on her outer wraps. She broke down entirely at the sight and dropped to her knees, sobbing bitterly. After few minutes shewas led away. Then stretcher was brought, and, covered with the plain soldiers cloak, the re- mains of sergius were borne to the Choudoff cloister, where officials and members of the grand dukes suite had assembled.
 The assassin was thrown to the ground and stunned by the force of the explosion, but he quickly arose and ran toward the gate, attempting to escape. His haste, and the blood streaming from his face where he had been wounded by fragments of the bomb. at tracted the attention of a sergeant of police, who seized him before he could draw his revolver. The man did not deny his crime, but, on the contrary, gloried in it's success. He expressed his satisfaction that he had been able to kill the aA dtIIyo ,ryifI, the rlatter's innocent wife. He avowed his membership in the social revolution ary organization, but refused to give his name, and at the jail his papers were found to be forged.
 The revolver with which the assassin was armed was an automatic magazine pistol of the same type as the weapon employed by Hohenthal, the assassin of Soisalon Soininen, the procurator- general of Finland, at Helsingfors on February 6. His injuries are not seri- ous.
 The grand dukes coachman, who was badly injured, was removed to a los- pital. Late last night he was still liv- ing.
 The news of the tragedy spread rap- luIy lO every ductI Ol Lle CltSS dluSu by extra editions of all the newspapers, which appeared with deep black bor- ders.
 Theatrical performances and all forms of social observances were immediately abandoned and the theaters were order ed to remain closed until further notice. The affair created the deepest excite ment. Immense crowds gathered in the vicinity of the Kremlin, where some factions began an attack on students and other representatives of the liberal movement, while others eagerly grasp ed and read a revolutionary proclana- ton which had appeared as if by magic.
 So threatening became the attitude of the crowd that the authorities felt obliged to order the Kremlin closed and the gates locked. The gates remained closed all night, obliging pedestrians and carriages to take roundabout routes instead of short cuts through the Krem- lin precincts.
 The police measures to preserve order have proved effective up to this hour, and the city is reported as perfectly quiet.
 Early accounts of the tragedy attrib- uted the crime to three men in a sleigh, but later twas developed that the three men were police agents appointed to