The Bowbells tribune., 1905-02-24
SINGLE TERRORIST THROWS THE
BOMB BENEATH GRAND DUKES
CARRIAGE.
ASSASSIN GLORIES IN
SUCCESS OF CRIME
iS CAPTURED BY POLICE WHILE
ATTEMPTING TO Make HIS
ESCAPE.

Moscow. Feb. 19.-Within the walls
of the far-famed kremlin palace, and
almost underneath the historical tow
er from which Ivan the Terrible
watched the heads of his enemies fall
ing beneath the axe of the famous Red
Squire, and within a stones throw of
the great bell Of Moscow. Grand Duke
Sers'us, uncle and brother-n-law of
Emneror Nicholas and the chief of the
rea 1tiOnarieS, met terrible death
shortly before 3 O'Clock yesterday.
The deed was committed by single
terrorist, who threw beneath the car
charged with the same high explosive
which wrought Minister Won Plehve's S
death. The missile was packed with
nails and fragments Of iron, ana it's ex-
plosion tore the imperial victim S
body
To GhastIy Fragments,
which strewed the snow for yards
around. Every window in the great
lofty facade of the palace OF justice
was shattered and bits of iron were
imbedded deeply in the walls of the
arsenal, hundred yards away.
The assassin belongs to the noted
Fighting group of the Socialist revo-
lutionary party whi:'H has removed
other prominent officials and long
since passed sentence of death upon
Grand Duke Sergius.
1t was the irony of fate that Sergius,
after taking refuge in his country
villa during the strike troubles OF a
month ago, and later seeking even
,.-. More Secure Shelter
in the palace within the Kremlin
walls. should be killed lille proceed:
ing to the governor generals palace
beyond the walls, and which he had
abandoned to enable the police to bet
ter protect him. Grand I:,chess Eliz-
abeth, who has been enga eed daily in
the task of preparing comforts for the
sick and wounded Russian soldiers in
Manchuria, was about to drive TO the
palace to join her husband. When she
heard Of what had befallen the grand
duke she was driven in haste to the
scene of the tragedy and knelt hatless
and coatless on the bloodstained snow
and murmured prayers for the welfare
of the soul of her slain consort.
Scene OF the Crime.
The scene of the crime was the
great open triangle within the krem-
lin, bounded by the arsenal, treasury
and courts of justice. A few minutes
before the bell of the gate sounded the
hour of the eQuipage OF the grand
duke emerged from the gates of the.
palace and proceeded, followed by
sleighs containing secret police. In a
minute the carriage was in front of the
courts of justice. There man clad
in workman's attire stepped forward
from the sidewalk and threw a bomb
which he had concealed beneath his
coat. A terrible explosion followed
and a hail Of iron pelted the grim
stone walls of the arsenal and courts
Of Justice. A thick cloud of smoke.
snow and debris arose. When it had
cleared
Ghastly Sight
was presented. On the snow lay frag-
ments 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 shapeless pulp, and the trunk and
limbs were frightfully mangled. A
finger bearing rich seal ring was
found lying several yards away. The
crimson tint and sicEening smell of
blood were everywhere. Only a few
fragments of cloth il ~icated that the
body had been once clothed. The
coachman lay moaning with pain be-
side a deep hole in the pavement.
The sound. of the explosion was
heard throughout the city and even be-
yond the river.
Giories in His Deed.
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 es-
cape. His haste and the blood stream
ing from his face where he had been
wounded by fragments OF the DomD,
attracted the attention Of 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 its success. He en-
pressed his satisfaction that he had
been able to kill the grand duke with
QUITO involving the latters innocent
wifs. He avowed his membership in
the Social Revolutionary organization,
but refused to give his name, and at