The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-23
A TERRIBLE DEATH
Grand Duke Sergius Uncle and
Brother. in. Law of the
Czar, Assasslnated.
BOMB THROWN At MS CARRIAGE.
The Missile Exploded Tearing the Vic
TINS Body to CHASTITY Fragments
Which Strewed the Snow.

Every Window In the Facade Of the
Palace Of Justice Was Shattered
and Bite Of Iron Were I'm.
bedded In the Walls.
| Moscow, Feb. 18.-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 Ak on the famous Red
square, and within stones throw OF
the great bell Of Moscow, Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle and brother-in-law of
Emperor Nicholas, and the chief Of
the reactionaries, met a terrible death.
The deed was committed by q single
terrorist, who threw beneath the car
riage Of the grand duke bomb charg.
ed with the same high power explo-
sive which wrought Minister Won Pleh-
YES death. The missile was packed
with nails and fragments of iron and
its explosion tore the imperial vic
tins body to CHASTITY fragments.
which strewd the snow for yards
around
The assassin belongs to the noted
"fghting group" Of the socialist revo.
lutionary party. which has removed
other prominent officials and long
since passed sentence of death upon
Grand Duke Sergius. The grand duke
knew that he stood In the shadow Of
DEATH
When the dukes carriage was In
front of the courts of justice, where
the walls of the triangle approach
forming narrow entrance to the
Nikolsky gate, man clad in work
mans attire stepped forward from the
sidewalk and threw bomb which he
had concealed beneath his coat. A
terrible explosion followed and 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 1t had cleared ghastly
sight was presented. 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 re-
duced to a shapeless pulp and the
trunk and limbs were frightfully man.
gied. A finger bearing rich seal
ring was found lying several yards
away
away. The crimson tint and sicken.
ing smell Of blood were everywhere.
Only few fragments Of cloth Indicated
that the body had been once clothed.
The coachman lay moaning with
pain beside a deep hole in the pave
ment. The horses. dragging the front
wheels Of the carriage, had dashed
off, maddened with pain, to sink dy-
ing before they reached the gate.
Police officials rapidly gathered. but
before anything could be done towards
collecting the scattered fragments of
the body. Grand Duchess Elizabeth
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 don her outer wraps. She
broke down entirely at the sight and
dropped to her knees, sobbing bitterly.
| 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. attracted the attention of SER
geant Of police. who seized him be-
fore he could draw his revolver. The
man did not deny his crime. but on
the contrary. gloried in Its success.
st. Petersburg. Feb. 20.-It has now
been definitely decided that the re-
mains Of Grand Duke Sergius will not
be brought to st. Petersburg for the
present. but will be placed in tenn
porary receiving vault of the cloistei
of the Chaudoff monastery. to await
the completion of alterations now In
progress In the Romanoff mausoleum
in the cathedral of st. Peter and st.
Paul, where the permanent interment
will occur, among the tombs of his
ancestors. On account of lack of
space in the mausoleum it was decid-
ed last year henceforth to bury only
rulers Of the dynasty in the old mau-
soleum and a new sepulchre in the
new wing of the cathedral is now be-
ing built for other members of the
imperial family.
So grave is the danger of repeti.
tion of the Moscow tragedy that sew
eral of the grand dukes have not stir
red out of their palaces since the muir
der, and instead of going to Tsarsko-
Selo to attend the requiem there, they
have participated in special services
held in the chapels of their own pal
aces. This was the case as regards
the Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis.
A special requiem also was held In
the winter palace that Gov. Gen. Tre-
poff might attend. Gen. Trepoff Is
known to be under sentence by the
fighting organization Of the social rev.
| olutionists. and SO far as can be asce--
tanned, has not left his quarters In the
palace since the assassination OF
Grand Duke Sergius.
To Confer the Degree Of LID.