Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-23
SINGLE TERRORIST THROWS THE
BOMB BENEATH GRAND DUKES
CARRIAGE.
ASSASSIN (LORIEs In
SUCCESS OF CT NE
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
the great bell of Moscow, Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle and brother-in-law Of
Emperor Nicholas and the chief of the
reactionaries, met terrible death
shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday.
The deed was committed by single
terrorist, who threw beneath the car
riage of the grand duke a bomb
charged with the same high explosive
which wrought Minister Won Plehve's
death. The missile was packed with
nails and fragments of iron, and it's ex-
| plosion tore the imperial victims
body
To CHASTITY 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, a hundred yards away.
| The assassin belongs to the noted
fighting group of the Socialist revo-
lutionary party which 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 while 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 Duchess EliZ-
| abeth, who has been engaged 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 wasa 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.
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 3 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 a 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 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
| GhdStly Sl9nt
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 q shapeless pulp. and the trunk and
limbs were frigbtfully mangled. A
finger bearing rich seal ring was
found lying several yards away. The
crimson tint and sickening smell OF
| blood were everywhere. Only few
fragments OF cloth indicated 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. gf
Glories 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 bomb.
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
centrssy glorisd in Its success. He exs
pressed his satisfaction that he had
been able to kill the grand duke with
QUITO Involving the latter's innocent
wife. He ayoWe(i hfs memherallin IN