The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-17
GRANDEUR Rad SERGINS WAS
KILLED Cd this MORNING by Eek
pLOSlONS SUNDER7HIS CARRIAGE
CHEF S;,s, q couNsEgLoR OF THE
CAR M.EETs THE FATE RE.
q sE yEps FOR HIM.
sERe US sls Isl 10 BE largely
I; ;REsP BILE WAR WITH
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ST PETERsHURe FEB, IA
dispatch received here from, Mearow
states that Grand Duke setgius i,as
be- been Killed AZ Bthe isren,llnsby i bomb
u thrown under s|earrlsses s|S
10 Don; Feb. t7s-The Reuter-
iTsles5am Company i,as i dlspaseh
confirming the reported assassination
of$erahd Duke seralus, The dIspatei,
states that a bomb was thrown By two
n men. u who syere 10 The crowd. HotI,
mel, Wcre arressed. Both srs
wounded.
& I 4 NC oscoN, Feb. 17s-The Grand
Duke 4, ssrnius waa assssuipated al
three o'clock this afternoon by Z
bomb which was throw, under l,iA
carriage.
The Grand pukc together will, i,ls
horses and carriage was blown 10
pieces. The Grand Duke was DRIVING
from the historical smuaeun, ia tbe al.
reetlon Of kremlin Palace, and was
close to the law courts, when the
bomb was Ok Exploded.
Much Hated Man &
1 MO oscoNi Feb Another as.
sassinat q ton the protest Of the com.
mon people against despotism and
brutal q outrage occurred in Russia
to;day: The victim was the Grand
Duke 2, II Yssergits uncle Of Car Nicholas
and next q the Grand Duke vladimir,
The most hated man IN all Russia. HI
was killed $by 4 bomb at the very
gates! of the Kremlin, the Immense
citadel which commands the city and
Which has SO often proved a place Of
,ls refuge for Russian royalty IN times Of
perl. sergilis was instantly killed.
\ HIS l!ls body IS badly mutilated. fhr
murder threW|t the city into state Of
grea Z EXETER ment and troops were os.
ydered der under arms to suppress posi-.
y Die lss dIsord der The Grand Duke Ser.
gius sustained ID reputation for bru.;
z tally "; while governor of MOSCOW, and
came 70 Moscow from ST. Petersb,irs,
after after the recent Bloody Sunday Z.
The capita. There were reports thns
the anger of the people was dirsctet;
largely ll:Eis Y against him and 10 escape
danger he fed % the Kremiin. For
a; a time he kept secluded. Thcn The
strike turbulence slumbered and Ser.
giass thinking in was safe. again ven. z
jtured t1l3 outside the walls Of the citadel.
But his enemies, the Nihiiista, were
Z on The alert and his fancied safeiy.
came TO sud den end. Y Z
L To; day sergius LEFT The Kren,iin h.
:a5S.csarrlag II g and drove 70 the museum
,ofS history e was making Eof threc
o'elockgshen the Grand Duke started
on on his return: as sergius carriage
passed he! slass courts, cab, which ]
had had been G sanding there for spuetilncy
and Which ntained two men. ,irt,ge
I'M mi behind the Grand Dukes carriage.
For time the cab remained a short
distance behind When near the
d Nicholas q gate of the Kreniin. the
driver, sfl;ll at fli % signal whipped up his
horses N af lew seconds the cab and
the carriage sof the Grand Dul;e we're
t#close quarters Then one OF tho
men q, sl1 in tile cab drew bscls his arm, aud
hurled n Y q bomb directly under SergiuS
carriage blowing the Vehicle land
horses sto5 pieces and killing and hor.
Iiribly i:B mutt tiiating the Grand Duke.
" The bomb was thrown Mt such
close quarters that not only was Ser.
,gtIals Killed but his assailants wore
wounded one seriously The identity
Of the assassins Is not yet known
Z The police hurried them on Tor sur.
gical atten dance and refuse All IN.
formation.
The widest stories are current re..
garding the affair and the excitement
Is intense Few syinpathlze with the
victim who was detested to the Ut.
most a1tls + bys the great mass Of people.
The Kremlin near where the assas.
sinaaon occurred Is district en-.
closed by walls Five gates give
esFess, srhe district Is the, Oldest part
of Moscow and within the walls are.
the Palace, Senate building: arsenal \
treasury barracks and aesssai
Churches. The Nicholas gate is ths
northeast entrance and leads out 10
the great public space known as tie
red squnre! ss