Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-02-22
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Uncle of the Car and Governor Cen
eral Of Moscow instantly Killed
While Driving From His Palace IN
the Ancient capitai-by Bomb
Thrown Beneath ! His Carriage Fro"
a Sleigh = by z Member ot@the
socialistie-Revolutionary ~Party

Is Moscow; By. CableZWithin the
walls Of the, far-famed .Kramlin Pal;
!. ace, and almost underneath the his.
I torica1 tower from which ivan the
Terrible watched the. heads of his
enemies falling beneath thesaxe Of the
famous red square, and within q
& stones throw of the great bell Of Mos
=:cow, Grand Duke sersi0s, uncle and
i brother-in-law toss Emperor Nicholas,
3 and the chief epfzthe eactionaries,% mot
s q terrible death, shortly before 8
O'Clock Friday afteruoonSs. The deed
! was committed b. a single terrorist,
who threw beneath the carriage Of the
Grand Duke bomb charged with the
same--high-power, explosive hich
wrought Minister Won Phieve's~ death;
The missile was packed With nails and
fragmentssof-irons1and tits explosion
tore the. imperial victims body to
CHASTITY fragments, which strewea the
snow for yards around. Every win
dow in the great, lofty facade of the
palace of justice was shattered, and
bits of iron were imbedded dS9dsaply IN
!, the walls Of the arse1asSa hundred
yards. away. Sgs. S; S.
HAD REPEATEDsW WARNINGS 81: 81:
The assassin NbeIon ongss to the noted
lighting group solialistic-rey.:
olutionary party, which has removed
other prominent officials . and ssStlong
since passed sentence ofEdeaths upon
1 Grand Duke Sergius. The Grand Duke
Y knew that he stood in the shadow
of death. He was the recipient of re-
! peated warnings, and elaborate pre-
cautions %ersta et taken t,-s, bis
ssafety. as]z.5t.''s:s,
The scene. of the crime was the great
open triangle within the Kremlin,
5bounded by the arsnel, treasury and
courts of Justice, in cne angle Of which
IDS the Nicholas, or, Little Palace, where
the Grand Duke dwelt. AT the op-
8 posite corner.is the, Nikolasky gate,
s:sthesexit 70 the. town beyond the, ram
s 81 8 81 81 - ~ q
s.gIRsgEMsIEsANgE oE4 THE GRJMEls l
A feWsmin1fe before the beil OF the
gate sounded the hour Of 3, the
Sequipage Of |the Grand Duke emerged
from the gates Of the palace and pro-
aceeded, followed bysslei CHS ontaining
secret police. It swept to smart pace
8 towards the gate, passing the Choudeh
4 Cloister, VANS Tower, the great Gear
.bel. and long, rows ofscan1on captured
/. from Napoleon in the winter retreat Of
.1812. In a minute sthe carriage was
s In front OF the courts Of justice, where
the walls. of the triangle approach,
S forming narrow entrance to the Mix
: Ulasky. gate 80 There a man clad in
workman's attire stepped forward from
the sidewalk and threw a bomb, which
The had concealed beneath his. coat. A
terrrible explosion followed, and a hail
OF iron pelted the grim stone walls Of
the arsnel and courts of justice. A
thick cloud Of smoke, snow and debris
arose. When it has cleared, ghastly
sight was presented.
On the snow lay fragments sof 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
a rich seal ring was found lying sew
trail yardsraway. : The crimson. tint and
sickening smell aof. blood were every
where. Only a few fragments of cloth