Arizona republican., 1905-02-18

ramparts. A few minutes before the bell of the gate sounded the hour of three the equipage of the grand duke emerged from the gates of the palace and proceeded, followed by sleighs containing secret police.
 It swept at a smart pace toward the gate passing the Choudon cloister Ivan's tower. the great czar's bell and the long rows of cannon captured from Napolean in the winter retreat of 1872 In. a minute the carriage was in front of the courts of justice, where the walls of the triangle approach, forming a narrow entrance into the Nikolsl1y gate. There a man clad in workman's attire stepped forward from the sidewalk and therew 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 a ghastly sight was pre- sented.
 SMEARED THE SNOW.
 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 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 with crimson tint and the smell of blood was everywhere. The coachman lay moaning with pain be- side a deep hole in the pavement The horses dragging the front wheels of the carraige had dashed off, maddened with pain to sink dying before they reached the gate.
 The sound of the explosion was heard beyond the river. A crowd began to assemble and handle the grim eviden- ces of the tragedy while they discussed the affair in awe stricken voices Ofi- cials rapidly gathered but before any thing could be done toward collecting the scattered fragments of the body the Grand Duchess Elizabeth drove up ! in an open carriage. She had dropped her work at the headquarters of the Red Cross and sped to the scene of the crime without waiting to don her outer wraps. She broke down at the | sight, and dropped to her knees sob ping. After a few minutes she was led away Then the Stretcher was brought and covered with a plain sol dier's cloak, the remains of Grand Duke Sergius were borne to the Choudofr cloister, where the officers and men of the grand dukes suite had assembled. CAPTURE OF THE ASSASSIN. 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 1 been wounded by fragments of the | bomb, attracted the attention of a ser geant of police, who seized him before he could draw a revolver.
 This man did not deny his crime. but on the contrary gloried in it's success. He expressed his satisfaction that he had been able to kill the grand duke without involving the duchess. He avowed his membership in the social revolutionary organization but refus- ed to give his name. and at the jail his papers were found to be forged. The revolver with which the assas- sin was armed was an automatic ma gazine pistol of the same type as the weapon employed by HOhenthal, the assassin of Soinenen, procurator gen eral Of Finland. The assassins injur- ies are not serious.
 The grand dukes c0achman, who
 
 a hospital Late last night he was | still living. The news of the tragedy | spread rapidly to every quarter of Moscow. aided by extra editions of all | the newspapers, which appeared with | deep black borders.
 NO TIME FOR GAYETY. l Theatrical performances and all | forms of social observances were i'm mediately abandoned and the theaters were ordered to remain closed until | further notice. Immense crowds gath | cred near the Kremlin, where some 1 factions be%an an attack on the stu | dents and other representatives of the | liberal movement while others eager | ly grasped and read Q revolutionary proclamation. which had appeared as ! if by magic. So threatening became l the attitude of the crowd that the au- !