The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-18
o Gut ~ II Inserted, e ColanIIIpdi
the Awful Crime.
HEAD Is BLOWN OFF.
Grand Duke Sergins Was Marked at
Moscow For Assassination Some
Weeks Ago and His slayer
Expresses Qualification.

him IS he was running from the scene
of the assassination. The man car
ried revolver. but made no attempt
to use 1t He expressed qualification
that the Grand Duchess Elizabeth was
not accompanying her husband. Graaa
Duke Sergius when the latter was kills
ed, The assassin refused to reveal his
identity, but admitted he was mem
Der OF the Socialistic revolutionary
party
The head OF the grand duke was NJ
orally blown TO etomg THE mass of
brains was found near by by a woman.
who handed II to police commission
err The grand dukes pocket book
which contained letters ard niorey. was
found near by
Al the moment OF the explosion the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth MAS al the
kremltn, experimenting Ire work fog
the wounded at th1 front and was
atont To proceed to the residence OF
the governor general, expecting tn meet
her husband there, Her carriage was
waiting outside the Krrnl,n.
Prayers for the murdered grand duke
were held later in the evening the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth and civtl and
military officials being present
The story Is going the rounds tha.
ffH- Grand Da!sc Sargius himself. al me
last moment finding the slll. against
him. vas won over to the plan Of
sumncnlng the zemsly tabor ana that
he sent messenger To Emperor Mich
olas outlining his views as to the com
position of the body.
III is added thar thn s,s..s,.~oe.. -. -
rieAd almost the same time that the
bomb was thrown In Moscow A.
cording 10 Sergius' plan. Ii was pro-
posed that each province Should hays
SIX representatives In the convention
TWO each of mobiles. the merchants and
peasants. All theaters were close, Fri
day night.
Anotl"T account says that villain
the walls OF the far -famed Krernlin
paiaee. and almost underneath the his
'orical tower from which Ivan che Ter
role watched the heads OF his enemies
falling beneath the axe on the famous
Red square and within q stones throw
or the great bell OF Moscow Grand
Duke s%rRius met a terrssae death
shortly before . o'clock Friday Ii
says the deed was committed by a ain.
sic terrorist, who threw beneath IN.
carriage of the grand duke bomb
charged with the same high power ey-
pioslTe which wrought Minister Won
Piehve's death. The missile waa
hlied With nails and fragments os iron
and this explosive tore The fYY,..art41
victim body into ghasty fragments
which ssrewed the snow for wards
around Every win9ow in fh4 great
lofty palace of Justice was sha .tpr.9
ana bits Of iron were embedded a4euly
In the walls OF TIRE arsenal leo wards
away.
The assassin belongs tn The noted
hghtife group" of tn. Socialist geVa.
Iutionafy party. which reynog 4 ofhsr
PROMINENT officials, and long since
passed sentence Of death upssn Grand
Duke Sergius
The assassin. w-1c sas clad in work /
mans clothes, stepped forward from
Inc sidewalk and threw bomb which
me had concealed beneath hts coat. A
Ter rlote explosion followed and a HAN /
~ IRON reited the grim stone wallis ~
lhe arsenal and courts Of Justice A
'h@k cloud Of smoke. Snow ard debris 4
arose. and when II cleared. whaws,v
stght Was presented or the snow Law
NE body OF Grand Tfuk4 sere.ft1s min 1
Eiei with the wreck OF the ear-la,ra /
The grand dukes head had been torn l
Prom his body and n~,iucea 10 shane
ess pulp, and the trunk and lfYns 4
we're fr'ghtfsiiiy mangied. A ftreev near. I
ng a rich sal ring was found lvtng
e"Ne'a yards away. TIE crimson TIM
md siekening supell of bloaa yssuy. /
VERY whefe. Only few fragments ~ /
'i"th~s indicated that the body had 4
'hee been clothed. The coachfuan lay 4
moaning With pain beside deep nor. I
n the paveu1enS The horses. dragging
ne fnon' wheels Of the carriage hn
dashed of maddenet wlth pain 10 ~,nk 4
wing itfore they reached the gate.
The sound OF the explosion WAS
'eard throughout the city. ana even
y yond the river
The remains Of Serxius we're carried
o the Chouder claastar where Officials
ND members Of me grand fnkess soi,e
'ad assembled
The es=asntu WAS thrown 10 she
round by Tire force ~ the exngaaian
'ut Ne quickly arose ard ran tav,aga
~ gate. attempting 20 paeape uls
'sste md ths bisssa streaming frarn MS
nee wl~re he had teen Wounded by
~ the hornb atfraftsd tn.
ifeutlen ~ n s~rReant ~ rssiire VINO
iEess him hesur7 ~ could draw hly
er"lv"f Ths man dfi mot aeHv TITS
rfin~ hut on ths eantrawy efoftHsa IN
- ssersss lie expressed his satisfae.
ION fhsf ~ had bern =hie "a kil tire
rafd luke Without Involving she lat.
ef@ n@s~ns wifv. Te awawess rita
n'rrsfsf reaip ~ the aaeiAl Revolution.
~ oFsauixaston hsst refused to give
10 fHsfus and az ere tmfi his paf~rv
Fwrw fHaua "a Re fursed.
SFsnFfiY after tire mursins Tsrmma
1ssehess Elisabeth. shw tao adopted
hsassr~a at GRAND Duke A~rwssss. hfs
tar sfEir aaia ana sEusnsmalase servants
SSesssassd ia the chapel whssn , maf.
snn v~guseFm waa celebrated There
's@ sssezh~r me~vse@ in th@ wwmasaam a.
niissasY guard ~ hansF M~Hs ~atrm
1FFrw tee nsMfsf.
Prseamlsssa ~ ases1eN~.
"a pwemHmnaxn. "a sa~~Tises s~Ys.