The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-02-24
GRAND DUKE
SERIOUS MEETS
AWFUL DEATH
UNCLE OF CAR AND CHIEF OF
REAcTIONARIEs IS SLAIN
BY BOMB.
BODY is TORN INTO
CHASTITY FRAGMENTS
SINGLE TERRORIST THROWS THE
BOMB BENEATH GRAND DUKES
CARRIAGE.
ASSASSIN GLORLES In
SUCCESS OF CRIME
is CAPTURED BY POLICE WHILE
ATTEMPTING TO MAKE HIS
ESCAPE.
ASSASSIN GLORIES In
SUCCESS OF CRIME

Moscow, Feb. 1S.-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
Squire, and within a stones throw Of
the Reat bell of Moscow, Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle and brother-in-law of
Emperor Nicholas and the chief Of the
reactionaries. met a terrible. death
shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday.
The deed was committed by a 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 e
More Secure Shelter
walls, should be killed while proceed
ing to the governor generals palace
| beyond the walls. n 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 WAS driven in haste to the
scene of the tragedy and knelt hatless
and coatless on the bloOdstained snow
and nlurmured prayers for the welfare
| of the soul of her slain consort.
Scene of the Crime.
The scene of the crime was the
| 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 8 the equipage Of the grand
duke emerged from the gates of the
| palace and proceeded. followed by
sleishs containing secret police. In q
minute the carriage was in front or 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 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
Ghas.'" sight
| was presented. On re snow lay frag-
| ments CT the body Of Grand Duke
Sergius, mingled with the wreck of the
carriage. The grand dukes head had
been torn fron. lis 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 several yards away. The
crimson tint and s%ickening smell OF
blood were everywhere. Only a few
fragments Of cloth indicated that h
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.
Glories in His Deed.
The assassin was thrown TO
ground and stunned by the force OF h