Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-02-19
TERRORIST DID deed.
0ueMan, Il Is Asserted, Committed
the Awful Crime.
HEAD Is BLOWN OFF.
Grand Duke Sergius Was Marked nj
Moscow For Assassination some
Weeks Ago and His slayer
Expresses Qualification.

rested by a policeman who overlook
him as he Was running from the scene
OF the assassination. The man car
ried revolver. but made no attempt
TO use q. lie expressed gratihcation
that the Grand Duchess Elizabeth was
not accompanying her husband. Grand
Duke Sergius when the latter was kill
ed. Tho assassin refused 20 reveal his
identity. but admitted Re was a mem
Der OF the Socialistic Revolutionary
party
The head of the grand dui:e was 1T
orally blown TO atoms. The mass OF
brains was found near by by woman.
who handed Il 20 n police commission
er The grand dukes pocket book.
which contained letters and money. was
found near by
~ the moment OF the explosion the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was az the
Kremlin. experimenting the work FOR
the wounded ~ the front. and was
about TO proceed 20 the residence %
the governor general. expecting 20 meet
her husband there Her carnage was
waiting outside the Kremliu.
Prayers Tor the murdered grand duke
were hold later IN the evening. the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth and civil and
military officials being present
The story Is going the rounds th't
The Grand Duke Sergius himself az the
last moment. finding the tide against
him. vns Won over 20 the plan of
summcning the zemsky tabor and that
be- sent a messenger TO Emperor Mich
q" |rsf - ssHn n . 10 hn
portion ~ the body.
II o. added that the u.essC niger ar
riyrd almost the same time that the
bomb was thrown In Moscow. Ac-
cordins 20 Sergius' plan. Il was pro-
posed that each province should have
sx representatives IN the convention.
two each Of mobiles. the merchants and
peasants. All theaters were closed Fri
day night.
Anourr account says th.t within
the walls Of the flr-famed Kremlin
palace. and almost underneath the his
torical tower from which Ivan the Ter
rible watched the heads Of his enemies
falling beneath the axe on the famC rs
Red Square. and within a stones throw
of the great bell of Moscow. Grand
Duke Scrgius met terrible death
shortly before o'clock Friday 10
says the deed was committed by a sin
r'e terrorist. who threw beneath the
carriage 81 the grand duke n bomb
charged with the same high power ex-
ploslve which wrought Minister Won
Plehve's da1th. The missile was
llled with nails and fragments Of iron.
and this explosive tore the imperial
victim body into Ehast'y fragments
which strewed the snow Tor y1rfs
around. Every window IN tie great
lofty palace of Justice was shattered
and bits 81 iroI were embedded dce0I-
in the walls 81 the arsenal. 100 yards
away
The assassin belongs "a tie noted
"frhtlrs group" ~ the So-iallrt Revo- .
lutionary party. which removed other
passed sentence % death upon Grand .
Duke Sergius
The nsslssin. who was clad IN work. I
mans clothes stepped forward from I
the sidewalk and threw n bomb which ]
~ had concealed beneath his coat \ /
terrible explosion followed and n har /
of Iron pelied the grim stone walls of |
the orsenal and courts OF Justice. 4 /
th.Ck cloud Of smoke snow and debris /
arose. and when Il cleared. a ghastly /
sight was presented. on the snow lay /
the body Of Grand Duke Sergius min /
glcd with the wreck of the carriage |
The grand dukes head had been torn /
from his body and reduced TO a shape /
less pulp. and the trunk and limbs /
were frlghtfully mangied. 4 finger bear |
Ing n rich sal ring was found lying /
several yards away. The crimson tint /
and sickening smell OF blood were /
everywhere. Only n few fragments ~ |
clothes indicated that The BODY hat |
once been clothed. The coachman iav |
moaning with pain beside a deep hole /
IN the pavement The horses. dragging I
the front wheels o. the carriage. had /
dashed on. maddcnet with main % sink /
dying lCfore they reached the gatc.
The sound Of the explosion was .
heard throughout the city. and even |
beyond the river.
The remains of Serrius were carried /
20 the ChoudeN closter. where officials /
and members Of the grand dukes suite /
had assembled
The assassin was thrown 20 the |
ground by the force ~ the explosion. |
the gate. attempting TO escare His /
haste md the blood streaming from his /
face wrere he had teen wounded bv |
fragments % the bomb attracted the I
attention % n sergeant of police who [
seized him before he could draw h's .
revolver The man did not DENY hls /
crime but on the contrary r'oriHed In /
Sc success He expressed his utisflc- !
tlon that he had been able 20 XII the J
grand duke without involving the lat /
ters irnocent wife. lie nvowei hts .
membership IN the Social Revolution I
ary organization. but refused 20 give /
his name, and az the jan his Iapers /
werr found 70 be forged.
Shortly after the murder Grand /
Duchess Elizabeth. the two adopted /
children OF Grand Duke Sergius. HE 1
stan officials and immediate servants /
assembled In the chapel where a r1l-
emn requiem was celebrated There ]