The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-17
KILL A DUKE.
Russian RevOlutiOniSts Blow Up
Grand Duke Sergius.
Throw a Bomb Under His Car
riage in the Street.
ASSASSINS ARRESTED.
One of Them Is Dangerously
Wounded.
Several Students Also Are Taken
Int Custody.
BLEW HIS HEAD OFF.
Noise of Explosion Was Heard
Outside the City.
Victim Is Cars Uncle and Has
Long Been Marked for Death.
One of Them Is Dangerously
Wounded.
Several Students Also Are Taken
IntO Custody.
BLEW HIS HEAD OFF,
Noise of Explosion Was Heard
Outside the City.
Victim Is Cars Uncle and Has
Long Been Marked for Death.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE Associ-
ated Press has received a dispatch from
Moscow stating that the Grand Duke
Sergius while driving in a carriage to
the Kremlin at Moscow today was as
sassinated by bomb which was thrown
beneath his carriage. The carriage was
blown to pieces. The assassins We're ar
rested One of them was dangerously
wounded. Several students who were
in the vicinity were taken into custody.
This afternoon Ambassador NcCor-
mick and the other ambassa dors drove
to the palace to express their condol-
ences also leaving their cards at the
palaces of the various members of the
imperial family At the time senten-
ces of death were pronounced by the
terrorists upon Grand Duke Sergius
ii was reported that Grand Duke
Alexis. procurator of the holy synod
Pobiedonostsen and General Trepon
then chief of police of Moscow and
now governor general of St. Peters
burg were also condemned to death
and according TO some reports Il SIM
liar sentence was imposed upon the
dowager empress Maria Fedorovna.
Much of the responsibility for the
catastrophe at the coronation of En-
perOr Nicholas in Moscow when sew
eral thousand people were crushed to
death al the time of the distribution of
the imperial gifts was laid at Grand
Duke Sergus' door, 1t was held that
he had not taken sufficient precautions
and the liberals after the affairs here
of January 20 placed the major portion
of the blame on his shoulders. The
news OF the ASSASSINATION OF the grand
duke reached Tsarskoe-Selo While the
imperial family was entertaining Prince
Frederick Leopold Of Prussia It crea-
ted the greatest CONSERVATION. The en-
perior Is reported to have been COM
pletely prostrated All festivities in
honor of the Prussian guest We're at
once abandoned
The Grand Duke Sergius. uncle of the
Russian emperor and formerly governor
general of Moscow is understood TO have
Deen condemned TO death by the reyOlu-
uOnary party in December last The
governor -generalship of Moscow was
abolished early in the year and the
grand duke. according to dispatches
from Moscow January 4, kept closely
to the we'll guarded NickOusld palace on
the outskirts of Moscow, retaining his
position as commander-in-chief of the
military district Later in January,
however. it was announced that the
grand duke had sought refuge in one
of the palaces of the Kremlin.
He has been classed as the most reac-
tionary member of the imperial family,
as the head of what is referred to the
war party and has been stigmatized by
the Liberals as Russia's evil genius.
Grand Duke Sergius was born in 1857.
Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt. They
have no children.
Blew His Head on.
Moscow, Feb. 17.-While Grand Duke
Sergius was driving today from the
Nicholas palace through the senate
quarter his carriage was followed bv
two cabs. At the law courts a sleigh
in which were two men, one of whom
was dressed as workman. went quick |
~ ahead of the grand dukes carrfa ee 1
The sleigh then slowed up to allow the |
carriage to pass and at that moment a |
bomb was thrown under the carriage /
The force of the explosion broke all the /
WINDOWS IN the law courts and the re-
port was heard outside the citv The
carriage was blown to pieces nothing |
but the four wheels remaining The
horses were not hurt and bolted. The
grand duke was instantly killed His
head was blown or, actually being sep
arated from his body which was fright |
fully mangled. The coachman was also |
killed He was so frightfully burned |
by the explosive with which the bomb /
was charged that he died while being
taken to a hospital. On the arrest of
the murderers. neither of whom was
known to the police. one of them coolII,
said
4 don't care; I have done my Job"
An immense crowd gathered at the !
spot and made demonstration against
number of students who commenced
scattering revolutionary proclamations
WITHIN a few minutes after the ex-
ploslon people might have been seen
gatherlng up pieces of wood and cloth
ing as mementoes of the tragedy.
When the Grand Duchess Elizabeth |
widow of the Grand Duke Sergius vas
INFORMED of the occurrence she immed-
lately went to the scene of the assas-
sination without waiting to put on a |
hat or cloak
The gates of the KremIin were closed
as soon as the news Of the assassinatio |
was conveyed to the authorities and fhe /
remains of the grand duke were taken /
TO the Nicholas hospital. The assassi-
nation occurred at 3 p. m.
1t Was Expected.
St Petersburg. Feb. 17-4:5O n m /
The news of the tragedy in which I
Grand Duke Sergius was blown mn
created tremendous sensation in II /
Petersburg where the announcement
by telephone from Moscow arrived /
during the afternoon. Owing to tbe
intense excitement prevailing at Mos
COW few particulars are ascertafnable |
me tragedy in reality was no great 1
surprise as it was known thar the
terrorists had already condemned the
grand duke to death and ever since
the affair of January p the inars-ura- 1
tion OF a bomb throwing camDaipn
nad been anticipated. Grand DUKE
>erglus who was a brother-in-Iaxy -
vel as uncle Of the emperor and