Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-22

where officers and members of the
grand dukes suite had assembled.
The assassin was thrown to the
ground and stunned b, the force of
the explosion, but he immediately
arose and ran toward the gate. at.
tempting to escape. His haste and
blood streaming from his face. where
he had been wounded by the frag.
ments of the bomb, attracted the at.
tention of a sergeant Of police. who
seized him before he could draw re.
vOlver.
The man did not deny his crime.
but on the contrary gloried in it's sue.
cess. He expressed his satisfaction
that he had been able to kill the grand
duke without involving the duchess.
He avOwed his membership in the so.
cialist-Revolutionary organization, but
refused T." give his name and at the
Jail his papers were found to be forg.
ed.
The revolver with which the assas.
sin was armed was an automatic mag.
azine pistol of the same type as the
weapon employed & Hohenthal, the
assassin of Soinine,. procurator gen.
eral of Finland. The assassin's in.
juries are not serious.
The grand dukes coachman. who
was severely injured. was removed to
hospital, Late last night he was
still living.
Revolutionary Proclamation.
The news of the tragedy spread
rapidly to every quarter of Moscow,
aided by extra editions of all the news
papers which appeared with deep
black borders.
Theatrical performances and all
forms of social observances were i'm
mediately abandoned, and theaters or
dered to remain closed until further
notice. Immense crowds gathered
near the kremlin, where some of the
factions began an attack on students
and other representative of the liber-
al mOveSlent, while others eagerly
grasped revolutionary proclamation
which had appeared as if by magic.
So threatening became the attitude
of the crowd that the authorities felt
obliged to order the kremlin cleared,
and the gates locked. The gates re.
NAMED closed all night, obliging ped
estrians and carriages to take round
about routes.
The police measures to preserve or
der have proved effective up to this
hour, and the city is quiet.
Early accounts of the tragedy at
tributed the crime to three men in a
sleigh, but later it was developed that
the three men were police agents ap-
pointed to guard the grand duke.
Shortly after the murder Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, two adopted chill
dren of Grand Duke Sergius, his stan
Officers and immediate servants as.
sembled in the chapel. where solemn
requiem was solemnized. There was
another service in the evening. A
military guard of honor kept guard
during the night. No arrangements S
have yet been announced for the fu-
neral services.
The Assassln Of Sergisn.
Moscow, Feb 19.-The assassin OF
Grand Duke Sergius remains silent
His identity has not yet been establish.
ed, and although the police have been
|trying diligently they have been un.
!, able to find any clews to any possible
caccOmplice. The assassin's papers
and clothes offer no means of fden
tificatiOn and his pass evidently was
forged and appears never to have
been issued. His photographs have
been taken, to be dispatched to all the
universities, but if the assassin is ac
|'tually workman and not student
the police may find themselves at sea
Grand Duke Sergius' coachman is still
alive, and may recover.