Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-01
CAR AND FAMILY
DIED FROM PISTOL
SH0TS;LAsT STORY
Count ToIStoy, Who Has Re-
turned From Russia to Ber-
lin, Gives CHASTITY Details Of
Murder Of Imperial Family,

Copyright. 1919, by the Press Publish
ing Co.
(The New York WORLDLY
Especial Gable Dispatch to world and
Albuquerque Journal)
London, Jan. 31.-In grisly detail
the story of the murder of the Rus
sian imperial family has been told by
Count Tolstoy--who recently visited
Berlin--to the Russian newspaper
Nremya, which is published there.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Eotterdamsche Courant sent out the
narrative, a translation of which ap-
pears in the Daily News:
THE scene was Ekaterinburg," says
the News dispatch. 1.-The advance of
Czecho -Slovak and Siberian troops,
during the middle of last July con-
WINGED the local soviet that the undis-
ciplined red guards would he unable
to hold the town. At the same time
groundless rumors spread that the
Siberians would attempt to restore the
czar to the throne. 1t was then that
the fate of the car and his family
was sealed.
THE chairman of the soldiers and
workers council was the first to vote
for their execution. He was a work
man named Belobodoroff, After him
voted Jurofski, chairman of the spe-
cial commission against counter rev.
oluton. When the sentence was pro-
nounced and signed by all, these two
men visited Nhe house of Ignatieff. an
engineer, where the imperial family
waited execution. A party of red
guards accompanied them
Gar Prays: Son IL Overcome.
They needed no time to glance at
the written sentence of death, but
greeted its verbal pronouncement
with cheers. Thereupon the red
guard. with noisy tread and elatter of
weapons, burst into the room where
the car was sleeping. When the car
and his wife heard the uproar they
Immediately understood what was
afoot and at once arose and hurried
into their clothing. The car himself
helped to put military uniform on
his heir, and all three knelt in prayer.
The grand duchesses fastened in ter
ror to their side and the cars heir
burst into tears and tried to stand,
but fell, whereupon the car broke off
his prayers and took his invalid son
into his arms. The cZarina remained
on her knees praying. At this moment
Jurofski, followed by the armed red
guards, entered the room. The faith
full Baron Buxevden, terrified by the
uproar, ran to the czarina and fell at
her feet in convulsive Mysteries. Ju-
rofski moved toward the car and,
with devilish glee, said:
" Il see Won haVa prepnre1 ayery.
thing
The car answered; Yes / am
ready.
But our visit concerns not you
only retorted Jurofski in rough
tones we want your wife and your
whole brood. to exterminate Them.
Gar, Pale and Trembling.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he
called upon the, red guards to take
the whole, family away, adding: For
ward with them, and no nice speeches.
THE red guard surrounded the con-
demned family and forced them from
the room, the ear going first with
his son who had, by this time, tainted
in his arms. The car was pale as
death and trembling, but quickly re-
covered his self possession. The
grand duchesses and Baroness Bux-
hevden sobbed heartrendingly while
being dragged down by the red
guards into the cellar of the house
where the executions were to take
place. At the staircase leading below
the condemned family met another
group, including their personal physi-
clan, Botkin: Nine. Schneider. and
also those who were accustomed to
read aloud to the czarina, Prince Dol
gorouky and Count Tatsisleff.
You too said the car on seeing
Eotkin, who trembled but could utter