Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-20
ClAR'S AWFUL FATE
UNVEILED At LAST
Torturcs Of Romanofis by Bolshe-
Wiki Exceed All Other Saw
agery of Modern Times.
rrom New York World. January Is


tIon rcccntlv dccldrd the council "l
Ministers ol the Shcuun government
to hold niticlal inquiry ou TIE scene
of their disaupcarapoc Ihl~ w ~"
iull, and impartailN conducted
who had ~ mnuatchtW
thcinr thcmselNr~ advanced hi>'
verified hv WItncs~rs and detoH
,,1dencr. and was ~uhstlutat,o ~
photocraph- If scenes II the tragedy
rtrttA>, toN ov,Uns.
Tho Rol-b,ytkl drunk With power
and the n.t 81 crlclt, took the cN-
ear h,@ vltr and th,ir five children
f,om thr monastery ul Nholak, thrty
milo. tr,m IuaaDb o. lkHteunhurr
vhile fhr, ven, destined - spend their
ast das- Is pht-lstl and mental tor
lures. Ih,, wen. Wtrfurd iu the house
ol a pr,f,.-at oi ,hDmt-ttN namcd lpaticn
The buIIthug Was 81 fWo >loucs with q
small teuft,ud surrounded y, heh
wooden pell.ad, he lower foot com
tartahlp. even sumptuousk furnished,
WAS occupied bN ,he guards mcu spr
ulh recruited from O. lowest ,lae -
lelsbc,lk hdlh,- The pn-oucis "rcu
49, thr upper hnr
fttinlpl loNtUtN WoN-t uouNe Nr-.
condemned murderer e.Il no
n..te dcttad ~ seniart- thln the futii.
darb rloiue allowed - tho-c Wh. had
-p,ul tldf bN, m uNuN ,ner r1h
betogd tile dte ~ Ul 1Vafior ih,N ven
NOV maud to aftt tht wali i'tin'h
ui poverty uus, -lrlgnr 4, power
ihcp wen lusuit,i and rHf upon hN
mon lower than hcast he ontoti
II + -nrl, ,Dmf nIon cNsu 81 rrvani
Was d,uicd them
Nar.e ul ne, know that the'r
trv faithful rltIn,r> Court PhNs-
,sn Batkiu. tu, 4ilt--u waiting Rar'
U4. RlNb . ,nd Mil, NaN .hkiut.
III. ald lf.I DetrN.nkt. vho had ~
VotedlN u,r-,d 0i.. ae0irtf, 4rsNitc4
from lah, ,h.ad th. fHrmcr 1sar u
vnntc val,t ana Hr rNcmprrs. trusted
maud lall 81 whom were with them lu
fbt Nhohh Monastery hld been shot
IS + reward saf uthm ,crvec While
t.r u.t thpr attendants 80 less con
-pcuous io,sIt, had hccu dispersed
rNo ssAIl INNS PnR sru>.
Onk two smal beds were permitted
ta ih- iannN ~ seven persons Tho
children therefore. we've forced to slccp
Ou tho foor ou thctr fathers uniform
greatooat and ath,r clothes ~ thor
parents 40 .Dou or almost none VAS
provided Tor uf ind exercise then Wcrc
permttrd to WalA n the ltih court
ward an hour = daN All the rest II ihc
time the komano0s once owners u
score - palaces were hcpt oeupcd Gp
IN tins smsl fiat
Their meals were taken to them hS
one ol the guards AMI eaten cn = hare
wooden table, sitting On a wopdcn lunch
from a thick bow Will tv spoons among
the seven vrptchcd -aHtr Nhru
IT,, t..f tt4r-t.A. ~.
sufficient. when tho, ", fr lsrnc b, the
eN-empcror with patI.te, and hv thc
rx-emprcss With silent lri. evCu the
few SPOONS were taken away - aH ta
ditional yexatlon
o cynwally ioyal guard. s. II
ct down the hoW oi tood couAed ID
the common kettle oi tlle @nldicrs, would
whisk Il awnV acarn saving see You
have good vlrtuals % cat which We have
NOT Vet had today and rar1 4 on
downstairs
~ other TIMES one q tho guards
would comc ur wltIC the famlA Ws~
SEATED at tho table and fish the hc~f
pieces oi meat and cabbage ont il thcu
howl with hi> dirty fingers, chiefly Tor
the pleasure of cNulting over his victims
roRTUKE oP nAUGHTEHs.
In the evening the guard, trutcs
IN human form would carry The Young
eN-Gnnd DufchesSes downstairs 20 thor
roonls whOsc walls gcre covered with
Indecent drawings and obscene inscrp-
tions one can imagine to- well what
went on thcre-the poor. innocent Elris
shveunc u the ley chill 81 terror while
their captors ciarci 80 them m triumph.
the eoarsc PESTS and worse all lit
cfallN within earshot 81 the acomlrt
parents
Nor wa this hsrtaritv due - the
savaeery OF ISOLATED individuals The
soldiers II one may dignity such trute-
Is such d uamo. were under the orders
ii special Bolshcvlk commis- ioncr
We d. not know. FOR none l~ left -
tell Nor do W. know eXartN now the
crime Wa- committed thonel the names
of tho gang ~ murdercr- consisting
81 four Russians one lett two Ger
mans and eleven Jews are on record
and their photographs an the hands oi
the Omsk government
But w can imaeins how tho mis-
erable prisoners, hY this tiTnr tor atcn
81 hope, with the loss ot much .be1 hcti
dear hbnd them ~ Waitnr iof d,1n
hui when thes heard ihe tclr
the r8H,ans on the starr fhc, .ur ~
y mesnf murder uddeu bnadt apd
all-embrtcinp W rst inarinr then th
uatlne broken hrols 81 tht wom,l.
-, RUNNING teet al the children cra -
with terror attempting o. escape whrr
no e~eaps va- possible the -ighs oi Il,
nr In b asf murmurcd prayers.
tHs1r rrf - eHA-IiA TRAGEDY.
IN rhc cold words II the report 81 the
!nd.cnl namr, the pathetic record.
We found III one OF the upper rooms
oi l)r lpateH houso now occupied
bv the staff g he zech General GMda
numerous hdllct mars on the walls
scarcely fhs heiChf 81 Il man waist
from the apor .nd 81 the floor itself
respopsIhlr directly ta the local come
missioner h,-t4c, and Public In
strucu3n Rta hla iul powers OH AN
matter por'e.n ~ Is tho housing and
tratment E. ts, prl sunsr~ and who.
~ thor ta1 re r1ft, personally rs
the presldeh- fht Ec7hr17L Govern
ment oi l.tattrrh.ug would be- ms
taken charity a ma@hg that any Or
All 81 tho, l.tae Nrrt hut fIlI1 aWarc
os what "a- eol1a on ,nd lrobabl.
nearer TIM trHh to -4s tiat the bar
baritles took place 1y fher orIer,
GUARD rt HFJ~Ei1 kila bkp\k
The marty iom ended ln gha~th
tragedy on tic uigh u Jane III Enr
about a week beforehand tic guards
had been systematically kcp' II state
of iuchnctN, beng encouraged m their
drunken orgte
Did the unfortunate victims ~u,
slect what war brewing DID tbe former