Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-06

they were being taken toward Vladi- |
Vostok or Moscow. They believed they
were doomed and hoped for the pres
sure of either the allies or German,
sure of either the allies or Germany
to save them
ION June 10 the remaining members
of the imperial family We're removed
to Ekaterinburg. on this second train
were the czapevitch, the Grand Ouch
esses Olga, Tatiana and Anastasa Nj
koiaeVna; three ladies-in- waiting,
Mile. Schneider. Countess Gendrikoff
and Baroness Ruksgevden; DR.. Bot
kin, General Tatischhieff and others.
The prisoners were not all confront
ed with the same fate. In the Ipatieff
house were confined the car, the
.czarina, the cZarevitch, the four grand
duchesses Olga. Tauana, Marie and
I Ans stash, Dr. RQtkih, also cook, a
! kitchen boy, maid, the emperor's
| valet and two lackeys, while Nile.
/ Schneider, Countess Gendrikoff,
! Prince Dolgarukoff. General Tatis-
! cleft and two servants were impris-
! oned. The remainder, including Bar
! oness Buksgevden, were sent by train
/ to Tumen and had twenty-four hours
to make their escape.
|
perial family in the Ipatieff house a
double high wooden palisade was
/ built all around the building, and
from the outside no lights could be
seen in the windows at night
Guard of Factory Men.
i The special guard detailed to the
Ipatieff house consisted of seventy
i five workmen taken from various fac
4 tories OF these nineteen were en-
ployes of factories in Ekaterinburg
i These men formed the interior guard
i Avdieff, a workman was appointed
commandment of the house while
Il Nimetieff another factory hand, was
i named chief of the garrison.
i Those confined were not at the out
4 set submitted to any particular hard
/ ship, although they were kept pris-
! oners and were allowed only regula-
4 ton walk twice a day in the garden
! under the guard of sentiaels.
About July 8 or 10 an event oc-
CURED in the soviet which was des'
/ tined to bring about a radical change
in the life in the Ipatieff house. The
VI nineteen Fkaterinburg workmen were
sent back to the factories and ter
| Let's were hired TO replace them
j Yurodsky, a Jewish apothecary, re
placed Avdeff as commandant of the
Il house. From this date or life became
/ nightmare to the prisoners, who
lived in constant fear of being exc
cuted at any moment.
! The climax of the tragedy came IL
the early morning hours of July II
Shortly before o'clock five of thu
principal commissaries of Ekaterin
burg entered the house, giving orders
to Yurodsky to awaken his imperia
prisoners and announce to them tina
their last hour had come.
1t was not necessary to awaken tn,
car, whose fitful, fearing slumbe
was light and who had already hearC
the advent of his guard. He respond
ed Immediately to the summons t.
rise, while the other members of hi
family were reused. Washing ant
dressing hastily they came to tn
ground floor at the brusque call of tn,
commissaries, being assembled in on
of the rear rooms in the basement o
the house Here they were lined vi
in a semicircle along the wall, tn
young grand duchess trembling at tn
UNUSUAL nature of the orders givel
and the gloomy hour They NOR
than suspected the errand upon whicl
the commiSSarleS had come.
Told They Were to Die.
Addressing the czar. Yurodsky with
out the least attempt to soften his an
nouncement stated that they must al
die and at once. The revolution wa
in danger, he stated, and the fact tina
they were still the members of tn
once reigning house living adde'
to that danger. Therefore to remov
them was the duty of all Russian pa
triots. Thus your life is ended" h
said in conclusion. ss-.- -
II am ready" was the simple an
nouncement of the car, while tn
czarina, cnnging to him, loosed he
hold long enough to make the sign o
the cross, an example followed by tn
Grand Duchess Olga and by Dr. Bot
kin. Nr'
The cZarevitch, paralyZed wit
fear. stood in stupefaction beside hi
mother uttering no sound either /
supplication or protest, while hi
three sisters, the other grand duchess
es, sank to the floor fainting.
Yurodsky drew his revolver an
fired the first shot. A volley followe
and the prisoners reeled to tn
ground. Where the bullets had faile
to find their mark the bayonet pu
the finishing touches. The mingle
blood of the victims not only covere
the floor of the room where the exc
cution took place but ran in stream
along the hallway
1t is not known how many actuall
took part in the murder. The hous
guard of ten Let's were among thos
who had a hand in the execution
The firing squad was drawn up i
two lines There We're about fiftee
- eighteen men in the front roV
armed with revolvers; those in tn
rear rank carried rifles and bayonet
After the murders the bodies wer
heaped onto large motor truck an
taken to the woods nine miles outsid
the city. Here the bodies wer