Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-03-13
nERE RRE DETH[5
0F CARS MURDER
Count Tolstoi Reveals Farticu,
lars of the Killing of Rus
sian Ruler and His
Family.
i.nudna Time cable ser.ice fCopvriehi 1914. by
!-LL. I..lEnL ~ ~ Ihe SlnlN Cl,A lrI,Mlne

Lnudpe Time cable scr.ice fCopyriehi isis. by
iphi' Ledger ~ t. The Sloux ci,y Tribune
n HAGUE Spccial-Count a. A.
Ioistoi, who recently spent some days
IN Ser'in, furnished the Russian paper
"Fchpa, published there. some par
lifuia's OF The murder of the cars
IafiiIiy at Ekaterinburg. He said the
ioca! soviet became convinced in the
lup"d'e Oh July that. seeing the Czecho-
''"'Ntks me Serbian troops were maxi
ihS continuous advances. the city
soIla not hc held by the undisciplined
nFH guards. 1T then began to remove
arms. food and supplies from the city
in al haste.
Al the same time it spread the unmo
apparently Intentionally that the ST.
ss;eiah troops wished to liberate the
i.0manoffs in order to restore them.
Ihis silly story attained its object.
Ihe rcd %..a.as became worked UP
'.&d demanded the cars whole family
ana all those sharing his captivity
should be put out of the way. On July
-, he red guards held u meeting
"vhere passionate reproaches were
made against the peoples commissaries
ana the workers and soldiers council.
ihey were accused OF having allowed
themselves to be bribed by the Czecho-
'iovaks and czaristic conspirators.
me Workinen's and soldiers council
oil fkaterinburg held n meeting the
same evening. under the influence Of
'nese events. The meeting was attend
g" ny persons empowered by the re-
public. 1t lasted until 1 O'clock in the
morning. h fate of the car and
MS family was then sealed.
me chairman of the workmen's and
s''uiers councils. n worker named
~hellobodorf. voted first fo,, execution
after him voted Jurofski. chairman Of
thc e~:traordina-y commission.
Death Sentence Signed.
"heh the sentence had been pro.
N"uhced, 1T was signed by all members.
.!nrofski and Bellobodorf went to the
mousse or an engineer named %Ignatief.
where the czar with his ompanion
lodged. to witness the execution.
"A detachment OF red guards was
s''''rEeu with the carrying out of he
execution. n guard did not ask to
see lhe sentence or authority. They
aFeeseu INC verbal announcement with
Il Qua "hurrah." whereupon the red
GUARDS stamping hard with Gathering
- ~ thAbSN lO"dIuS me hAnTnNn NJ
the czar's family.
w her the car and c:arina heard the
noise they understood immediately
what was afoot and hastily donned
their outer garments. The z him
self dressed the czareyltch in his mil
1tary uniform. All then knelt in prayer.
The terrified grand dachesses clasped
each other The c%zare.vitch burst into
tears and tried to stand but fell. where
upon the czar broke OFF his prayer to
sake his sick son in his arms.
Tha cZarina continued her PRAYER.
Inc IGOR then opened and .Jurofskt.
followed by the armed red guard. en-.
tered the apartment. Baroness Bux-
henden. alarmed by the noise fastened
TO the czarina and fell beside her in
hysterical commissions. Jurofski, with
q deviiish short laugh turned to the
ear and said: II see you already ara
prepared"
Yes. l am ready" answered the
cyar
"Your Whole Breed Also."
Cur visit does not concern you
hiore. however," continued Jurofski.
roughly. We shall extermina+e your
Wife and your whole breed also" He
then made a gesture to the red guards,
pointing out to them tho cars family
md Baroness Buxhenden, and shouted.
out with them and no COMPLIMENTS"
The red guards surrounded che con-
hcmned persons and drove them out
the, door. The cza went first with his
Son. who had fallen in a swoSf, in his
s'tsns. He was deadly pale and swayed.
but quickly recovered himself. The
r2artna followed him with f:vm step.
praying softly the time.
h grand duchesses and Baroness
Ruxhenden wept convulsively and had
10 he dragged to execution in the cellar
ri tho house.
AT the staircase. which gave access
TO the cellar, the condemned persons
.snet another group Of Rotkin, the cxar's
~spsrsonal physici&n, Madame Schmnri-
der. render to the cxarina. Prince Dol
..onrouky. and Count Tatiseff.
.Yon. too?" said the GEAR to Botk,n,
who bowed very low. unable to utter
q word.
Az h red guards feared rifle bullets
would rebound In . narrow cellar CIV.
cred with tiles, they shot the can.
slemned. persons down with their. re-
yoivers, p~ointhlnnk. one after another.
Their bodies were placed in q trans
port motor a and conveyed the saEae
night to = deserted mine shaft outside
the city where they were soaked in
petroleum and burned.
a War City Fades.
From the Boston Globe.
Hopeweu. Va. the .'wickedest city,
arose . Of nothing like . town
..ot HE Kondlke three n = half years
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