The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-12
EXECUTION OF
THE R0MAN0FFS
First Specific Account Of
the Death of Royal
Family

. EEArEEI>UuRG. Russia. Maloh
I il-.A uuHuoyfl account OF tho exc
cutoa ut the yto Emperor Nicholas
and his family which took place
h".o ON tho uslt ot January IN.
. 1918. hHs boon Wldu public lu a
! pamphlet vutt,u by o.. Egkoig tnr-
m'r yhulrWuu ul the EkatoruhufE
soviet
Z. VaH inspired by tho communist
opinion THAT the story Ut the rAccus
. ..Hu sNnu.d ua told from tho nu.-
shows. eide. Eut apparently ii uId
.H' meet with tho approval ot tho
NNN'. officials for. although It Wa
IN0U bed loo tho closing days ul
. I'.| li was immediately Withdrawn
I"W .Oy.uHuDu Tho book was
pointed hE tho aiatc printing dee
pI luDut OF the Gru district Euy-
. .'inW'ui Zoo tI.s city and gives gem
. ..I| review cot tho labor revolution
100 'n" Trials The last chapter Ia %
. I..".d. iu, 'uuu.u.s death and Is
.U'ii.I. Tho Last Days OF tho
TU. ru.n vra obviously censored
carefully U.lui. It was published aa
10 I1,t4 wHuN details ut tho cNccu-
. IHu which ordinarily would have
''.n lNuu hN Dg, Witnesses It's at
. '"Wp'H to Justify the crcruiiuu hv
. Eu.HuluE .Nai IIc DI.uuur. ,..-
. .I.hH Won. them iNr,ltsu0re Ialfur-
/ 'uNuuE Iuw the south. tho tI.uhY-
/ SIuNHt forces were pressing u from
. Tine cast and letters had been I.-
/ DcNrd showing that plots vpr, hoe
. luE inTwrl Geo deliver tho imu.ial
. toWuy iU tho counter rcyouuuuI-ts.
. Two extracts from iLc letters are
/ quoted as evidence OF the existence
/ ut those plots
According 90 Hykofrs account tho
. last words ur tho emperor when he
. ana hl8 family were led uncxprctod-
| lv into the basement of their prison
ana told that all the Romanurrs
. must die. were.
Hut are we not to be taken any
/ Wh,rC"'
Eleven Wcrc Executed.
Ih' empress aud her four duush-
/ tcrH Chc Grand Duchcsscg Olga.
. Iutlauu. Anastasia and Marley and
! the llttlo czurcvitrh and the remuin-
INK members of the household oc II
. were so stunned that they said noth-
/ InE when Avdicff the commanding
. OF the house, ordered them 10 limo
/ mp against the basement wall and
. pronounced tho sentence.
/ bykuu says that firing sqund
/ ut four shot tho Former imperial
] ''Ni ilNANN WIN lfN NblNflH. lnf luNnIlfK
| OF tho members Of tho execution
| squad Is not revealed.
iho pamphlet places the RESPONSE
] billtN for the execution OF the
| Romanoifs directly upon the IraI
| district soviet which decided cnrIy
In July 1913. that the czar and his
/ family must die and entrusted the
/ execution Of the sentence and the
/ destroying OF the bodies 10 Peter
. I.TinNIlnff nlI
upper Iwotsky works.
Avdlcff commandnnt OF tho
house, read the sentence, according
10 Eykufis story and there were
only four witnesses. Bu' Il Is not in
Idichted whether Avdiefr shot or
even witnessed the death OF the I'M
pcrial family.
There were no statements I'm nv.
koif's account which indicate that
tho Irnl district soviet carried out
me execution under dNect orders
. from Moscow
/ Bodies Are Burned.
| Tho Homnnoffs wore In their or
! dnary clothing when shot. II was
| not their custom TO retire until after
| 10 O'Clock at night Consequently All
were stlll dressed when tho nm.
rated group OF II was unexpectedly
ordered 10 tho basement and shot.
bykoffs story says the guards
outside tho house and tho public
were kept In Ignorance of tho shoot
lnE by noisy automobile outside
which drowned The pistol reports
Al ! o'clock the next morning the
~ bodies were secretly removed
from the house and taken to
neIbhbnrlng wood. There tho cloth
ing was removed The bodies were
burnod fret and then the clothing.
fykotf says the Jewels and frag-
montS Of jewclry which Admiral
kolcha%s officers later claimed TO
have found IN tho ashes were prob
ably concealed In tho clothing and
overlooked by the men who disposed
Of tho bodies.
In addition TO the car and czarina
Alexandra and their four daughters
ana one son, the persons who met
death I'm the basement were Prince
- 'otoukotf. Doctor Bodkin, who
physician To the Romanoffs, n
la, J-in waiting and man who was
nurse to the c2arcyitch. The names
OF the last two are not given In
Bykoffs pamphlet.
Grand Duke Michael. brother of
tho latc ear. was shot at Perm I'm
july 1913. according 10 Bvkoffs aC-
count, and the Grand DuKss Serglus.
MIkhullovltch, Igor koustautino-
witch, Eonstantin Eonstunt.uoyltch
and Ivan EoustlutinOyItch wore
MlIcd about tho same time at Ala-
paieNshy north of EkaterinburE.
Those momhors of tho Romau0fr
family had previously been held az
prisoners lu EkutorIuburg bur were
Transferred because OF mo uue.r-
tain position ~ ElaforiuHIrg with
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