The Weekly Journal. — 1903-06-12 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LATEST TELEGRAMS.  FRIDAY, NOON.  THE ASSASSINATIONS IN . SERYLL  NOW TIE EMI A3D QIIEL3 NET TIBER  ABATES.  _ THE *OMR IN THE ROYAL CHASM&  [CMITILL Num Trauszara.] SemLis, Thursday Evening.  The Central News correspondent has just forwarded here by courier, in order to escape the censor, the following authentic amount of the manner in which King Alexander and Queen Ihaga met their deaths:  The murders 'Were the work purely of military conspirston. Their first care was to place guards over the resideaces of the Ministers. That work, which was done without alarming the city in any way, was lot completed until past one o'clock in the morning. Shortly after that hour, the several companies of the 6th and 7th Infantry, all of whom, with their officers, were fully cognisant of what was to be done, and willing to do it, were led hy Colonel Machin and Lieutenant-Colonel MM. chits to the lionak or Palace.  Entering the grounds without encountering opposition, they drew up at the great doors, and called upon the guard to open and admit them. Receiving no response the two officers named with their own hands burst open the doors by means of dynamite bombs, with which they had come prepared. Several of the guards were immediately killed, and the officers, followed by a number of soldiers, rushed through the Palace with cries and shouts. In an ante-chamber leading to the King's bedroom the King's aide-de-camp, Colonel Naumovies, and General Lazar Petroviteh, made a stand, but &nee a short fight both were overpowered and murdered. In the meantime the King, now fully alarmed, rushed to one of the windows of his room overlooking the courtyard, in which were massed several hundred troops, and called loudly for assistance. Not the slightest attention was paid to his Majesty, who, hearing the intruders outside the door of his room, returned to the Queen, took her in his arms, and thus awaited death. The door was soon smashed in, and the King stood ready to fight for his life and that of his wife. lie was, however, given no chance, for the assassins literally hurled themselves upon the Royal eopnle. The King and Queen fell riddled with revolver bullets, and both died in a few minutes, locked in each other's arms. The officers then left to continue the work elsewhere, but a number of soldiers remained in the Palace and looted several apartments. The intended victims outside the Royal Palace had been carefully marked down, and little time was wasted in disposing of them. The Premier (General Zinsar Mankovies) and General Pavovitch (Minister for War) were shot dead in their lodgings, whilst M. Theodorovitch (Minister of the Interior) was mortally wounded. The brothers of Queen Draga, and at least one sister, were butchered in their residences. The work of the assassins was uninterrupted. Apart from the heroic aideedecamp of the King, only one officer of any rank (Commandant Nikolic) refused to jcin the plotters, and he was forthwith killed without aompunction. At four &clerk word was sent to all the barrack rooms in the capital, and to all the garrisons in the provinces, that the good work hrd ben accomplished, and that Peter Karagcorgevitch reigned in the place of the tyrant Alexander, and, as far as is known, the neon was everywhere, without exception, received with joy and exultation. Later on the victorious officers rode through the principal streets shouting the news, and proclaiming the new King. They were everywhere received with acclamation, and enthusiastic cheers for King Peter.